After pulling his proposal from this week's City Council agenda, 6th District Councilman Dee Andrews will return it to the council the first week of October, his chief of staff, John Edmond, told me. The item had been removed from the agenda because of expected time constraints as the council took on budget issues this week.
The parking plan would allow the city to designate certain parking lots as places where the homeless could park and live in their cars. The lots would provide security and social services to help people get back on their feet and into real housing. Andrews' proposal, which he announced to help "economic refugees" who are down on their luck during the recession and aren't the traditional homeless.
Of course, the idea has stirred up some opposition and concern from residents about having these parking lots in their neighborhoods, which will surely lead to a contentious council meeting. The council's first meeting next month is scheduled for Oct. 6.
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"Andrews' proposal, which he announced to help "economic refugees" who are down on their luck during the recession and aren't the traditional homeless," said the Eakins artice.
How does one define, "Traditional homeless." This is another effort to make Long Beach a social services town. Some see social services and attracting the homeless as an, "Economic engine."
For me I want the city to go up scale and not down in the dumps with homeless "Hovervilles" all over the place.
This idea is on the level of the idea to bus in mentally ill homeless as the entire Council and Mayor Foster are for. They are the ones that need to be voted out of office already, let alone this dumb idea.