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Mayor Proposes to Expand Sit and Lie Ban

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Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell, expressing growing frustration with O’ahu’s homeless problem, is asking the City Council to approve a policy he had previously vetoed -- the so-called “sit-lie ban” -- with two bills that would expand the practice island-wide. Alani Apio is a homeless advocate and community organizer and joins us to discuss the proposed extension.

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