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Downtown business and residents press St. Petersburg Council to enforce Bill 13-65 and fund "clean-and-safe" program
Summary
Residents, businesses and neighborhood groups described repeated assaults, theft and public-health hazards downtown and urged the City Council to enforce City Bill 13-65, add outreach clinicians and create a funded clean-and-safe program to supplement police patrols.
Downtown residents and business owners told the St. Petersburg City Council on June 5 that rising disorder and repeated safety incidents are worsening life and commerce in the city's urban core and urged a stronger enforcement response.
Karen Carmichael, president of the Downtown Neighborhood Association, recounted a recent fatality at 3rd Street and 1st Avenue North and said the episode underscored a sustained crisis of mental-health and substance-use disorder in public spaces. "We need more boots on the ground. We need more clinicians, more outreach teams," Carmichael…
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