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Council designates two temporary sites and a 96‑hour limit for outdoor resting amid judge’s order
Summary
Facing a temporary restraining order and a lawsuit, the council designated two sites — 712 Northeast Seventh Street (adjacent to police) and a Sixth Street site — where people may rest/camp for up to 96 hours; the resolution passed 6–1 after extensive public comment and debate.
The Grants Pass City Council, responding to a temporary restraining order in litigation over enforcement of the city’s camping rules, designated two temporary sites where people may rest or camp for up to 96 hours.
City manager Aaron Cubic presented the staff report and explained the legal background: an emergency lawsuit brought by Disability Rights Oregon and the Oregon Law Center led to a temporary restraining order that, for a limited period, prevents the city from enforcing camping prohibitions in public spaces for certain people with disabilities. The judge’s order and its extension clarified that the city may not enforce the ban citywide while the order is in effect, though the court’s extension allowed the city to continue enforcing prohibitions in…
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