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Over 24,000 people have voiced support for ending a Houston law against sharing free meals, according to a petition the Texas Civil Rights Project submitted on Monday to the City Council.
The law has become a flashpoint in the city’s homeless strategy, which began issuing tickets in March to try to stop volunteers from distributing free food outside the Central Library downtown four times a week. The group of volunteers has donated meals there for 20 years, a tradition that former mayor Sylvester Turner has said brings the homeless to the area and discourages families from using the library. Instead, the city is asking the volunteers, part of an informal group called Food Not Bombs, to start sharing meals in a police parking lot near the municipal courthouse, where it provides portable restrooms, a hand-washing station and a dumpster.
Over 24,000 people have voiced support for ending a Houston law against sharing free meals, according to a petition the Texas Civil Rights Project submitted on Monday to the City Council.
The law has become a flashpoint in the city’s homeless strategy, which began issuing tickets in March to try to stop volunteers from distributing free food outside the Central Library downtown four times a week. The group of volunteers has donated meals there for 20 years, a tradition that former mayor Sylvester Turner has said brings the homeless to the area and discourages families from using the library. Instead, the city is asking the volunteers, part of an informal group called Food Not Bombs, to start sharing meals in a police parking lot near the municipal courthouse, where it provides portable restrooms, a hand-washing station and a dumpster.
Over 24,000 people have voiced support for ending a Houston law against sharing free meals, according to a petition the Texas Civil Rights Project submitted on Monday to the City Council.
The law has become a flashpoint in the city’s homeless strategy, which began issuing tickets in March to try to stop volunteers from distributing free food outside the Central Library downtown four times a week. The group of volunteers has donated meals there for 20 years, a tradition that former mayor Sylvester Turner has said brings the homeless to the area and discourages families from using the library. Instead, the city is asking the volunteers, part of an informal group called Food Not Bombs, to start sharing meals in a police parking lot near the municipal courthouse, where it provides portable restrooms, a hand-washing station and a dumpster.
Over 24,000 people have voiced support for ending a Houston law against sharing free meals, according to a petition the Texas Civil Rights Project submitted on Monday to the City Council.
The law has become a flashpoint in the city’s homeless strategy, which began issuing tickets in March to try to stop volunteers from distributing free food outside the Central Library downtown four times a week. The group of volunteers has donated meals there for 20 years, a tradition that former mayor Sylvester Turner has said brings the homeless to the area and discourages families from using the library. Instead, the city is asking the volunteers, part of an informal group called Food Not Bombs, to start sharing meals in a police parking lot near the municipal courthouse, where it provides portable restrooms, a hand-washing station and a dumpster.
Over 24,000 people have voiced support for ending a Houston law against sharing free meals, according to a petition the Texas Civil Rights Project submitted on Monday to the City Council.
The law has become a flashpoint in the city’s homeless strategy, which began issuing tickets in March to try to stop volunteers from distributing free food outside the Central Library downtown four times a week. The group of volunteers has donated meals there for 20 years, a tradition that former mayor Sylvester Turner has said brings the homeless to the area and discourages families from using the library. Instead, the city is asking the volunteers, part of an informal group called Food Not Bombs, to start sharing meals in a police parking lot near the municipal courthouse, where it provides portable restrooms, a hand-washing station and a dumpster.
