Orange County approves local law prohibiting sleeping on public property

"The law is meant to help the county avoid legal liability for failing to comply with a new statewide public camping ban."

By McKenna Schueler from Orlando Weekly

"In order to comply with a new state law that prohibits people from sleeping or camping on public property overnight, Orange County leaders on Tuesday formally passed their own local version of the law in a 4-2 vote, with newly elected commissioner Kelly Semrad and commissioner Maribel Gomez Cordero acting as the lone dissenters."

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