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  • Affordable housing is disappearing. So cities are designating parking lots to sleep in.

    Matthew Zeitlin

    October 11, 2019 |

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    Response Location: United States, Santa Barbara, California

    Cities like Santa Barbara are creating "Safe Parking Programs" that designate certain parking lots as safe and legal for residents living in their cars to park at night. An organized intake procedure on-site attempts to connect these homeless residents with relevant resources.

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  • Do plastic bag taxes or bans curb waste? 400 cities and states tried it out.

    Matthew Zeitlin

    August 27, 2019 |

    Vox |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Across the world, countries are reckoning with its astounding single-use plastic bag waste by instituting legislation that taxes or all-out bans them. Research has shown that taxing the bags has been a more effective strategy with less unintended consequences, as banning often leads to a sharp increase in thicker plastics or paper bags. In places that have instituted the tax, they’ve seen a 40 percent decrease in usage, and arguably more importantly, a cultural shift away from single-use plastics.

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