This meeting has been cancelled due to weather. The agenda moves to a special meeting Tuesday. At first blush, it may seem like Thursday’s Miami City Commission meeting is a sleeper, especially compared to recent meetings. Nothing on LED billboards. Nothing on redistricting. But a closer look at the agenda reveals a bunch of items […]
A hotel on U.S. 1 in Cutler Bay is still the best option for a homeless housing project that would serve mostly seniors, according to a memo from Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava that has Commissioner Danielle Cohen Higgins and Cutler Bay Mayor Tim Meerbott a little unhappy. The plan by the Miami-Dade Homeless Trust […]
In the past few years, the city of Miami Commission has taken several steps to crack down on homelessness in what many believe are inhumane ways — including banning food distributions and sweeps that separate homeless individuals from the few belongings they have. Ideas that have been floated include turning historic Virginia Key into a […]
Where will the city of Miami hide its homeless population? That’s something commissioners may discuss at Thursday’s commission meeting. Last month, Commissioner Joe Carollo first proposed a concentration camp of “tiny homes” on Virginia Key to, basically, bus the homeless to and hide them away from anyone in the city. Such an eyesore! That did […]