> Oregon town makes case for homeless camp bans to US Supreme Court | The Story | Feb. 27, 2024
Oregon town makes case for homeless camp bans to US Supreme Court | The Story | Feb. 27, 2024
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Feb. 27 on The Story: The southern Oregon city of Grants Pass is laying out its case ahead of arguments at the U.S. Supreme Court that could completely reshape the landscape of homeless camping ordinances throughout the Western United States. In a class action lawsuit, a group of homeless people sued the city over its web of ordinances, which empowered the city to hand out civil and criminal penalties for people caught sleeping on public property. The city ultimately lost the case before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and it became one of two major cases that restrict how cities in the West enforce camping ordinances. But Grants Pass now has one last chance to overturn the decision after the U.S. Supreme Court decided to take up the case this spring. Here's what we know about what the city plans to argue.
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