kudos to U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Texas Andrew Hanen who blocked this ordinance temporarily. **delete if
I would have to see the text of the ordinance to say more but it seems like it would be violation of civil liberties to say they someone couldn’t voluntarily feed someone who wasn’t committing a crime or at war with the US.
been on the books since 2012 but just recently enforced. sorry, don't have a link to the ordinance, but if you feed more than 5 homeless people you need permission from the owner(s) of the property. in the case of publicly owned land, that means city permits. Food Not Bombs, who are challenging the edict and have been issued hefty fines, agree with you regarding the civil liberties.
In prison yes but if you’re feeding a fugitive fleeing the law that could be considered aiding and abetting.
I can see an argument for feeding someone on on someone else’s private property but if you fed them on your property or on we’re just handing out sandwiches on public property that seems like it would be your right to do so.
I completely agree with her statement below.... Dore has been volunteering to feed the homeless with the group for 12 years. She criticized the citations and rhetoric from the mayor’s office and asserted all volunteers will be pleading not guilty and seeking to contest the citations through jury trials. “We believe in our constitutional right to serve people who are hungry on tax-paid public property without government permission. If we have to start asking our government if we can feed people, we have serious problems in society,” said Dore.
curious thing is they're (prosecutor's office) having real difficulties finding juries willing to fine folks for feeding the hungry.
They have homeless shelters downtown The problem is that they don’t want to be stuck with other homeless people and stay indoors all day Houston usually puts these people in the projects and let them do what they want , but the projects are being gentrified now
