Category Archives: Social Justice

Colorado Progressive Coalition support HB-1249

Mortage reform bill dies

Editor’s note: The proposed Colorado Housing Stabilization and Mortgage Accountability Act, HB-1249 was being heard in the House Business, Labor, Economic and Workforce Development Committee at press time for PPJPC’s print…

Downtown Colorado Springs by David Shankbone

Passive solicitation OK

Three months after a failed legal defense of its controversial downtown No Solicitation Zone, the Colorado Springs City Council scratched the zone from the books and has dropped further efforts…

Colorado Springs Panhandler

UPDATE: Solicitation remains legal throughout city

  City officials recently sought clarification on the status of a “20-foot rule,” which they say effectively bans solicitation citywide. The move came as the city decides on whether or…

Colorado Springs Panhandler

PEOPLE: Judge suspends solicitation ban

 Loring Wirbel Warning that the No-Solicitation Zone ordinance passed by the Colorado Springs City Council in November probably violates the U.S. Constitution, U.S. District Judge Marcia Krieger has stopped the…