While we await word for when the city will enforce the sidewalk belongings ban against Occupy Honolulu protesters here, other cities are struggling to handle similar situations.

In Washington, D.C., protesters are trying to figure out ways to get around the National Park Service ban on camping overnight. From CNN:

A protester named Eli — who would only give his first name, and who wasn’t participating in the meeting — said one of the ideas being mulled if Monday’s deadline were imposed would be to hold a “sleep strike,” in which demonstrators would play board games and do other things throughout the nights to avoid the “sleeping activities” banned by the Park Service.

“I plan on not leaving and not sleeping as long as possible,” Eli said.

Read the full story: Occupy DC protesters mull how to deal with overnight camping ban

(Photo from CNN)

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