CALL TO ACTION: Oppose Miami Beach’s Plan to Criminalize Homelessness

UPDATE 9/12/2023 Open Flyer Please join the Racial Equity MCARE Zoom call  1pm Tuesday, September 12th, devoted entirely to discussing the Miami Beach City Commission’s meeting, 8:30 am Wednesday, September 13th at 1901 Convention Center Drive, and their plan (see Commission Memo and proposed ordinance here) to deport and arrest unhoused people. We’ll circulate talking points in opposition to this inhumane ordinance, and discuss constructive alternatives

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CALL TO ACTION: Hillsborough County and Pinellas County Probation Officers Sending People on Sex Offender Probation to Camps in Wooded Areas

Major Concerns: Probation officers in Hillsborough County and Pinellas County are sending people, who are on sex offender probation and have no place to live, to wooded areas to reside. The probation officers are telling the probationers to “go back there” (into the woods) and remain there until morning. The probation officers involved and the Florida Department of Corrections claim

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UPDATE 1-CALL TO ACTION: Volusia County Drafting Ordinance To Expand Residency Restriction to 1,500 Feet in the Unincorporated Parts of Volusia County for People Classified as a Sexual Predator

UPDATE 7/10/2023 – This item was removed from the County Commission Meeting Agenda for 7/11/2023.  We understand that Commissioner Danny Robins and County Attorney Russ Brown are calling for additional research. Please continue to send research studies and your opposition letters to the commissioners and county attorney (contact info below). Next Volusia County Commission Meeting is August 1. Major Concerns:

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CALL TO ACTION: Stop Volusia County Council from expanding residency restrictions

Major Concerns: According to the Daytona Times, the Volusia County Council could be proposing at its June 20 meeting at 4 pm an ordinance to be drafted that would expand the residency distance requirements in the unincorporated parts of the county beyond the state’s 1,000 feet from any school, child care facility, park or playground. The Council could also consider

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CALL TO ACTION:  Hernando County Commissioners voted to move forward with a proposed sex offense ordinance

CALL TO ACTION:  Hernando Co. Commissioners voted to move forward with a proposed sex offense ordinance   Even though there have been no reports of new sex offenses by people on the sex offense registry in Hernando County, the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office has requested that the Hernando County Commissioners pass this proposed sex offense ordinance.  They are trying to

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