Miami Considers Law Aimed at Expelling Homeless By Phil Latzman, Florida News Connection In the shadows of – and in contrast to – the city’s new multimillion-dollar condominiums, hundreds of Miami’s homeless…
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Myers wants homeless report and ordinances on March City Council agenda
Pensacola City Councilwoman Sherri Myers has gotten tired wanting on Council President Andy Terhaar to do something with the recommendations on homelessness that have been filed away since October. She has asked…
Cracking down on homeless points out need for comprehensive policies
Over the weekend, law enforcement shutdown several homeless camps in Escambia County. Property owners wanted them off their property, according to deputies. Nathan Monk, a long-time advocate for the homeless, is concerned…
Weekend Buzz: Who died in jail, Landfill woes the Sequel, and Baby, it will get cold again
Through a public records request, Inweekly has received the name of the 48-year-old who died in the Escambia County Jail on Sunday, Nov. 2. James Breacher Brumley was awaiting trial for a…
Homeless Task Force presents recommendations next week
Robert Marbut will present next Monday to the Pensacola City Council the recommendations of the Task Force on Improving Human Services, which has been studying the city’s approach to dealing with its…
Blankets allowed, moratorium on any other changes to Pensacola homeless laws
The Pensacola City Council approved Councilwoman Sherri Myers’ ordinance amendment to allow people to cover themselves with blankets in city parks. However, when it came to dealing with the other “homeless ordinances, 
Rev. Monk met with Cosson, Fountain…not Mayor Hayward or Castille
Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward said last Friday in his ‘Upwords’ that he will support changes to his homeless ordinances the city council passed last year. He said that his change of heart…
Homeless ordinances generated from the mayor’s office
There is some confusion over how the city of Pensacola’s homeless ordinances become law. They were passed by the Pensacola City Council last May, but they originated in the mayor’s office. In…
Petition for Mayor Ashton Hayward to repeal no blanket ordinance gets over 1200 signatures
This petition by Rev. Nathan Monk has gotten over 1,200 signatures: For the first time in recent memory, parts of Florida will be under a state of emergency due to winter weather….
News story #1: Satoshi Forest
The Independent News has covered homelessness in this area for years. Jesse Farthing touched the hearts of many locals with this article on this unique sanctuary for Pensacola’s growing homeless population. Read…
How Tallahassee tackles homeless issue
The Tallahassee City Commission voted yesterday to lease the city’s 3.8 acres on West Pensacola Street for a new 24-hour Comprehensive Emergency Services Center that will focus on serving the homeless in…
War on Pensacola’s homeless continues
Occupy Pensacola hasn’t disappeared. The group is still fighting to help the homeless in the city of Pensacola. As the weather turns cooler, many of those living on the streets are at…
Living on the Edge: Pensacola featured in story about digital economy for the homeless
Wired has a story on how our city’s homeless have figured out how to us bitcoins, the world’s most popular digital currency, to survive. Jesse Angle lives on the streets of Pensacola….
No Panhandling in the Upside
The final installment of the so-called ‘homeless’ ordinances was approved by the Pensacola City Council last night. The new ordinance targets panhandling. “I know it’s going to be challenged in court, and…
Homeless Ordinances Find Home
The Pensacola City Council’s passage of the so-called homeless ordinances has been an uncomfortable affair. During the first reading, it was the Boy Scouts. Thursday, it was a Chinese visitor with the…
Picnic Protest at City Hall
A protest/no-money yard sale/picnic is scheduled for tomorrow on the Pensacola City Hall lawn, prior to the Pensacola City Council meeting. “It is a protest, as well as giving away of items—that…
Myers: Table ‘Aggressive’ Panhandling Proposal
The Pensacola City Council will be discussing a proposed ordinance this afternoon aimed at “aggressive†panhandling. It is the final proposal in a collection of proposed ordinances that critics charge will “criminalize 
Home(less) Schooling
Prior to considering the collection of proposed “no camping” ordinances currently on their table, members of the Pensacola City Council were provided with a presentation from the EscaRosa Coalition on the Homeless….
Boy Scouts’ Late Night with City Council
After an expected 6-3 vote on the first ordinance, everyone knew how the rest of the evening would go. The Pensacola City Council would hold steady on the first reading of a…
At-Large and Homeless
The Pensacola City Council will consider this evening whether to put the dropping of its two at-large seats before voters and continue discussing a trio of proposed ordinances that prohibit activities such…