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Church in Malibu being pressured to end meals for the homeless because it 'lures the needy'
A church in upmarket Malibu has decided to stop providing free meals for those in need after claiming they were told by officials they were attracting too many homeless people. The United Methodist Church, one of many churches that provides food and help, has been offering free meals twice a week. But it said it was going to stop after being told the meal service was luring too many homeless people.
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How to cure homelessness: "Go be homeless somewhere else."
Sadly this is the way most large cities think, Atlanta has a law says you can't feed the homeless unless you pay a food processor license or be fined. It's because "feeding people outside raises a host of sanitation and logistical issues." This bullshit was instituted about the same time they shut down a shelter and refused to replace it with a new one.
The sanctimonious citizens of Malibu are too busy saving all of the the earth from the ills of avarice, social injustices and climate change and just don't have enough bandwidth to deal with real and immediate hungry street urchins bringing down their property values.