LA City Council delays expanding the 41.18 anti-camping law

The battle over an ordinance that bans sitting, sleeping and lying in public spaces continues, as a motion to expand the controversial law known as 41.18 was held for further study by the LA City Council’s public safety committee. The motion, written by Westside Councilmember Traci Park in May 2025, was finally heard Tuesday at a contentious public safety committee meeting where a large group of Angelenos responded passionately to Park’s negative portrayal of unhoused people in encampments with a plea for basic sanitation services. It proposes expanding the locations where 41.18 would appl

https://lapublicpress.org/2026/10/la-city-council-homelessness-encampment-41-18/

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