On Tuesday, the Chula Vista City Council unanimously passed an ordinance prohibiting encampments on and near public property. National City officials also approved 5-0 their version of a camping ban. They became the latest jurisdictions in San Diego County to embrace such policies.

Shakamie appeared comfortable holding court last week to discuss homelessness with a reporter and several of his friends in the Circle K parking lot off of Highway 70 near the Interstate 40, south of downtown Raleigh.

With Florida’s so-called “anti-camping” law going into effect on Oct. 1, the City of Fort Lauderdale is taking its own steps to not only comply with the law but to go even further to move homeless people off the streets.