SPOKANE, Wash. – Several weeks after presenting a draft ordinance to Spokane City Council to ban public camping and give officers discretion to arrest those who refuse services, that ordinance will be discussed in City Council committee on Monday.

According to Zappone, little has changed from the Mayor's original draft, which included a city-wide ban on camping. In a press conference, Mayor Lisa Brown explained that an officer could "leverage the arrest" to direct homeless individuals to services.

One of those services, Spokane's new daytime navigation center.

Open from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. seven days a week, the Founder of Jewel's Helping Hands Julie Garcia says the navigation center provides access to shelters, healthcare, shower and laundry services.

"More than 40% of the people u

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