This letter was sent to the Cranston City Council after the Mayor proposed yet another punitive anti-homelessness ordinance that would allow the police and Department of Public Works to destroy personal property with only 24 hours' notice.
This letter was signed by: Rhode Island Homeless Advocacy Project, Better Lives Rhode Island, House of Hope CDC, American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island, and Street Sights.
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