‘We are not trying to criminalize the homeless’: Mobile considers jailing people for panhandling, sleeping in parks

During a pre-council meeting Tuesday, the Mobile City Council discussed proposed ordinances that would affect the city’s unhoused population. The three ordinances, all proposed by Mayor Sandy Stimpson, pertain to solicitation, loitering in parks or playgrounds after dark and obstructing public sidewalks. Under the solicitation ordinance, it would be…

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