Florida Action Committee (FAC)

The following redacted letter was shared with us by a member.   Good Morning, My daughter attends 4th grade at local elementary school here in county. She has been enrolled there since kindergarten. A few weeks ago, as always, I participated in my daughter’s parent-teacher conference. This time, however, upon check in, I was required to have my driver’s license

As we write this and in the middle of pouring rain in Miami-Dade County, police are serving eviction notices to the cluster of registrants who are legislated into homelessness in Miami-Dade because of the Lauren Book Act. This cluster, which has been shuffled around for a decade, started because residency restrictions left them with nowhere compliant to live.Even prevented those

Five registrants have filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court challenging a new state law that allows all felons, except those convicted of a sex offense, to serve as jurors. According to the lawsuit, the new law violates the equal protection clause of the state’s constitution. The new law, which began as Senate Bill 310, did not initially exclude

According to Tampa’s WTSP News “the Florida Sheriff’s Association is happy with the Halloween initiative to keep kids safe during trick or treating and related events.” Why are they “happy” you ask? You need to scroll to the bottom of the page to find out the real reason they are happy. According to the article, “Hours dedicated to this operation:

Our Board would like to send a heartfelt thanks to our members Sarah, Maryann and Jacob who attended last night’s Clay County Board of County Commissioners meeting. Although the Commissioners voted to enact their Ordinance, which included a doubling of the residency restriction, Halloween restrictions and a fee for any registrations, the reality is by them showing up to the

Dr. Jill Levenson, professor of Social Work at Barry University in Miami, Florida, and one of the foremost experts in sex offender issues was awarded the ATSA Lifetime Significant Achievement Award at their annual conference last week.  The Award recognizes individuals who have contributed to the state of knowledge in the field of sexual abuse; the reduction or prevention of