Danny Lawson, an unhoused Salinas resident, walks through the Chinatown encampment. Salinas City Council voted to reduce notice times for sweeps in unhoused communities from 72 hours to 48 hours. Homeless advocates say for the roughly 1,250 people without homes in Salinas, this could make traumatic encampment sweeps more frequent. (Chris Hamilton – Monterey Herald)
With a 6-1 vote in favor of the ordinances and summit recommendation – only Councilman Andrew Sandoval voting against it – the item will return for a second reading at the next meeting on Feb. 24.
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