Interesting little tidbit here: Washington was literally the only state in the nation to shift blue in the 2024 election. And so it shouldn't surprise you when I tell you the Democrats in that state are currently drafting a bill which would make being homeless a human right.
Somehow not satire!
Washington Democrats are preparing a bill that would establish homelessness as a protected class, legalize homeless encampments and RVs statewide and strip cities of the authority to enforce restrictions on homelessness, including bans on encampments, according to a draft of the legislation obtained by 'The Jason Rantz Show' on KTTH. If enacted, the bill would elevate being homeless to the status of a civil right in Washington.
Essentially, the bill, drafted by Rep. Mia Gregerson, who is, of course, a Democrat, would give homeless people the right to live in public places as long as they are doing so in a "nonobstructive" fashion. They can also sleep in their cars as long as they're parked legally. The bill also makes it illegal for governments to enforce encampment bans.
I'll quote straight from the bill:
People experiencing homelessness enjoy constitutional and civil rights, including the right to survive, regardless of their housing status. Accordingly:
(1) Discrimination based on housing status is prohibited;
(2) Every person experiencing homelessness and who has no reasonable alternative but to survive in public space has the following rights in public space without being subject to criminal or civil penalties or harassment by law enforcement, public or private security personnel, or any agents of any public-private partnership established under any state or local law:
(a) The right to survive in a nonobstructive manner;
(b) The right to shelter oneself from the elements in a nonobstructive manner;
(c) The right to eat, share, accept, or give food in any public space where food is not prohibited;
(d) The right to occupy a motor vehicle or recreational vehicle, provided that the vehicle or recreational vehicle is legally parked on public property or parked on private property with the permission of the property owner; and
(e) The right to a reasonable expectation of privacy in one's personal property.
(3) A person experiencing homelessness may not be subject to criminal or civil penalties or harassment by law enforcement, public or private security personnel, or any agents of any public-private partnership established under any state or local law, for surviving in public space when that person has no reasonable alternative but to survive in public space and existing shelter facilities within the local government's jurisdiction are inadequate in number or are functionally inaccessible.
So Washington has carved out an entirely new demographic in the civil rights movement: The homeless.
They're literally making homelessness a civil right, and this is not The Babylon Bee.
Welcome to the future of the Democratic Party, folks!
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