“Any person who uses a City of Santa Cruz parking lot or garage for purposes other than a motor vehicle or bicycle parking... or who remains on City of Santa Cruz parking lot or garage premises for longer than fifteen minutes...shall be guilty of trespassing, which offense shall be punishable as an infraction.”
-- proposed new City Council chapter 9.64

On May 9th, after more than an hour of public comment and city council chatter, the “Parking Lot Panic” law was significantly amended. It now requires another vote on May 23rd to assure its final passage. Hence there is still time to educate the community as to how absurd, abusive, and unresponsive to real concerns this law is. It's not just a homeless issue, but one that radically changes how the entire community will be allowed to use their vehicles.

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