Pinellas County Sheriffs Deputies surveilled a group of housing rights activists for around 12 hours during a demonstration that was being held outside of their jurisdiction, on St. Petersburg city property. Yesterday, housing activists staged an "emergency tent city" sleep-in demonstration at St. Petersburg City Hall to demand rent control be put on a November ballot for voters to decide on. But the morning before the demonstration began, an unnamed person from the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office (PCSO) contacted an organizer to tell her that camping on the grass across the street from city hall would be illegal, because it is Pinellas County Courthouse property.
Pinellas County Sheriffs Deputies surveilled a group of housing rights activists for around 12 hours during a demonstration that was being held outside of their jurisdiction, on St. Petersburg city property. Yesterday, housing activists staged an "emergency tent city" sleep-in demonstration at St. Petersburg City Hall to demand rent control be put on a November ballot for voters to decide on. But the morning before the demonstration began, an unnamed person from the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office (PCSO) contacted an organizer to tell her that camping on the grass across the street from city hall would be illegal, because it is Pinellas County Courthouse property.