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Safe Outdoor Spaces

  • Each tent at New Creation Church's Safe Outdoor Space, the only one i the city so far, has a platform and a pot of flowers out front. A recent proposed change aimed at making it easier to start new spaces was voted down by the City Council on Wednesday.
    Public Health New Mexico
    Local business owner to continue lawsuit after councilors vote down changes to safe space law
    Daniel Montaño
    The Albuquerque City Council struck down a proposed change to the ordinance regulating Safe Outdoor Spaces, which are designated managed areas with access to basic amenities for people experiencing homelessness. The changes were aimed at making it easier to set up new spaces, because advocates say the current laws are too burdensome, and restrict private property owners from setting up more. One local business owner is suing for what his lawyers say is his constitutional right to allow people to camp on his property.