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"Homeless people in Concord are running into new laws that may make life on the streets even more uncomfortable, from aggressive measures to clear out homeless camps to a newly passed law banning motorists from transferring anything out of their care to a person on the streets.Three men are fighting back.\u00A0 They are suing the state for their right to camp on public land.\u00A0 News 9 also found other simply ignoring the new ban or receiving charity from people in their cars.One man News 9 caught up with has been holding a sign asking for help since last September.He wouldn't reveal his name, but he did say he is 51 years old and used to play in a rock band and left his job at a fast food restaurant last fall.He told News 9 that on a good day he could get $12 from holding up the sign.He said he likes the freedom, saying his address is everywhere.When told he wasn't supposed to be doing what he was doing he responded by saying, \"I don't care.\u00A0 I did time in prison.Another homeless man News 9 talked with said he has been panhandling for just a couple of months and said most people are actually really nice to him.The new ordinance is carefully worded and does not include the term \"panhandling.\"\u00A0 It also doesn't prohibit standing out on the street holding a sign.\"Technically somebody could hold up a sign asking for help, which is the free speech aspect that the ordinance was concerned about.\u00A0 But if they engage a citizen and take something or receive something or give something, the behavior becomes against the ordinance and that would be enforceable,\" said Concord Police Chief John Duval.It remains to be seen how aggressively the city will enforce the newly passed ordinance.\u00A0 News 9 saw sign-holders at two intersections Tuesday evening who were never approached by police but News 9 did notice two marked cruisers in the retail area on Fort Eddy Road."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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