Walking around down-town Orlando, Fla., feels like strolling through "The Truman Show" 's fictional town of Seahaven. But spotless sidewalks, a tidy business district, lush parks and lakes belie a real city with real problems, in particular a burgeoning homeless population that local officials are struggling to control. After a law banning begging outright was struck down by the courts, the city tried regulating pan- handlers by issuing them ID cards, then by confining them to three- by 15-foot "panhandling zones" painted on sidewalks.
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