Florida Action Committee (FAC)

Because I walk around the house naked way more than my wife would prefer, she recently played a joke on me. As I sometimes like to do, I donned only flip-flops to enter our garage and get something from my tool shelf. I was a full 20 feet inside when I heard the garage door rumble open. I had to

After reading that FAC filed a human rights complaint with the United Nations concerning the inhumane treatment of registrants in our cities, counties, states and by the federal government on behalf of all our members, one of our members was inspired and filed a complaint on his own behalf to support and supplement ours. The member was gracious enough to

You have to ask; how, in a civilized country, can this continue to exist? One Hundred Eighty human beings living homeless alongside railroad tracks in a warehouse district in Miami. No shelter, no sanitation, no access to the basic necessities of human existence. They are chained to their location from 10PM to 6AM because of a curfew. If they are

The sex offender registry regulations began by regulating the lives of sex offenders. It started in the late 90’s by making them register and by the mid-2000’s limited where they could live and just last year introduced a bunch more restrictions that impede travel, anonymous speech and more. But lawmakers are not satisfied with punishing former offenders, they need to

Last month a federal judge ruled that certain aspects of Michigan’s Sex Offenders Registration Act (SORA) are unconstitutionally vague. Sex offenders, for example, are forbidden to live, work, or “loiter” within 1,000 feet of “school property.” U.S. District Judge Robert Cleland noted that such “school safety zones” are not clearly defined, making it difficult to comply with the law. He

The following are the bills we were watching and advocating against. Congratulations to Gail and our legislative team for helping to defeat some very bad and ineffective potential legislation! This just goes to show that hard work does pay off. Thanks also to those who contributed funds to FAC that enabled Gail to travel to Tallahassee to advocate against these