1.   In response, three months ago the city stepped up its practice of rousing sleeping people from doorways.

2.   In the past, that meant rousing people into the streets.

3.   In the past, that meant rousing people to oust an unpopular government.

4.   In the past, that meant rousing people into the streets to oust an unpopular government.

5.   In the past, that meant rousing people into the streets to oust unpopular governments.