Orange County commissioners to hold public hearing on local homeless encampment ban next week

County leaders are likely to pass a local ban in order to comply with a controversial new statewide law. A new Florida law that bans people from sleeping or camping on public property fully took effect on New Year’s Day, placing Orange County commissioners in a position where they are all but forced to consider adopting their own local version of the law in order to comply. They're holding a public hearing on it next week.

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