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Council considers tougher ‘sit-lie’ enforcement near schools

  • GEORGE F. LEE / MARCH 14
                                According to the Office of Public Health Studies at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, there were 3,951 homeless people on Oahu as of mid-2022. Several people lay on the ground at Smith Beretania Park.

    GEORGE F. LEE / MARCH 14

    According to the Office of Public Health Studies at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, there were 3,951 homeless people on Oahu as of mid-2022. Several people lay on the ground at Smith Beretania Park.

The full Council is expected on Jan. 25 to review the proposed expansion of so-called sit-lie laws aimed primarily at preventing the homeless from camping, sleeping or obstructing sidewalks and other public areas. Read more

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