You know, it's one thing for the city fathers to tell the PD to ease off on enforcement of certain things.
It's another thing to (very publicly) pass a law or rule that says..... Hey, it's OK to drop your pants on main street or in front of restaurants, or in front of elementary schools and poop your brains out.
Idiocracy.
(reading the article, it is still unlawful, the penalty has just been reduced) (no fine and up to 60 days, but you know no one will get jail, it's too expensive too and crowded to shelter them, and they likely have already have figured out that come cold weather, a small crime can get you shelter and food for 30 or 60 days, free)
You know what would be a progressive penalty for public defecation? An orange jump suit and a pair of rubber gloves (no shovel), and you have to go around and pick up poop all over town for 30 days.
Or shipping these nasty barbarians back to where they came from. Or make an example out of them, cut their wiping hand off.