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Today is Monday, June 24, 2024.
Last week, all eyes in city hall were glued to the city council as councilors plowed through a mountain of budget and policy decisions before their summer break (ICYMI: Drive-thrus, tribal consultation and other changes to the city’s zoning code coming to a neighborhood near you).
This week, city policy watchers are turning their eyes to Washington, D.C.
That’s because the U.S. Supreme Court is widely expected to decide a case out of Oregon on whether “laws regulating camping on public property constitute ‘cruel and unusual punishment’ prohibited by the Eighth Amendment?”
The City of Albuquerque has even weighed in (alongside many other cities) with the court saying, in part, “As a practical matter, these decisions compel local
governments to choose between providing shelter or surrendering public lands to encampments that harm local communities.”
Looking ahead to that decision and how the city has been navigating and changing its approach to homelessness and policing public spaces, we sat in on a unique public hearing this past weekend and look back at some of our previous reporting on how the city’s homeless solutions work (and don’t).
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Anti-homeless attitudes, discrimination focus of Albuquerque hearing
Board to issue report with recommendations for city leaders
Anami Dass, the chair of Albuquerque’s Human Rights Board, read a statement on behalf of […]
It’s official: Berry-era homeless jobs program to return
City has 60 days to create pilot, budget
June 5, 2024
$1M from feds would add transitional housing for homeless families
Options are few for those leaving emergency shelters
June 7, 2024
How many homeless die in Albuquerque each year? It’s complicated.
‘We need each other; nobody’s winning here’
April 12, 2024
Homeless sobering center would take pressure off emergency rooms
$5.3M unit to get spotlight from dignitaries Thursday
April 1, 2024
Albuquerque & New Mexico
What to expect: New county manager selection, State of the County Address on commission agenda
Commissioners may appoint interim manager
By Rodd Cayton
Bernalillo County commissioners Tuesday are expected to name the next county manager. The commission is to select from three finalists at its regular meeting and begin the process of negotiating […]
All e-bikes may soon be allowed on Open Space trails
Ordinance to allow e-bikes on Open Space trails is on the City Council’s Aug. 5 meeting agenda
By Elizabeth McCall
E-bike users may be on their way to riding on Open Space trails — legally. At the June 12 Land Use Planning and Zoning Committee meeting, committee members passed an […]
National News: What to watch from the US Supreme Court this week
- Supreme Court will take up state bans on gender-affirming care for minors
- Is Trump shielded from criminal charges as an ex-president?
- What’s left for the Supreme Court to decide? Here’s the list.
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