Re: Feed California Homeless, Go to Jail ?

On May 8, 2:08=A0pm, chriseric...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
> SANTA ANA, California -05/08/2008 - Members of a group threatened with
> citations if they continue feeding the homeless in a picnic area at
> Doheny State Beach in Dana Point will file a lawsuit today, claiming
> their constitutional religious and speech rights are being abridged.
>
> The lawsuit will be filed in U.S. District Court in Santa Ana by
> lawyers for the Orange County office of the American Civil Liberties
> Union of Southern California, said the ACLU's Tessie Borden.
>
> Members of Welcome INN -- Interfaith Needs Network -- served meals at
> the state facility two days in a row in February. On the third day,
> they were approached by park rangers who said they were engaging in an
> unlawful assembly, Borden said.
>
> Read More:
> =A0http://reddingloavesandfishes.com/forum/index.php?topic=3D948.0
>
> Is this Happening in Your Area ??

The issue is one of trespass.  Both the homeless and the INN members
are using public property without permission.  It's a civil matter,
not a constitutional issue.  The problem is easily resolved: members
of Welcome INN can bring the homeless to their homes and feed them
there.