The Brief
- A restaurant owner in downtown St. Pete says the city isn’t enforcing the law that bans public sleeping in a new lawsuit against the city.
- She says it’s affecting her business, and creating safety concerns for her, her employees and her customers.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Ronicca Whaley, the owner of Shiso Crispy in downtown St. Petersburg, said she, her staff and her customers have been harassed and threatened by people sleeping outside her store and in nearby Williams Park.
She recently filed a lawsuit against the City of St. Petersburg, accusing local leaders of not enforcing the state law banning public sleeping. Her lawsuit includes pictures she took of people sleeping on the ground and on benches.
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