City attorneys believe Proposition A has components that may violate state law governing municipal police officers.
With the lifespan of the current contract winding down, negotiations between the City of Austin and the police union have reached an impasse.
The council opted to send the proposition for a stronger Office of Police Oversight to the May ballot and reinstated a mothballed license plate reader program.
The potential second rebuke of the Austin city council in 2021 fell flat after voters overwhelming rejected a proposition that would have set a minimum police staffing level.
Chas Moore launched his organization in 2015 and has since influenced massive policy changes in Texas' capital city.
The Austin City Council will consider a resolution clarifying the camping ordinance on October 17, but residents are as divided as ever on the growing homelessness crisis.
