MSNBC: The Los Angeles City Council is weighing a ban on feeding homeless people in public areas.
MSNBC: The Los Angeles City Council is weighing a ban on feeding homeless people in public areas.
City Council members Tom LaBonge and Mitch O’Farrell, both Democrats, introduced the resolution after complaints from Los Angeles residents. Arguing that meal lines should be moved indoors, the legislators said the proposal would benefit both the homeless and residential neighborhoods.
But advocates for the homeless say public officials are attempting to legislate the poor into invisibility instead of helping those in need.
