Cities Screw Homeless

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deano1234

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food

homeless

charities

free meals

This makes no sense to me, and is in fact quite sad. Cities are cracking down on charities that feed the homeless, adopting rules that restrict food giveaways to certain locations, require charities to get permits or limit the number of free meals they can provide.

I would love to know what the reasoning behind this is, because I can't think of one.

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schencka on

Re: Cities Screw Homeless

It's a lot like the "protest zones" of the 2000 and 2004 inaugurals with 12-foot walls.

As for the homeless, IMO longer-term assistance would be better than, say, one meal. NOW on PBS had a story about a housing program, for example.

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anomia on

Re: Cities Screw Homeless

I used to be part of a group that gave free meals to people by the homeless shelter in downtown Phoenix. One time a police officer actually ripped a plate away from a homeless guy. Apparently we were violating some zoning rule by feeding people in a vacant lot.