No Love for Food From the Heart

Stupid law! Too bad they couldn't put a grandfather or non-profit clause for cases like this. Good work CA. lawmakers just what resatuarants need at a time like this-another expense.

That law is just another way for the politicians to try to get CA out of the HUGE financial problems it's in.

Isn't the purpose of the health department to keep people healthy. The County enforces these policies to keep people from getting sick. From my understanding no one, in 15 years, has ever got sick from the food provided by Food from the Heart. Why? Because they genuinely care about people they are feeding. Unlike the plenty of for-profit eateries I've gotten sick at with 'three sinks'. When the county shuts down the accessibility of food to disable peoples because of a technicality we should definitely reconsider the people we have in those positions. They clearly need to reminded that there job is to keep people healthy not 'bang-non-profits-over-the-head-with-the-book.'

We would be much better off without any regulations in the food industry. Many people assume that they can go to any restaurant in any town, and because we have health and safety regulations they won't get sick. They don't realize that the REAL reason they aren't getting sick is because the restaurant wants their return business!!

So there may be some restaurants who are operating poorly.. but people are less inclined to pay attention and report these kinds of incidents because they assume that the government health inspectors will take care of it. This is referred to as a "moral hazard". The government has created a false idea that everyone will be safe, so fewer people actually pay attention.

If people were getting sick at a restaurant, then other people would find out. It may even get reported on in a local paper or a private agency that tracks restaurants. That restaurant will likely be doomed to failure.. not because of government regulation, but regulation that comes from a free market.. Nobody would give them their business! If the private agency starts favoring particular restaurants, then eventually they will lose credibility and make room for a more credible organization to review restaurant food and/or cleanliness.

Why would somebody go through all of the trouble of finding a location for their restaurant, a funding source and put all that hard work into making it come together if they plan to have a dirty restaurant that gets people sick?? Does that make any sense? Generally with this type of investment they are going to attempt to give the customer a good experience so that they come back.

If a particular town has particularly dirty restaurants, then that is a great opportunity for someone to open a clean restaurant and drive the dirtier ones out of business.

"From my understanding no one, in 15 years, has ever got sick from the food provided by Food from the Heart. Why? Because they genuinely care about people they are feeding."

This is a perfect example of how the free market works better than government regulation. Homeless people like to eat from this particular non-profit because they have a good reputation and are treated well despite what the government rules say. In turn, I would be more likely to donate to this non-profit because I know that they are running a good operation and actually helping people.

Typically this is a $4-5000. job incl sinks, drains and supporting plumbing.
Couldn't one of our very sucessful restaurantuers and or plumbing companies ante up this unit and installation.....or how about 10 of them getting together & pitch in a point. And use it to generate some positive publicity..
A few who come to mind....Lucky's/Joe's/d'Angelo's, Harry's Plaza, Holdren's, Enterprise Fish, Andersen's, the great Mexican Food spot across from the Arlington, Seagrass/Bouchon, Los Arroyos, El Sitio, Daily Grind, Chipotle, and the bigger plumbing companies....
This is the kind of project that contributes to everyone's quality of life here in Santa Barbara.
No one gets more until everyone has enough....