Panhandlers need help, not jail, fines

By issuing a restraining order barring enforcement of Cranton’s anti-panhandling ordinance, U.S. District Court Judge William Smith has thrown the ball back into Mayor Allan Fung’s court. Judge Smith joins a growing list of federal judges who have ruled that anti-panhandling ordinances amount to restrictions on the First Amendment rights of those reaching out for

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