The group was given tickets for violating an ordinance enacted in 2012, but the group said it had never had issues before. Now, with 8 of the 47 tickets dismissed, the city indicates it plans to refile.
Food Not Bombs was cleared of eight tickets received while feeding the homeless for allegedly violating an ordinance, but the city plans to refile.in downtown were dismissed by judges, but the city has indicated they plan to refile.
The ordinance made it "unlawful for any organization or individual to sponsor or conduct a food service event on public or private property without the advance written consent of the public or private property owner or other individual with lawful control of the property." The tickets were dismissed for insufficient evidence because the HPD officers did not show up for court.
The city offered Food Not Bombs an alternate location less than half a mile away to hold their feedings. The group said they do not plan to move. The city said in a statement after the first verdict that they plan to "vigorously pursue violations" and called it a "health and safety issue for the protection of Houston's residents."
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