City of Dayton has ordinance against distributing food in public spaces downtown without a permit; group argues that’s unconstitutional
But Nourish Our Neighbors volunteers have accused the city of “criminalizing charity.” … “Nourish Our Neighbors’ volunteers are acting on their belief that society and the government have failed the homeless,” Anastasia Boden, a senior attorney with Pacific Legal Foundation, said in a prepared statement. “Dayton can’t force individuals who simply want to help the hungry to get an onerous, expensive and needless permit.”