Pamplin Media Group - Cities, counties must reassess rules against camping, loitering
Cities, counties must reassess rules against camping, loitering April 15 2021 Oregon House bill is intended to comply with 2018 federal appeals court decision against blanket bans. Cities and counties would have to specify why they are restricting camping or loitering, based on "objectively reasonable" factors of time, place or manner, under a bill that has cleared the Oregon House. A 36-22 vote on Thursday, April 15, sent House Bill 3115 to the state Senate. The bill sets in place a 2018 decision by the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, which covers Oregon, against an anti-camp...