As Supreme Court takes up homeless ban, a city’s unhoused feel abandoned

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : A ruling that allows cities wide discretion to pass restrictive homelessness laws, Epps said, could touch off “a race to the bottom,” where neighboring localities pass increasingly severe policies to drive unhoused residents into other jurisdictions.
36% : Grants Pass Mayor Sara Bristol said the ruling plunged the city into political paralysis.

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