The new law has driven out most aggressive panhandlers.
The government is concerned over increasing numbers of young panhandlers.
Many panhandlers passively ask for money or hold a sign.
In 2007, a coalition of businesses, social service providers, downtown residents and police launched a campaign urging people to refrain from giving money to panhandlers.
Among his other roles he played a panhandler and a private detective.
Despite the stereotype, not all homeless people panhandle, and not all panhandlers are homeless.
There are reports of panhandlers like elsewhere in the city.
