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Madison, Dane County considering moves to end homeless sleeping outside the City-County Building. (Wisconsin State Journal, 7/18/2014)
A proposal to disperse the homeless. Madison and Dane County are considering a move that would give police authority to stop the homeless from sleeping outside the City-County Building’s main entrance and address inappropriate behaviors there.
But a leading advocate for the homeless is questioning where people are supposed to go.
My take. Based on one of the 6 principles set forth in the document, Understanding the Challenge of Homelessness and Public Land, I don't consider repositioning tresspassing signs to be a problem-solving approach.
OK, so "no trespassing" signs don't qualify as physical barriers, but the intent is the same: to keep a certain group of people away from a particular area.
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