Los Angeles Law Makes Sleeping In Your Car Illegal.

It’s happening across the world – rising rents making it harder to afford to live.

In the last few years the rising price of rents in the U.S and globally have made it increasingly hard for people to stay afloat.

It has created a huge problem particularly with younger people, who work full time but still find it hard to afford their own place.

Millenials are the first generation who can’t take having their own place for granted, and many have turned to alternative methods of accommodation.

There has been an increase in the number of people who can’t afford their own place, but who can afford a car.

This has led to people being forced to live in their cars and RV’s, sometimes just for a short while, sometimes for longer.

It has long been accepted that sleeping in your car is an option when you’ve no other choice, but it has become increasingly common.

In Los Angeles there have even been programs like the “Safe Parking program,” set up by the New Beginnings Counseling Center. This program aimed to make a safe space for people who had no other option to sleep in their cars, as it can be a risky business.

But the L.A law has now changed, making it illegal for anyone to sleep in their car or RV.

Fines of between $25 to $75 can be given to anyone found sleeping in their car in a residential ares. The move has been seen as an attack on poverty, taking away some people’s only option.

A judge remarked on a similar law that was attempted to be passed in 2014 that it was:

“broad enough to cover any driver in Los Angeles who eats food or transports personal belongings in his or her vehicle. Yet it appears to be applied only to the homeless.”

The passing of this law is just one in a long line of legislation which appears to want to make being poor or homeless illegal.

In some parts of the U.S people have been fined and even arrested for giving food to the homeless.

The policy is set to be up for reconsideration in July, where many homeless advocates will be putting their case forward.

The law seems to want to ‘clean’ up the streets from these homeless people who are in need of help, but they have no idea what to do with them instead.

Via The Anti Media