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Kadie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-06-10 08:29 PM
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Bill Aims To Protect Homeless From Hate Crimes (CA)
Bill Aims To Protect Homeless From Hate Crimes
Assembly Passes Legislation
POSTED: 2:43 pm PDT May 6, 2010
UPDATED: 2:46 pm PDT May 6, 2010


SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- California's homeless would have enhanced civil rights protections under a bill passed by the state Assembly.

The legislation approved Thursday would add the state's estimated 157,000 homeless to the list of groups protected from hate-based violence.

That would allow them to sue for larger sums of damages if they are targeted in an attack.

The sponsors of AB 2706 said California is second in the nation in the rate of violence against homeless people. In 2008, a homeless man was burned alive in Los Angeles.

Most Assembly Republicans voted against the bill, saying homelessness isn't in the same category as race, gender and sexual orientation.

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http://www.kcra.com/politics/23479116/detail.html
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Duer 157099 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-06-10 08:32 PM
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1. How about a bill to protect homeless from homelessness?
That's the one I want to see
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alp227 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-06-10 08:39 PM
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2. Me too: I concur with the Republicans ironically
that homelessness is NOT a hate crime-eligible trait...oh wait, Republicans think that there are no such crimes as hate crimes!
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Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-06-10 08:40 PM
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3. Tea Baggers won't like this at all.
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NaturalHigh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-06-10 08:44 PM
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4. I'm glad to see this.
It's a good start. Of course, what is really needed is a comprehensive program to eradicate homelessness.
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NaturalHigh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-07-10 02:24 PM
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5. It's really sad to see so little attention given to this thread.
It's like we don't even pay lip service to helping the homeless any more.
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