Homelessness / PCEI Paper -- Outline

Proposed Structure for Homelessness Paper:

1. How do homelessness/crime issues relate to DAPAC? [Robert]
1. How The Presence of The Homeless Inhibits Economic Growth
2. How Crime Inhibits Economic Growth

2. The Situation in Berkeley [Linda; Farhad; Efren; Jenny]
1. Current rates / facts

i. How present are the homeless in Berkeley?

ii. What are current crime rates downtown?

iii. Is there a relationship between the presence of the homeless downtown and downtown crime rates?

2. Berkeley’s Past (Unconstitutional) Measures to Address Homelessness

i. Measures N and O (1998)

ii. Judicial decision declaring the measures unconstitutional violation of First Amendment

3. Berkeley’s Attempts to Address Homelessness Downtown

i. The Public Commons for Everyone Initiative (PCEI)

ii. Other Relevant Legislation or Policies / Other Social

1. Housing the homelessness

iii. Financial impact of Berkeley’s programs

4. How Other Cities Have Tried to Address Homelessness

i. Case examples of what works and does not work

ii. Comparison to Berkeley

3. Public Commons for Everyone Initiative [Jesse; Matt; Beverly; David]
1. Why The PCEI Will Fail to Address Homelessness in Berkeley

i. Eighth Amendment Cruel & Unusual Analysis [Beverly]

ii. Fourteenth Amendment Due Process / Void for Vagueness Analysis [David]

iii. The merits of criminalization on homelessness [Matt]

iv. Straight Policy Discretion Analysis [Jesse]

2. Proposed Solutions

i. A Redrafted PCEI Ordinance [Jesse, Matt, David, Beverly]