(Radio Iowa) – The Des Moines City Council voted last (Monday) night for a ban on camping and sleeping on public property that targets homeless people.
The council also approved lowering the notice time before removing tents and shelters from ten days to three. After each ordinance passed, crowds outside the chamber booed and chanted in dissent.
Under the new bans, people who do not agree to move to a shelter can be arrested, charged with a simple misdemeanor and fined 15-dollars. The council does not have a timeline yet for when the bans will go into effect.