https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/01/27/san-jose-leaders-throw-a-lifeline-to-endangered-neighborhood-food-pantry/

It’s been a roller coaster couple of weeks for Pastor Ralph Olmos and Lighthouse Ministries’ food distribution center in San Jose.

In early January, the food pantry in the city’s Julian-St. James neighborhood was ordered to shut down and told it needed a special-use permit to continue providing free groceries to people who lined up outside its storefront on North 17th Street six days a week. A reprieve was granted, but it left Lighthouse on the hook for a $15,000 permit or else it needed to cease operations by mid-February.