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This is the best summary I could come up with:
Volunteers with a group that has been feeding Houston’s unhoused population since 1994 are facing a potential $80,000 in fines after a crackdown by local police.
A petition to rescind the law was signed by more than 75,000 people and submitted to the Houston city council in 2015.
In October 2022, 78-year-old Norma Thornton filed a lawsuit seeking an injunction to an anti-food-sharing ordinance in Bullhead City, Arizona, after she was arrested for feeding the homeless.
The Houston mayor’s office claimed the changes were due to security concerns and that alternative feeding locations had been provided.
“We’re going to retake the downtown central library to make it more wholesome and inviting to families and to kids,” Mayor Sylvester Turner said, according to the Houston Chronicle.
Dore said the ongoing threat of citations during the dangerous heatwaves that have hit Texas add a layer of cruelty toward the homeless.
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