HONOLULU (AP) — Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell vetoed a bill Wednesday that would expand the city’s ban on sitting and lying down in public to more pedestrian malls. ADVERTISING HONOLULU (AP) — Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell vetoed a bill Wednesday
HONOLULU (AP) — Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell vetoed a bill Wednesday that would expand the city’s ban on sitting and lying down in public to more pedestrian malls.
Honolulu first banned sitting and lying down in the visitor hotspot Waikiki after tourists complained about too many homeless people living around the beach. The city has gradually expanded the ban to more business districts.
City Council Chairman Ernie Martin has indicated the council is likely to override the mayor’s veto.
Caldwell also signed a bill that bans camping or setting up tents on the banks of city-owned streams.
The National Alliance to End Homelessness says Hawaii has the nation’s second-highest number of homeless people per capita in the nation.
