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You're right, you're going to get hit for that one.
If the city were arguing that the building itself was not safe for occupancy, you'd have a point. If they were trying to shut down the entire facility, OK. But they weren't. The problems didn't come up until they opened their doors 24/7.
Deregulate everything then I guess if a person wants to do something on a whim. Fuck you, safety professionals, I know better than you.
The charges were dropped because the church caved to the city requirements.
The church agreed to stop housing people until they get the correct permits, which they could have done to begin with. Permits exist so that a professional can inspect and deem something correctly equipped. The church made all of the necessary fixes to the building that were required to make it safe, which again they could have done before. I'd wager that the community or city itself might have tossed money their way to get it done faster had they tried instead of pushing their anti government rhetoric.
They hired a political action cash grab hack "lawyer group" that made up lies and got the media to attack the city. For example, the building next door isn't a come and go homeless shelter that's overwhelmed. It's a halfway house with an interview process and a limited number of people live there longer term. And no, they didn't quickly react to open their doors because it was freezing out and they needed to save lives. They've been doing this, and had opportunities to fix the problem. They chose to ignore codes.
I'm not trying to be insensitive to homeless. They deserve shelter without strings attached (fuck the "you can come in, but cold turkey your addiction!" bullshit). And even though I hate these blue lives matter assholes running the church, they seemed to have good intentions with this situation (but who knows, I don't trust extremists).
But this was an easily rectifiable situation that they decided to go "muh constitution" instead of working with the city.