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"The city had also made it hard for the church to provide meals for the homeless by requiring costly permits, he said." Is that true?

sp332 8y ago
This article doesn't mention those permits in particular but shows how opposed people at that council meeting were to even letting the church continue to host events. http://padailypost.com/2018/05/15/pastor-slams-palo-alto-in-unholy-tweets/ http://padailypost.com/2018/05/15/pastor-slams-palo-alto-in-...
dpeck 8y ago
I don't know SV municipalities specifically, but I'd guess its probably true http://www.newsweek.com/illegal-feed-criminalizing-homeless-america-782861 http://www.newsweek.com/illegal-feed-criminalizing-homeless-... Its been enforced haphazardly in Atlanta over the last couple of years.
- peterwwillis 8y ago
  Yep. In Tampa, Food Not Bombs was arrested for not getting a permit for "having an event on public land". http://www.sacbee.com/news/nation-world/national/article125306029.html http://www.sacbee.com/news/nation-world/national/article1253... even though they've been feeding the homeless there for 10 years. The real cause for the crackdown appears to be when there's some event going on in the city, like football championships, where visibility on the city's homeless problem could be problematic for politicians. In Orlando, Food Not Bombs also gets arrested for feeding the homeless. http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/crime/os-homeless-feedings-arrests-20110601-story.html http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/crime/os-homeless-feedin... It was illegal in Fort Lauderdale, until the police arrested a 90 year old man for feeding the homeless. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2014/12/03/after-90-year-old-is-arrested-florida-judge-halts-law-that-restricts-feeding-the-homeless/?utm_term=.29b78183eadc https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2014/12/0... It's probably still illegal, though.

sp332 8y ago

This article doesn't mention those permits in particular but shows how opposed people at that council meeting were to even letting the church continue to host events. http://padailypost.com/2018/05/15/pastor-slams-palo-alto-in-unholy-tweets/ http://padailypost.com/2018/05/15/pastor-slams-palo-alto-in-...

dpeck 8y ago

I don't know SV municipalities specifically, but I'd guess its probably true http://www.newsweek.com/illegal-feed-criminalizing-homeless-america-782861 http://www.newsweek.com/illegal-feed-criminalizing-homeless-... Its been enforced haphazardly in Atlanta over the last couple of years.

peterwwillis 8y ago
Yep. In Tampa, Food Not Bombs was arrested for not getting a permit for "having an event on public land". http://www.sacbee.com/news/nation-world/national/article125306029.html http://www.sacbee.com/news/nation-world/national/article1253... even though they've been feeding the homeless there for 10 years. The real cause for the crackdown appears to be when there's some event going on in the city, like football championships, where visibility on the city's homeless problem could be problematic for politicians. In Orlando, Food Not Bombs also gets arrested for feeding the homeless. http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/crime/os-homeless-feedings-arrests-20110601-story.html http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/crime/os-homeless-feedin... It was illegal in Fort Lauderdale, until the police arrested a 90 year old man for feeding the homeless. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2014/12/03/after-90-year-old-is-arrested-florida-judge-halts-law-that-restricts-feeding-the-homeless/?utm_term=.29b78183eadc https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2014/12/0... It's probably still illegal, though.