VIOLENT
VIOLENT CRIMES ARE BECOMING MORE COMMON WITHIN THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
NOW THE NEW INTERIM POLICE
CHIEF, JOSEPH CHACON SAYS
HE'S GOING TO WORK ON A NEW
INITIATIVE-- TO TACKLE THE
ISSUE.
ISSUE.
ISSUE. HERE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE
ABOUT THIS-- AND OTHER THINGS HAPPENING IN AUSTIN, IS
MAYOR STEVE
ADLER!
GOOD MORNING, MAYOR!
AS WE JUST MENTIONED--
INTERIM CHIEF JOSEPH CHACON
SAID LAST WEEK HE'D BE REVEALING
A PLAN TO
DECREASE VIOLENT CRIME IN THE
CITY SOON. HAVE YOU
TALKED TO HIM ABOUT THIS PLAN?
WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE
TO SEE INCLUDED?
HE
HE ANNOUNCED THE PLAN TO ROLL OUT AN INITIATIVE BEFORE AN AN OFFICER
WAS SHOT WHILE
RESPONDING TO A SHOTS FIRED
CALL.
CALL. HE
CALL. HE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL AND HAS SINCE BEEN RELEASED. MAYOR, SOME
PEOPLE ARE FRUSTRATED THAT IT
TOOK
TOOK YOU
TOOK YOU A COUPLE OF DAYS TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS INCIDENT. WHAT DO YOU
SAY TO THEM ABOUT THIS
FRUSTRATION?
FRUSTRATION?
AS
AS WE'VE
AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT ON DAYBREAK THIS MORNING, THE CITY COULD RELEASE A
COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY TO
TACKLE HOMELESSNESS AS EARLY AS
TODAY. WHEN
TODAY. WHEN
CAN
CAN WE
CAN WE EXPECT TO SEE THIS STRATEGY AND WHAT WILL BE
INCLUDED?
INCLUDED? BUILDING OFF OF THE PREVIOUS QUESTION.. EARLY VOTING OPENS IN
ONE WEEK FOR THE MAY ELECTION.
ONE OF THE PROPOSITIONS ON THE
BALLOT IS PROP B, WHICH WOULD
REINSTATE THE CAMPING BAN.
ON
ON THE
ON THE BALLOT IS PROP B, WHICH WOULD REINSTATE THE CAMPING BAN. YOU'VE PREVIOUSLY SAID THAT
HOMELESSNESS IS YOUR TOP
PRIORITY AS MAYOR. DO YOU
AGREE WITH PROP B? HOW COULD
THIS COMPLICATE THE
NEW
NEW "COMPREHENSIV E STRATEGY?" THE CITY HAS BOUGHT UP SEVERAL HOTELS TO HELP
HOUSE PEOPLE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS. ARE THERE
LEGAL LIABILITIES BY THE CITY IF
CRIME AND
VIOLENCE WERE TO TAKE PLACE
AMONG
AMONG THOSE WHO LIVED/ ARE PLACED INTO THESE HOTELS?
ONE
ONE OF
ONE OF THE HOTELS THAT COUNCIL RECENTLY BOUGHT IS IN THE CITY LIMITS OF
AUSTIN, BUT TECHNICALLY IN
WILLIAMSON COUNTY. THIS HAS
FRUSTRATED SOME COUNTY LEADERS AND JUST LAST WEEK A WILCO JUDGE
JUDGE
SAID
SAID THIS... WILCO LEADERS ARE ALSO TAKING LEGAL ACTION
TO FIGHT THIS PURCHASE. DO YOU
HAVE ANY COMMENT?