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Supreme Court appears to side with an Oregon city's crackdown on homelessness
- Terr_ 3y ago> But its local law essentially banned people from sleeping with a blanket or pillow on any public land, at any time. Speaking from north in Washington, there are similar controversies here too. For example, the nearby city of Burien (adjacent to Seattle [0]) banned overnight camping on certain public lands plus within 500 feet of libraries, schools, daycare-centers, etc. [1] [0] https://www.arcgis.com/apps/mapviewer/index.html?layers=bb7c67c334be494c88cf00ebb91fe51f https://www.arcgis.com/apps/mapviewer/index.html?layers=bb7c... [1] https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/homeless/a-seattle-suburb-known-for-affordability-becomes-example-of-u-s-debate-on-homelessness/ https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/homeless/a-seattle...
- theGeatZhopa 3y agoone should make a free sleepy app for them, so they know where it's actually allowed to over night camping. Just like with the legalized weed in Germany. You can do it, but not here..here..there..here..there there.. actually saying: do it at home and not in public.