disability rights oregon

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.

Courthouse News Service · 1d

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 now accused of forcing hundreds of homeless people into one small campsite.

Oregonian · 11h

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

1don MSN

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 ...

KDRV1d

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

The Los Angeles wildfires bring renewed focus to supporting Oregonians with disabilities during natural disasters.

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 ...

KDRV1d

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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Kids in Oregon’s foster care system need safe and secure housing, but an effort underway to create more has some advocates worried

Others, including Emily Cooper, the attorney for Disability Rights Oregon, which argued on behalf of kids in the Wyatt v. Kotek case, and Sen. Sara Gelser Blouin, D-Corvallis, who wrote many of ...

3don MSN

Oregon joins multi-state lawsuit after Trump administration's federal funding freeze provokes 'chaos'

Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield announced Tuesday evening the state joined 22 other states and Washington, D.C., in ...

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