>what are we hoping to get out of sending them to jail/giving them a fine?
disincentivizing them and/or others from doing the same? As GP argued they're basically annexing public land for their own use.
disincentivizing them and/or others from doing the same? As GP argued they're basically annexing public land for their own use.
Similarly, any fine will not get paid because, how would it?
I think we might disincentivize the “hippies” that are choosing to be homeless and care about these things. For sure that is possible. Do we think that the % of people that are choosing that lifestyle is high enough that it will be cost effective to tax payers? I don’t think so but it’s definitely something to look into more closely.