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Cases against volunteers with Food Not Bombs were dismissed on Thursday, but the city attorney said he intends to press the issue.

    • reddig33@lemmy.world
      1520·
      11 months ago

      Those regulations don’t sound egregious to me:

      • if you’re going to feed more than five people at a time, ask for a permit and attend our seminar so we can advise you how to do it safely and meet health code
      • if you’re going to do it on public property, do it at the site we’ve set up for this purpose
      • if you’re going to do it on private property, go for it after you get permission from the property owner

      Instead, the people who got in trouble set up a food truck at a public library.

      • 1024_Kibibytes@lemm.ee
        30·
        11 months ago

        if you’re going to do it on public property, do it at the site we’ve set up for this purpose

        From what I’ve seen when this was first posted on Lemmy, “the site we’ve set up for this purpose” was the former police headquarters. A lot of people, especially not rich people living unhoused, might not want to go onto police property, especially in a city like Houston.

        • reddig33@lemmy.world
          16·
          11 months ago

          That’s an excellent point. It does surprise me that there’s only one designated public location. Houston is a huge place. You’d think there would be one in each district at very least.

          • chuckleslord@ttrpg.network
            9·
            11 months ago

            …the point of the law is to stop people feeding the homeless. In their fucked up minds, if they make the city inhospitable to the people without money or resources, they’ll leave. Ignoring the fact that they don’t have the resources to do that. So it’s basically a “if you’re homeless, die quickly” law.