Panhandling Ordinance Goes Into Effect
Rough Map of Prohibited Areas
The controversial panhandling ordinance enacted by the Arcata City Council back on St. Patty’s Day is now in effect. Ordinances take 30 days after the time of enactment before it goes into law. Officers with APD say they will be warning panhandlers about the new rules before enforcement begins. The [...]
HumRights to “Bring it on”
Jeffrey Schwartz
Talk about a backfire. When Arcata City Attorney Nancy Diamond essentially told anyone to “bring it on” — this pertaining to a lawsuit against the recently approved panhandling ordinance – in an article published in the Arcata Eye several weeks ago, she probably didn’t expect anyone to accept her challenge. But one local organization [...]
The Will of the People…
From mcpeepants.com
Arcata City Councilman Mark Wheetly hailed the introduction of Ordinance 1399 as the “will of the people,” yet he, along with Mike Winkler and Alex Stillman, could give two-shits about it. They made this clear when they voted to adopt the panhandling ordinance despite not one single person out of the almost twenty speakers [...]
Should Mayor Alex Stillman recuse herself?
Today is D-Day for the Panhandling Ordinance (Ordinance 1399). Either the Arcata City Council will defy logic and reason by enacting this ordinance, punishing the impoverished and fundraiser alike and surely wasting our tax dollars in a lawsuit that is sure to manifest from this, or the members will choose wisely by not rejecting the [...]
Will Somebody PLEASE think of the Non-Profits…
Since I started talking with other Arcatans about this panhandling ordinance, I wasn’t completely shocked that many people weren’t even aware of its existence, let alone what it was proposing. And then there were those who did know about the ordinance, but their knowledge didn’t go beyond the aggressive panhandling part. But when I started [...]
Letter Against the Aggressive Panhandling Ordinance
Hey folks. So as some of you are aware, a handful of us have been organizing against Ordinance 1399 (Aggressive Panhandling Ordinance). I’ve written two posts about this which you can view here and here. One of the actions we are taking involves circulating a letter throughout the community with the hopes that we can [...]
Visualizing the Aggressive Panhandling Ordinance
Map showing where panhandling would be prohibited
So I wanted to visualize what areas of Arcata would be panhandling-free zones if the city council enacts this aggressive panhandling ordinance. In it, it prohibits panhandling 20ft. away from supermarkets, retail stores, restaurants, bars, intersections, entrances and exits to pedestrian footbridges and parking lots, and bus stops, along [...]
The No-Beg Zone
Choosing the most heavy-handed solution next to outright murder, the Arcata City Council bans panhandling throughout most of the city.
