The Honolulu City Council is overriding Mayor Kirk Caldwell's veto of their recent bill to expand the ban on sitting and lying down to additional parts of Honolulu.
The council voted 6-3 to override the veto on Wednesday.
Caldwell last month vetoed the council's sit-lie bill because it went from commercial areas like Waikiki to areas off sidewalks, like the bank of a canal where a small tent city emerged.
Caldwell says the bill could face legal challenges if it appears the city is targeting homeless people. He doesn't want to jeopardize all the laws the city passed banning sitting and lying down in Waikiki and other parts of Oahu.
Councilman Trevor Ozawa says the bill is legally defensible and that issue should be left to the judiciary branch.
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