Chad v. City of Ft. Lauderdale, FL

HULL, Circuit Judge:

A Plaintiff-Appellant class of homeless people appeals the district court’s decision granting summary judgment for the City of Fort Lauderdale on the class’s First Amendment challenge to a City regulation proscribing begging on a certain five-mile strip of beach and two attendant sidewalks. We hold the challenged restrictions on speech are narrowly tailored to serve the City’s legitimate interests and thus affirm.

The controversy in this case began when the City of Fort Lauderdale enacted Rules and Park Regulations for City Parks and Beaches, intended “to provide citizens…