Hi paviasdad, I saw the Whole Foods tent this morning during their offering hours and then afterwards (I live just behind where they were set up on OFW) and again,as was the case last week, there was a nice respectable line of people waiting for food, and unlike on First Fridays on Abbot Kinney when they were done it appeared that about 99% of the people disposed of their containers in the appropriate trash receptacles.

I've seen it also, Last weekend and this weekend. 

I'm not sure if I missed it, or if the question simply hasn't been asked.  Why OFW?  Why doesn't this happen in Whole Food's parking lot? 

I'm not opposed to charity for those that are hungry, I'm just wondering why, with all of the work that has been done to discourage the homeless and indigent from hanging out on the boardwalk, why the neighborhood should be ok with one that actively draws them back. Especially in the morning. 

I care Shane, because I realize the problem could grow and I had a rowdy group of 5-6 across the street from my home a few years ago. And I don't think I'm alone in caring. There are pockets of homeless here and there south of Venice, I fully believe it's a problem that has to be kept on top of or it will grow like it's done on 3rd. It infuriates me that the homeless advocates always go back to "the homeless have always been here" when we all hear the different accents from other countries and the street people who will readily admit they're from Seattle or Colorado, etc. I think we could all get behind helping our own, we just can't keep up with the constant influx of people who come here and settle in to live on the street and scam tourists, rob citizens. The enablers need to stop!

Yes, it exists in other parts of Venice. I was reacting to the outrage expressed over the Whole Foods handout when it was set up near Lincoln and Rose and the relative scarcity of outrage when the food handouts are located on OFW.