Farnsworth’s story of homelessness prompts Senate committee chair to pull Kavanagh’s proposal

Sen. David Farnsworth, R-Mesa, speaks with attendees at a rally hosted by EZAZ at Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza at the Arizona State Capitol in Phoenix in January 2022. Farnsworth’s recent extended comments about his struggles with homelessness and mental illness led the chairman of a Senate committee to pull Republican Fountain Hills Sen. John Kavanagh’s proposal to make sleeping on a sidewalk a state crime during this 2023 legislative session. || Photo by Gage Skidmore via Flickr

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January 20, 2023

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