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It is unpleasant and more than a little frustrating to wake to headlines that read, “S.A. Councilman wants panhandling to end .” There aren’t too many people who wouldn’t want to see all poverty end. Notwithstanding, even the Christ said, “the poor will always be with us.” Indeed.It is unpleasant and more than a little frustrating to wake to headlines that read,... more
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In doorways of shops in downtown St. Petersburg, Fla., one finds people sleeping and urinating amid piles of filthy blankets and empty bottles.
In Portland, Ore., panhandlers have been drifting from downtown into neighborhoods full of families.
And in High Point, N.C., vagrants who won't take no for an answer have cursed at shoppers all the way back to their cars.
Many cities throughout the country have begun to get tough on people they describe not as homeless but as beggars. They're passing laws to clear city streets and make residents feel safe as they go about their business.In doorways of shops in downtown St. Petersburg, Fla., one finds people sleeping and... more
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Changes in the legislation will make it a criminal offense to place children at risk by sending them onto the streets and roads to beg.
Gardai are to be granted new powers to arrest and charge people who fail to comply with an order to stop begging. This will become a public order offense if it is accompanied by harassment, obstruction or intimidation.
However, the law will also recognize that circumstances can arise where asking for help cannot be regarded as begging, according to justice officials.Changes in the legislation will make it a criminal offense to place children at risk... more
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The woman accused of shooting a man after he rebuffed her panhandling request described herself as a Christian and said she felt bad about the shooting this morning during a jailhouse interview with The Bee.
"I didn't want to kill him," said Audrey Jackson, 47.
Looking haggard in her orange and white jumpsuit, Jackson yawned occasionally and often asked for questions to be repeated during the half-hour interview in a Sacramento Main Jail visiting room.
Jackson said she had just stepped off a Greyhound bus from Reno before the shooting. She said she had stayed at a shelter there but came to Sacramento after losing her bed.
After leaving the bus station, Jackson said she was searching for a payphone to call local shelters when she encountered Frank Perez. She gave a lengthy explanation about why she felt threatened by Perez, but the details she provided do not match police and witness accounts of what transpired at the bus stop Monday afternoon.
Authorities say Jackson approached Perez at a J Street bus stop, asked him for money and shot him once in the abdomen when he refused. He remains in critical condition at UC Davis Medical Center.
The woman accused of shooting a man after he rebuffed her panhandling request... more
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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Being homeless in this upper crust enclave is not exactly like living on the street in other places. There are handouts of $2,000 and bottles of Dom Perignon, lucky finds of Gucci shoes and diamond-encrusted bracelets, a chance to rub shoulders with rich and famous locals such as Mark Wahlberg and Master P, even empty houses to live in.
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"This is the finest place you can be," said Isaac Young, an affable 59-year-old with a wide grin and a smooth baritone voice who has been homeless in Beverly Hills since 1992.
In this manicured community of 35,000, Rolls Royces and Lamborghinis glide around city streets, movie stars live in gated mansions and Rodeo Drive price tags provoke gasps from tourists.
But the city also features about 30 rather scruffy residents who live in parks, bus shelters and alleyways.
I just looked at this article, it struck me as kind of funny BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Being homeless in this upper crust enclave is not exactly... more
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Santa Monica has a message for panhandlers on the Third Street Promenade: Stand up, please.
If you're going to ask for cheeseburgers or spare change -- or sell cookies (and you know who you are) -- don't do it while resting on one of the public chairs or benches.
That goes for you, Mr. Greenpeace Advocate. And you too, little Miss Girl Scout.
Having restricted, to some degree, where homeless people can eat and sleep, Santa Monica is zeroing in on panhandlers.
The City Council voted unanimously last month to prohibit solicitation by anyone sitting on public chairs or benches on the Third Street Promenade and the so-called transit mall along two neighboring streets, Broadway and Santa Monica Boulevard. The ordinance, which must be approved on a second reading, expected next month, does not seek to ban panhandling or solicitation outright but rather to free up limited public seating.
"The key issue is that the city needs to be open to the public," said Kathleen Rawson, executive director of the Bayside District Corp., the public-private partnership that manages the downtown business district and urged the council to consider the restriction.
When the city installed the slatted metal and wooden chairs and benches, Rawson said, they were not intended for use by people trying to make a living.
Santa Monica has a message for panhandlers on the Third Street Promenade: Stand up,... more
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