Palm Beach County officials are opening warming shelters as cold weather grips the area, but one commissioner wants to change the rules that determine when these life-saving facilities can open their doors.
Currently in Palm Beach County, overnight warming shelters can only open when temperatures drop below 40 degrees for four consecutive hours.
County Commissioner Joel Flores is pushing to raise that threshold to 45 or 50 degrees, arguing the current standard doesn’t adequately protect the county’s most vulnerable residents…