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The Columbian Melissa Roy-Hart 8/21/25 The Columbian Melissa Roy-Hart 8/21/25

In Our View: Pushing homeless people away solves nothing

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Associated Press Melissa Roy-Hart 8/19/25 Associated Press Melissa Roy-Hart 8/19/25

Oregon city at heart of Supreme Court homelessness ruling to ensure camping space under settlement

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Disability rights lawsuit leads to homeless camping settlement in Grants Pass

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Grants Pass City Council votes to settle latest homeless lawsuit

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Settlement nearing for City of Grants Pass vs Disability Rights Oregon

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More Grants Pass parks could soon be off-limits for homeless camping

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Preliminary injunction updated in Grants Pass homelesness suit

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Clearing encampments looks good politically. But criminalizing homelessness is bad policy

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Escalating Anti-Homeless Policies Fall Hardest on Disabled People in the US

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Grants Pass City Council approves two additional resting sites

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Grants Pass City Council adding new sites for homeless camps

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GP City Council to Hold Special Workshop in Response to Recent Court Injunction

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Grants Pass City Council doesn’t address homeless injunction during meeting

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Street Light Melissa Roy-Hart 4/1/25 Street Light Melissa Roy-Hart 4/1/25

To escape an injunction limiting its camping ban, Grants Pass must add space and accessibility to its campsites for unsheltered people

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Josephine Co. Judge grants DRO’s preliminary injunction against Grants Pass

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The Oregonian Melissa Roy-Hart 3/28/25 The Oregonian Melissa Roy-Hart 3/28/25

Judge orders Grants Pass to provide more accessible sites for homeless campers

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Homeless campers in Grants Pass can't be prosecuted until the city meets two conditions

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Preliminary injunction granted in Disability Rights Oregon v. Grants Pass

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