Vote tabled Monday night on DeKalb ordinance proposing fines for public sleeping, ‘camping’

Breaking: “We are tabling the ordinance on homelessness,” Mayor Cohen Barnes said to a crowd gathered prior to the start of the 6 p.m. meeting. “There’ll be further discussion ... It’s because of a lot of the feedback we got from people and the Council.”

The DeKalb City Council on Monday night tabled an expected vote on a controversial measure that could have seen $50 fines enacted for those sleeping or found “camping” in public places. “We are tabling the ordinance on homelessness,” DeKalb Mayor Cohen Barnes said to a crowd gathered prior to the start of the 6 p.m. meeting. “There’ll be further discussion ...

It’s because of a lot of the feedback we got from people and the Council.” A week after a man authorities said was homeless was charged with sexually and physically assaulting multiple women downtown , DeKalb city officials proposed a new fine that would have created a new section of city code about public safety and outlaw what officials are calling “public camping,” documents show. This is a developing story.

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