US EditionCan homeless people be fined for sleeping outside? A rural Oregon city asks the US Supreme Court
- Grants Pass, Oregon, faces a legal battle over homelessness, with the case to be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court on April 22.
- The outcome of the court case could impact how communities nationwide address homelessness, potentially affecting laws on fining or jailing homeless individuals for public camping.
- Grants Pass' situation highlights the broader national debate on homelessness and the challenges faced in addressing this crisis.
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Can homeless people be fined for sleeping outside? A rural Oregon city asks the US Supreme Court
A pickleball game in this leafy Oregon community was suddenly interrupted one rainy weekend morning by the arrival of an ambulance. Paramedics rushed through the park toward a tent, one of dozens illegally erected by the town's hundreds of homeless people, then play resumed as though nothing had happened.Mere feet away, volunteers helped dismantle tents to move an 80-year-old man and a woman blind in one eye, who risked being fined for staying t…
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National debate on handling homelessness to focus on Grants Pass
GRANTS PASS — A pickleball game in this leafy Southern Oregon community was suddenly interrupted one rainy weekend morning by the arrival of an ambulance. Paramedics rushed through the park
Can homeless people be fined for sleeping outside? A rural Oregon city asks the US Supreme Court - The Morning Sun
The rural city of Grants Pass in southern Oregon has become the unlikely face of the nation’s homelessness crisis as its case over anti-camping laws goes to the U.S. Supreme Court. The case has …
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