Just months after receiving national attention as the plaintiff of a Supreme Court case over its homeless policies, the small southern Oregon city of Grants Pass is being now accused of forcing hundreds of homeless people into one small campsite.
Disability Rights Oregon and the Oregon Law Center filed an emergency lawsuit against the City of Grants Pass this morning, saying the city's recent closure of two homeless encampments is putting unhoused people with disabilities at risk.
PORTLAND, Ore. — The small Oregon city at the heart of a major U.S. 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 in a legal landscape shifted by the high court's decision.
The non-profit group Disability Rights Oregon and five disabled homeless residents have sued the city of Grants Pass claiming new camping restrictions violate state laws.
A disability rights advocacy group has filed a new lawsuit to halt the city of Grants Pass from closing one of two sanctioned homeless camps and restricting the hours of the other. The suit is the first major case following last summer’s U.
On Friday morning, homeless residents dragged tarps and carried piles on their backs, heaping their belongings just outside the fence. They were given until 9 a.m. to get their possessions off the city-owned site.
Community resource officers cleared out a homeless camp that is only allowed to be occupied between 5 p.m. and 7 a.m.
The small Oregon city at the heart of a major U.S. Supreme Court ruling last year that allowed cities across the country to enforce homeless camping bans is facing a fresh
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Portland Meadows was Oregon’s main attraction for nearly three-quarters of a century before closing in December 2019. Grants Pass Downs, operating since 1968, now serves as the premier racing ...
ODOT explained it like this: “The seasonal closure of McKenzie Pass is in place for all vehicle traffic, and under Oregon law ... come here from Seattle, or Portland, or from out of state ...
Oregon's congressional delegation as well as other lawmakers in the region, reacted to the Trump administration's freeze on federal grants and loans.