The Encinitas City Council voted Wednesday to move forward with two proposals related to homelessness.

Those proposals would expand the city’s bans on camping outdoors or sleeping in vehicles overnight. The first proposal struck the words “at night” from the city’s ordinance, banning camping on private property to cover daytime camping.

The other proposal expands the city’s ban on sleeping in cars from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. Previously, the ban was in effect from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m.

Council member Jim O’Hara put forth the proposals. He said they were meant to help sheriff's deputies better enforce ordinances that are already on the books.

“All we're doing is we're taking an ordinance that already exists, and we're making it so they can use it," he said. "They don't need a diamond-head screwdri

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