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Dallas officials say they are trying to steer the homeless toward help and make the streets a little safer for them. But advocates for the homeless in Dallas say the city is pursuing a harsh and pitiless policy. 'That's like a form of social Darwinism, if you cut off food to force people to get help, and it really doesn't work that way,' said Michael Stoops, acting executive director of the National Coalition for the Homeless. Last month, Dallas began enforcing an ordinance that prohibits charities from distributing free food to the homeless except at city-approved locations and only after volunteers undergo food safety training, provided free by the city. Violations of the law, enforced by city food inspectors, are punishable by fines up to $2,000. Over the past few years, Dallas has also banned begging and prohibited possession of a shopping cart away from the cart owner's property.
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