Sixth District Long Beach City Councilman Dee Andrews has pulled his agenda item for Tuesday night that would have asked the city attorney to craft an ordinance allowing the city to designate parking lots where the homeless could live in their cars. Andrews said in a press release this afternoon that he plans to revisit the issue after the council completes its budget process. The council must approve a budget by Sept. 15. Andrews' item had been scheduled for Tuesday night in a meeting that was wedged between budget meetings and scheduled to last only an hour.
From Andrews' statement:
"This issue requires much consideration from our City Councilmembers and due to the time needed for the Budget, this will not allow Council the proper amount of time to deliberate on this important issue", said Councilman Andrews. "I will be bringing this item back to Council after the 2010 Budget is passed", continued Councilman Andrews.
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