Illegal to Feed Homeless in Parks

[MaggieL]

Originally Posted by Kitsune

Not in the least. Is there not already a law that prohibits "creating a nuisance" or "loitering" or "trespassing" or whatever problems people think are being created?

The law removes the burden of proving that operating a food kitchen in the park in a specific instance created a nuisance, just as having a speed limit law creates a presumption of reckless driving. If you're stopped for speeding, try complaining to the cop that he should instead be enforcing "laws that actually prohibit crime"; that always works.

The law isn't intended to "remedy the larger issue of homelessness"...and neither is handing out sandwiches.