San Clemente doesn’t allow people camp on the parks between 10p.m. and 6a.m. Irvine bans sleeping in vehicles parked in the city around 9p.m. to 9a.m. and doesn’t allow camping overnight in public parks without a permit. There are lots of people who flooded Washington D.C. the Barrack Obama’s Inauguration, wasn’t allowed to overnight sleeping in the National Mall because the nation’s capital allows no rating.

The suit filed against the city in December, the City Council and the Laguna Beach Police Department, charges that they have made it illegal to be homeless in Laguna.

Boyd, Councilwoman Jane Egly, an attorney, City Atty. Philip Kohn and Assistant City Manager John Pietig are scheduled to meet today with attorneys acting for plaintiffs Mark Sipprelle, Helene Ayres, Felipe Ruiz, Robert Carmichael and Paul Ishak.

Modifications to the city’s ordinance were tabled last year as recommended by the task force. The modifications were based on the Santa Ana ordinance, which was upheld by the California Supreme Court, Boyd said.

The oversight committee was just one of recommendations by the task force, un-prioritized except to the first two: the continuation of a Community Outreach officer and a multi-purpose center operated by a nonprofit organization to provide outreach and case management services, mentoring, emergency shelter, lockers and opportunities for homeless people to access available county-provided services such as detoxification, mental health care and transitional housing.

The suit against the city also alleges illegal police enforcement of the ordinance, improper searches and seizures of property and official thwarting of attempts to assist homeless people and denial of a permit for multipurpose center that would provide emergency beds.

Further, officials also point out that the permit for the multipurpose center was not denied. The hearing was continued until the Relief and Resource Center, which had made the application, pulled out of a deal to buy a building in Laguna Canyon, for which the city had promised a $100,000 down payment.

City officials have testified that enforcement of the ordinance was discontinued in February and any citations issued for sleeping on public property were rescinded. However, citations continued to be issued for trespassing on private property and for disorderly conduct.

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