New Measure Prompts Arizona Cities To Begin Long-Overdue Homeless Crackdowns Or ‘Pay the Price’

‘We are looking to take this to many other states,’ backers of the novel effort tell the Sun.

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A Phoenix homeless encampment, as seen on July 14, 2023, during a 15-day-long heatwave in which temperatures rose above 110 degrees. Brandon Bell/Getty Images

Crack down on homelessness or prepare to refund property taxes: that is the choice facing Arizona cities, as they scramble to comply with a new ballot measure.

Arizona voters in November overwhelmingly approved a ballot measure, Proposition 312, which starting in 2025 will allow property owners to apply for property tax refunds if a city fails to enforce laws regarding illegal camping, panhandling, and public drug use. 

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