The person who runs the only one-night shelter in the area said the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the city of Oregon, the center of the homeless camp, was “worse or worse” than it was before the decision.
“Almost every city in the country has been positively affected by Supreme Court cases, rather than grants and their passing passes.” Brian Bouteller, Executive Director of Fox News’ digital gospel rescue mission. “We’re like an exercise in how to not handle things.”
this Supreme Court Last summer, Grants Pass, with 40,000 residents in southern Oregon, could stop homeless people from sleeping in parks and streets.
The case provides greater power for local governments to protect homeless camping and waves Cities in Blue State Strict bans like California and Washington soon camped on public property.
Grants Pass in Oregon was the center of a Supreme Court ruling last year that gave local governments more power to regulate homeless camping. But, the director of the city’s only overnight shelter said nothing has changed. (AP)
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In January, Grants Pass officials closed the larger outdoor camps in the city’s two designated outdoor camps, leaving only one with about 30 tents and no drinking water. Oregon Capital Chronicle Report. The city requires homeless people to pack up every day from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Homeless advocates sued that the city violated Oregon law, and Josephine County Circuit Court Judge Sarah McGlaughlin issued a preliminary injunction on March 28.
“There are some troops in Oregon working…how this is expected to come and play better with our chess,” Bouteller said.
McGlaughlin’s order bans the city from punishing homeless people until public camping capacity is raised to the same level it has been offered before the site is closed in January. The city must also ensure that the camp site includes “accessible routes and surfaces for people with disabilities”, Jefferson Public Broadcast Report.
Butler said the Gospel Rescue mission offers 138 beds, but it has been half full since 2020. He said shelter all many rules, including a ban on drugs and alcohol, meaning most people camping in the park would not take advantage of its services.
A day after campers left, police and community service staff cleared a homeless tent scene on January 21, 2025. This site is open for night camping only. (Granted by the police department)
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“Basically, people in these tent camps do want to leave, and if they have nowhere to go, then maybe they will go into places like this. But that’s not the case.” “That’s not the idea of drug users.”
Butler said McGrawlin’s order was a blow to those trying to clean up the community.
“It’s a really frustrating moment for people here,” Butler said, pointing to an incident last April in which a youth baseball game had to be suspended while emergency workers removed the body from the tent.
“This is the issue you might expect in San Francisco or Los Angeles, Seattle or Portland’s worst places. You won’t expect to see [it] Oregon Grant Pass. ”
While the grant pass case was filed in the Superior Court, Oregon lawmakers passed a bill that requires local laws to regulate sitting, lying and sleeping on public property “objectively and reasonably, when, where and how” it is. McGlaughlin invoked the law in her preliminary injunction against grants. (AP Photo/Andrew Selsky)
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Josephine County is a rural conservative county in southwestern Oregon. Nearly 63% of voters in the county support President Donald Trump In the 2024 elections, about 41% of voters in the state.
“It’s a conservative place, they want to see leaving, they want to punish us for being conservative and having conservative values,” Butler said.
He added: “My hope is that people in the community won’t give up their hearts and stay in the fight.”
