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atdZ <br /> Jennifer Lombard <br /> 341 W. 5111 Street, 403-001 <br /> New York, NY 10019 <br /> City of Santa Ana .z „ k 3 <br /> 20 Civic Center Plaza AN C A CITY CLERK <br /> Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br /> May 15, 2023 <br /> Hello; <br /> Having read about trouble your city is having with religious organizations giving food to homeless people <br /> and having had some (too much, really) experience with these matters, I thought I might try to help you <br /> with some reasoning to appeal to the proper channels for aid (please forgive my presumption if you <br /> already know these things and they haven't worked, I implore you to try again), I myself am not-a lawyer <br /> but an advocate for human rights. <br /> Welfare has traditionally consisted of housing, provisions for food and clothing, and hospitals (although <br /> W <br /> since those were provisions in mongrc Ies where sometimes the Church was a branch or at one with the <br /> government and there were no pr ftions against involuntary servitude)so there should be those �`�` �. <br /> differences reflected in the welfaw f irovisions in a secular democracy founded on individual rights to - <br /> life, l[bertyand the.pursu]t of har! less, <br /> I don't know if you have cons.ld�(` I this but it doesn't seem like religious organizations should give food <br /> or shelter or any other welfare h refits then because they involve the applicants for welfare then in <br /> 1 <br /> their religious works'so the appli p needing welfare do not have their right to free exercise secured: <br /> they are being coerced to particip' y�in others' works] <br /> They really shouldn't(because theywould be infringing different believers'free exercise or excluding <br /> some from welfare provision on the.basis of religion) have oversight between the States because even <br /> at best they would be unequal with those applicants who do not(or cannot because of their own beliefs <br /> take part of them): the privileges and immunities would not be equal: welfare is a Constitutionally <br /> prescribed responsibility of the Federal Government: religious organizations are not proper third parties <br /> because all would not have their free exercise when seeking equal protection:there would be a conflict <br /> of interests. <br /> Placing the burden of providing welfare on private citizens through the organizations is also unfair to <br /> them] Kind people are being coerced by the government to donate to help people when welfare really is <br /> the government's Constitutionally mandated responsibility. <br /> Jobs are not welfare provision. Provisions are given, one doesn't have to do anything for them, <br /> especially then because a person might not have the choice to work and people are protected from <br /> involuntary servitude. <br /> People also need to be able to select their own food to exercise their religious freedoms; since the <br /> L,�,4AO government can't possibly know what the restrictions and devotional foods are (or meet them all) the <br /> 4f� <br /> 1 � ��II.�� 1r�Qd.L� �� lf)�U'f L'.ts-�.t.�.�lfYt�G�A.�-G- �.� •7,e�.a, '� s�4. (�}���r.�-�a�. y,;, <br /> ftG%i� <br /> �w --hu-P, 24 Gt�.� q� 1 a,.,S .46-L p r <br /> '0" �01r. tssr�l,y cry �,,ap �i�c +.�C, � '1- Ou e- G <br />