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When Lighthouse Food Rescue & Distribution first started handing out groceries in San Jose’s Northside neighborhood in 2020, Robert Wright welcomed it and its mission to feed disadvantaged residents.
He pitched a Lighthouse yard sign in front of his house near the food pantry, which sits at the corner of East Julian and North 17th streets in the middle of blocks of single-family homes. Soon after, he began fielding complaints about the operation — blocked driveways, discarded food, people urinating and defecating in the area and neighbors being unable to use the sidewalk because of the outdoor food distribution…