ST. PETERSBURG, Fla (WFLA) — A Bay area organization is looking to joins an ongoing legal battle between the city of St. Petersburg and a business owner. Last month, the owner of Shiso Crispy sued the city because she said they are not enforcing the state’s public sleeping law.
The Southern Poverty Law Center is representing the not-for-profit Progressive People’s Action (PPA), on behalf of the homeless population. PPA organizes to help meet the basic needs of others.
“We believe that our unhoused neighbors and friends have constitutional rights just like the rest of us,” said SPLC attorney Jacqueline Azis…