Ron Book

A prominent Florida lobbyist who had been charged with driving under the influence after crashing his Lamborghini into another vehicle has pleaded no contest to a reduced charge of reckless driving

As South Florida continues to reel from the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, one local leader is warning residents about another crisis on the horizon. “There is a crisis looming greater than the pandemic itself,” said Ron Book, who heads the Miami-Dade County Homeless Trust.  “It’s January. It’s February. It’s coming and it’s playing in a theater near you...

Dozens of homeless residents who have been living in an encampment in northwest Miami-Dade have to find somewhere else to live after the Florida Department of Health deemed the area a sanitary nuisance.

Florida lobbyist Ron Book was arrested Sunday on DUI charges in Broward County, records showed.

Wayne Maglich was a homeless veteran — but a few organizations in Miami-Dade County helped him get back on his feet.

Calls to a Miami-Dade help hotline have been increasing over the last several months as more and more people in the county have been at risk of being homeless.

On March 21, Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Giménez sent a letter outlining a plan to clean up and close the camp populated by sex offenders, many on probation, attempting to comply with local laws.

On what is likely the last clear day in Florida before Hurricane Irma’s monster wind and rain, social workers and police officers are giving Miami’s estimated 1,100 homeless people a stark choice: Come willingly to a storm shelter, or be held against their will for a mental health evaluation.

A tent community in northwest Miami-Dade is a place people call home but it’s not a place most of them would want to live.

South Florida is one of the primary locations for homeless veterans but there’s a renewed effort to get them off the streets once and for all.

A dispute over dealing with Miami’s homeless population has led to the creation of a poop map chronicling the feces and urine found by a sanitation worker on one shift.