City of Jacksonville

Jacksonville City Council Member Al Ferraro will be holding a meeting on Monday, May 2^nd to discuss panhandling-related issues. Council Member Ferraro said the meeting is being called because “I am concerned that law abiding citizens are being harassed by panhandlers to the degree that is becoming a public safety issue. I am especially concerned that panhandlers themselves and sometimes children under their direction are approaching cars stopped at traffic lights to ask drivers for money, which is both a public nuisance and a very dangerous practice.”