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Fresh lawsuit hits Oregon city at the heart of Supreme Court ruling on homeless encampments

Disability Rights Oregon filed a lawsuit against Grants Pass, claiming it violated a state law requiring camping regulations to be 'objectively reasonable.'
The complaint alleges that the city's camping restrictions discriminate against people with disabilities and violate state law.
Grants Pass is accused of imposing unreasonable standards for participation in its camping program, forcing frequent movement without justification.
The lawsuit follows a Supreme Court ruling that allows cities to penalize homeless individuals without shelter options, highlighting the ongoing homelessness crisis.

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City That's the Face of the US Homeless Crisis Is Sued

The small Oregon city at the heart of a major Supreme Court ruling last year that allowed cities across the country to enforce homeless camping bans is facing a fresh lawsuit over its camping rules as advocates find new ways to challenge them. Disability Rights Oregon sued Grants Pass on...

22 days ago·Miami, United States

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Oregon Capital Chronicle

Oregon cities push for infrastructure funding, more leeway to remove homeless camps • Oregon Capital Chronicle

Construction continues at the Capitol building in Salem. (Amanda Loman/Oregon Capital Chronicle)Oregon’s cities will push the state Legislature to give them more money for roads, water and sewers, more power to remove homeless camps and more flexibility to spend hotel tax revenue on basic services. City officials from around Oregon laid out those goals during their biannual City Day at the Capitol earlier this week, though it was quickly oversha…

22 days ago

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Ashland News - Independent, Nonprofit, Community News

Grants Pass homeless policies face a new court challenge - Ashland News - Community-Supported, NonProfit News

After Grants Pass city officials shut down a homeless camp and restricted camping to one site, they face a lawsuit from five homeless residents and advocacy groups By Ben Botkin, Oregon Capital Chronicle Two advocacy groups and five homeless people sued Grants Pass on Thursday in a bid to force the Southern Oregon city to change its restrictions on homeless camping that put people with disabilities and others in peril. Disability Rights Oregon …

23 days ago

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The Oregonian

New lawsuit thrusts Oregon city once again into national spotlight on homelessness

“The City Council ordered one of the only two sites for legal camping closed in the middle of January, in the middle of bitterly cold weather, without any regard for where people would live,” the suit says.

23 days ago·Portland, United States

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Prince George Citizen

BCCLA files lawsuit against City of Vancouver's ban on daytime shelters

VANCOUVER — The BC Civil Liberties Association says it has filed a lawsuit against the City of Vancouver to challenge the municipality's daytime ban on outdoor sheltering, calling it "cruel, dehumanizing and deadly.

23 days ago

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OPB

Grants Pass sued again over ‘objectively unreasonable’ homeless ordinances

Two law firms filed a joint, emergency lawsuit in Josephine County Circuit Court Jan. 30, requesting a temporary injunction against the city of Grants Pass over its time, place and manner restrictions on homeless residents.Disability Rights Oregon, or DRO, and the Oregon Law Center, or OLC, filed a joint complaint on behalf of five individuals who live with disabilities in Grants Pass, ages 47 to 66.The lawsuit asked the court to issue an immedi…

23 days ago·Portland, United States

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