I’m certain that tourists dozing off will find themselves on the wrong side of this law, right?
I think they’re the right kind of people and won’t be bothered. This law is for them people.
I can not wait for armed Floridians walking the beaches at high noon, executing sleepers.
THEY’RE SLEEPER CELLS!
A bunch of Zimmerman types all defending themselves by shooting other people
I was thinking it’d be fun to post up in Miami Beach and repeatedly report wealthy people napping on their private beaches and act all indignant
private beaches
It literally says “public beaches” in the Headline
I know that a lot of people only read the headline, but it is even written there
I absolutely hope that not considering I am one of the tourists
There’s other states with beaches worth sleeping on.
But are the other states just as warm, beautiful and, most importantly: cheap?
The scum who signed the ban is responsible for this: Critics say Florida aims to rewrite history by rejecting African American studies
I just can’t wrap my head around how or why people support these anti-human actions. Like, why spend $1M on helping the homeless or providing housing when we can spend it on prosecuting them instead?
It’s all prosperity gospel shit. They see being successful as a moral good, so inversely, being poor is a moral failing that requires punishment.
Facist Jesus is the supreme commander.
I don’t understand how it is that you can be this full of hate and so utterly devoid of compassion and empathy.
There’s no hate quite like Christian love.
What would Jesus do? Not this. Absolutely not this.
NIMBYism is the primary factor that obstructs the erection of low-income housing across California which is why our rate of homeless is considerably higher than the rest of the nation.
We actually have to practice and choose to recognize other Americans (or even non Americans) as fellow community members worthy of regard, otherwise it’s easy to just acknowledge your own parish and to Hell with the rest of the species. But then we don’t really have a valid society when we disregard the least of us.
Curiously, in Christianity, this was the real crime of Sodom and Gomorrah, failing to acommodate the destitute and the stranger and feed the hungry. The outrage about the Lot’s guests (and the desire to assault them) was only a symptom of the general sentiment in Sodom, a distrust of strangers even though they were flush with wealth and could be hospitable.
Not that I think firebombing them like the RAF Bomber Command over Hamburg was an appropriate solution.
Throw people in prison and then they aren’t homeless. Problem solved! /s
The bitch of it is that Floridians would support that bill and reject one that houses and feeds the very same people for less money.
My sister lives in Florida. Can confirm.
I work a job starting at 5pm, usually it runs until midnight, but can run until 5am. I usually don’t get home until 90 minutes after my shift ends. So on average I go to bed around 6am.
My sister, KNOWING this, calls me lazy for not waking up at 8am everyday.
She sounds like a twatwaffle.
You need to start calling her at midnight on your drive home just to chat. I used to do that to those people when I did the night shift.
Your sister sounds like a cunt and I agree with the other comment that you repeatedly disturb her in the middle of the night
I’m 100% convinced that’s the end goal. Then you can use those “undesirables” for slave labor.
Why are these bitches sleeping when they could be making some fuxking money?!
I think there’s less /s in there than you’d hope for. Think of that idea coupled with the whole “No slavery, except for prisoners” thing.
Attempting to fine homeless people for not having a place to live was already laughably ignorant, but now you’re extending it to everyone and everything? DON’T YOU DARE FUCKING DOZE OFF AT THE BUS STOP OR ELSE.
(edit: I had trouble finding actual information in the articles, so I’m basing this reply solely off the title.)
Under HB 1365:
Individuals who are homeless are prohibited from camping on city streets, sidewalks, and parks—and are instead placed in temporary shelters monitored by law enforcement agencies.
The state of Florida has the enforcement tools needed to ensure local governments comply.
Homeless shelters will require occupants to not use drugs.
These shelters will also include substance abuse and mental health treatments.
So the legislation is targeted at the homeless, but to make it fair, the general wording is for anyone.
Ah perfect, rules that are inherently up to interpretation and selectively enforced.
This issue actually has come up in arguments from other counties. Can an astronomer take a nap while waiting for dusk at their observation site? Can someone doze while sunbathing on the beach? These laws are typically created to specifically be enforced on people who are obviously unhomed (e.g. less kempt, has all their stuff nearby.) So yes, it’s a way to deal with regional homelessness by NIMBYing it away to other places.
But it also takes the onus off the county for assuring there is housing for the 80%-ish of us who hover just above scarcity income, including those of us who need to work three jobs to eek out a living. This clears the way for a district to invest in gentrification so that it’s a fancy place for affluent people (because most counties want to be that, and not place where poor communities are left). This is government failure at the county level.
Looking at this idiocy from a purely practical perspective, surely housing the homeless by sending them to prison is not the most economical solution. I suppose it probably means someone’s brother-in-law gets to build more for-profit prisons though.
In prison you’re forced to work, so they’re just expanding the slave class we have in the US.
The cost of keeping someone in (EDIT: SOME prisons) is nearly $1000 daily.
That’s the monthly national minimum wage.
That’s okay though because they force the prisoners to pay for their imprisonment and that turns into debt the prison company or state can collect on.
Source on those figures? Not that I doubt you. I just need to cite for stupid.
https://usafacts.org/articles/how-much-do-states-spend-on-prisons/
So not nearly that much but $65k is $175 per person per day. That’s over triple national minimum wage
Not being able to nap on the Beach without the threat of JAIL is called FREEDOM!
What is up with that source? there is no excerpt of the law itself and no link to the law.
Fair criticism, but the bill will also make camping illegal as well as put a tremendous logistical burden on local municipalities all while offering zero funding.
Under HB 1365:
Individuals who are homeless are prohibited from camping on city streets, sidewalks, and parks—and are instead placed in temporary shelters monitored by law enforcement agencies.
The state of Florida has the enforcement tools needed to ensure local governments comply.
Homeless shelters will require occupants to not use drugs.
These shelters will also include substance abuse and mental health treatments.
