Honolulu officials have taken the first major step toward using the new belongings ban to remove homeless people from public sidewalks.
Workers in the city’s Department of Facility Maintenance, wearing neon orange vests, posted 24-hour warning notices on tents and carts lined up along two Moiliili parks and promised to return Tuesday to confiscate belongings that aren’t moved.
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