I do not hace social media because scared to even do it. This is my outlet and I found them back 2017 or so depressed on probation on an internet search. Gave me courage and hope.

Ryan

Maybe I was not clear in what I was meaning calling F.A.C superheroes. If there had been no FAC or if I had never found it, I would be quite lonely. Yes I have parents, yes I have neighbors, yes I have family and friends. But if none of them want to talk about the registry and I do not want to really discuss it with and burden them.

I found FAC on a whim and cannot even remember how I found them, but I have been on here now for a long-long time. I had another name on here back then. If not for F.A.C I would probably be in jail because the sheriff’s office doesn’t tell us anything other than remember to register.

Yes there are other groups, volunteers etc etc, but FAC was the first and only organization I was able to find back then and I have been on FAC for all those years. If there was no FAC, imagine all the ordinances that would have been passed without any objections, how many of us who would have been locked up, the homeless that would be, being locked up for not having an address. I could babble on but you get the picture.

And lastly, I have met a lot of friends on here who are in the same situation and doesn’t feel so lonely when we are all together, FAC strong. I may never be removed from the registry, but I know that if not for FAC, it is possible all of us would be back in jail or worse.

Thank you for the correction. FAC isn’t a single superhero it’s an entire team of superheroes working in concert.

Our strength comes from the collective dedication of every department and individual: our Legal team fighting in the courtroom, our Legislative team advocating for policy change, our Board and President providing strategic leadership, our administrative staff keeping operations running seamlessly, and countless others whose contributions often go unsung but are absolutely essential.

This lawsuit, this advocacy, this work it’s not the achievement of one person. It’s the result of coordinated effort across Legal, Legislative, General Information, Board Members, the President, and every other person in this organization whose name I may not remember but whose impact I absolutely recognize.

That’s what makes FAC powerful. That’s what makes this work possible.

Thank you to every single person who is part of this collective effort. Your hard work, your dedication, and your commitment to this mission are what drive real change.

We are stronger together. Members also!

Ryan

There are no perfect answers and the registry seems to run itself. And they push the limits on what the legislators can keep adding on each session. If that law passes (And it most likely will) then they can go a little harder and harsher and so on until some Superhero from F.A.C steps in and says “Hell no, that isn’t going to happen”.

According to Journalist Paige Oamek, of The New Republic (June 28, 2026); Justice Sonia Sotomayor has strongly criticized the Supreme Court’s recent ruling on homelessness, calling it “unconscionable” and “cruel and unusual” under the Eighth Amendment. In her dissent in City of Grants Pass, Oregon v. Johnson, Sotomayor argued that the Court’s decision effectively allows local governments to criminalize homelessness by permitting fines and arrests for sleeping in public — even when people have nowhere else to go. She wrote that for those without access to shelter, such laws “punish them for being homeless” and that “sleep is a biological necessity, not a crime”. Sotomayor emphasized that the majority’s focus was almost entirely on the needs of local governments, leaving the most vulnerable with “an impossible choice: Either stay awake or be arrested”. She cited social science research showing that most unsheltered individuals would move inside if safe and affordable shelter were available and criticized the majority for ignoring barriers such as restrictive shelter policies based on gender, age, income, or religious practice. She also challenged the majority’s claim that public camping bans do not criminalize status, pointing out that in practice, no non-homeless person had ever been ticketed for illegal camping in Grants Pass Talking Points Memo. Sotomayor described the ruling as a “big game of whack-a-mole” that punishes people for their status rather than addressing the root causes of homelessness. In her dissent, read from the bench, she concluded that the Court has abdicated its role in safeguarding constitutional liberties for the most vulnerable, and expressed hope that it will “play its role” in the future. Advocates for the unhoused have welcomed her dissent, calling the ruling “cruel, misguided” and warning it will worsen homelessness by saddling people with debt and further isolating them from services.

The broader concern to this is what happens if you get an officer that’s willing to work with you on the time you need to leave the certain area after they ask you then the next officer doesn’t like registrants so makes them move no time at all. Then they make a move to an area where they’re violating the 2500 foot rule or at least have to cross through it and then they get arrested on that too. Remember even if you’re just arrested being homeless any arrest in Florida to make it where you’re ineligible to petition to get off the registry so it’s a catch 22

A few years ago they were sleeping on our sidewalks at the entrance of our community, so I know what it is like to have to call the police to get them removed, but there is a difference with some woods with no, no trespassing signs. Also depends on the county you live in, the county I live in the deputies are pretty chill. I do not live in any city limits just for that reason, the city cops are much more aggressive than our sheriff’s deputies.

And unlike some, I do not hate law enforcement, I just hate the ones who are corrupt, dishonest, abusive and liars who make stuff up.

https://newhampshirebulletin.com/2025/10/08/aclu-sues-new-hampshire-over-its-loitering-law-arguing-police-use-it-to-harass-homeless-people/