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Being Homeless in Downtown Columbia, South Carolina, Might Be Against the Law
Police officers could be assigned to patrol the city center and keep homeless people out.
UPDATE, Aug. 29: Since this piece was first reported, some members of the Columbia City Council now say that they did not vote to approve the entire "Emergency Homeless Response" plan, despite Councilman Cameron Runyan's statements to the media that they did. The whole thing is sorta up in the air until a planned Sept. 3 hearing, when the council hopes to clear up what, exactly, it did vote on.
After receiving a mountain of complaints from business owners in downtown Columbia, South Carolina, the Columbia City Council announced last week that it would do everything in its power to ban homeless people from entering the downtown area.