A volunteer group downtown has racked up more than a dozen tickets after feeding the homeless for about 15 years. Why their charitable services are causing problems for the city.
Food Not Bombs received 29 citations from the city after feeding the homeless outside the Houston Public Library in downtown for more than a decade.A volunteer group that feeds the homeless does not plan to relocate where they hold their feedings despite receiving 29 citations from police.
On March 1, the volunteer group received its first citation from the City of Houston for violating a city ordinance. Food Not Bombs does not have a permit to hold their distribution outside the library. They had not been cited previously for violating the ordinance. The volunteers assumed the citations were being issued when they were because of the NCAA Final Four games taking place in Houston. They were surprised when they continued after the tournament.
She said the population they serve spends a considerable amount of time at the library during the day to escape the weather and to charge their devices. "The mayor is saying that he's going to continue this process because he wants to take back the public library," Dore said. "We don't serve until 7:30 , and this library is already closed by then.""Recently, there has been an increase in the number of threats and violent incidents directed at visitors and employees coming to the Houston Public Library downtown.
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