Wichita City Council members sparred over the enforcement of the city’s homeless encampment ordinance Tuesday. The conversation came after Wichita Mayor Lily Wu questioned whether the ordinance could be more strictly enforced downtown. She said over the weekend she was walking through the Douglas underpass downtown and saw a woman with a child afraid to walk by someone who was sleeping on the sidewalk. The ordinance allows for rapid removal of homeless encampments by eliminating the need to post notices to vacate. However, a homeless person cannot be charged under the ordinance unless a shelter bed is available. Numerous council members pushed back against stronger enforcement of the ordinance in the city’s core area, citing the limited number of beds at Second Light, formerly known as the Multi Agency Center. Read more at the link in our bio. Video caption: Wichita City Council member Brandon Johnson discusses homelessness in Wichita on Tuesday. #Wichita #Kansas #Local #fy #fyp #fypage #foryoupage #foryourpage #government #homeless #unhoused #homelessness