Homeless in Downtown Miami could be affected by new law NBC 6 South Florida [Video]

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On any given night, there are twenty to thirty people sleeping on the sidewalk on SE 3rd Street between 1st and 2nd streets, in the heart of booming Downtown Miami.

“Something needs to be done because these folks need help,” said David Bianchi, an attorney who works nearby. “And nobody’s gonna want to live down here or rent offices down here if you don’t clean this up.”

For many, it’s a bad look for the area and, of course, a terrible situation for the people who are homeless and have to sleep on the streets.

Situations like this are what a new state law signed last week by Governor Ron DeSantis is supposed to address.

The law allows local governments to set up tent encampments and forcibly move homeless people into them if they are sleeping in public areas.

It also allows residents and businesses to sue local governments if they don’t relocate the homeless.

Bianchi says homeless people started …