From ACLU Florida:
The COVID-19 pandemic has ravaged the Florida economy and, according to social service providers, has made more people homeless, despite attempts to block evictions. Along with homelessness comes an increase in the number of people needing charitable assistance.
Instead of helping residents in need, cities are responding by creating ordinances severely restricting where people can ask others for money. West Palm Beach and Port Orange recently passed such a measure, and Delray Beach votes on one this week.
In doing so, elected officials are clearly violating established guarantees protecting freedom of speech. It is not against the law to ask people for money. If it were, charities could not function, and most politicians would be in jail. The pandemic has not altered that basic right. Continue reading >>>
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