Grants Pass homeless case at SCOTUS ‘not complicated’

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Grants Pass homeless case at SCOTUS ‘not complicated’

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) -- On Monday, the US Supreme Court will hear a case from Grants Pass, a city of 40,000 nestled in the mountains of southern Oregon, where rents are rising and there is just one overnight shelter for adults. As a growing number of tents clustered its parks, the city banned camping and set $295 fines for people sleeping there. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals largely blocked the camping ban under its finding that it is u…