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

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.

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Oregon city at center of SCOTUS ruling hit with fresh suit over homeless camp closure

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.

Oregonian · 5h

Oregon cities want more money for roads and sewers, more leeway to remove homeless camps

Some priorities that Oregon cities want lawmakers to take up, including increased infrastructure spending, are shared by Democrats and Republicans. Others, including attempts to roll back a state law that limits cities’ ability to remove homeless camps, will be a tougher sell in Salem. Graves

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

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 ...

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Disability rights group files lawsuit against Grants Pass over camping closures

Disability Rights Oregon and the Oregon Law Center filed an emergency lawsuit against the City of Grants Pass this morning, ...

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Disability Rights Oregon asks judge to hold state in contempt for delay in admissions to psychiatric hospital

Disability Rights Oregon on Tuesday asked a judge to find the state of Oregon in contempt of a court order, citing its failure to admit jailed criminal defendants to the state psychiatric hospital ...

Misdemeanor defendants with mental illness wouldn’t go to Oregon State Hospital under new proposal

Disability Rights Oregon wants a judge to bar low-level defendants from being sent to the Oregon State Hospital without an ...

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Oregon should be held in contempt and forced to make mental health system improvements, advocates say

Disability Rights Oregon filed a motion Tuesday to hold Oregon in contempt for failing to admit defendants who are unable to aid and assist with their own defense to the state psychiatric hospital ...

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Disability watchdog group seeks order finding Oregon in contempt of court over delays in mental health admissions

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Disability Rights Oregon wants a federal judge to hold the state in contempt of court for failing to move people from jails into Oregon State Hospital for mental health care ...

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People with disabilities are extra vulnerable in major disasters like wildfires, says Oregon advocate

Jake Cornett, Executive Director and CEO of the advocacy group Disability Rights Oregon, says he will forever be haunted by Ashlyn Maddox’s death during the 2021 Oregon heat wave. The Portland ...

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Disability advocacy group files lawsuit against Grants Pass over resting site closure

Two law firms, Disability Rights Oregon and Oregon Law Center, say the city of Grants Pass is forcing unhoused residents to live in life-threatening conditions.

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