What happens to homelessness in Oregon if the Supreme Court strikes down Johnson v. Grants Pass?

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Published 2024-06-26
The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to issue a ruling on Johnson v. Grants Pass by the end of the week. But that decision won't change state law.

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  • @Rockstar97321
    Many years ago, there was a 'poor farm' in rural Linn County about 3 miles south of Albany, Oregon. It was on Oakville Road, which was called Poor Farm Road back then. There was a large main house that housed at least 100 people. It was a working farm with vegetable gardens, chickens, pigs, etc. A shuttle went into Albany about once a day, so that the people could do their business in town. Excess farm products were sold to local residents. It was a self-sustaining farm that also made extra money. The building is still there - overgrown with trees and brush. It's on the west side of Oakville Road about 1 mile north of the intersection of Highway-34 and Oakville Road. Residents worked on the farm as they were able. A couple of hours of farm work every day was completely within the realm of opportunity for most of the people. It's good physical exercise and gives one the feeling of helping out the others on the farm. It's good for the soul. Why this simple solution to the homeless crisis escapes the minds of the politicians is a complete mystery to me.
  • the cruel and unusual thing is to allow junkies and tweakers to destroy grants pass's once beautiful parks. allowing homeless crazy drug people to walk the streets screaming and smashing windows. Homeless people have ruined grants pass, this used to be a beautiful little town with amazing parks. the parks are all brown grass and tents now- its totally sad. the homeless need to camp outside of city limit. thats all its fair. no more homeless camping inside grants pass city limits anymore- I live here- we need a change-
  • A am a homeless woman with my son but even I get disgusting about the encampment. So many people are very trashy, druggies, and seeing Human wastešŸ˜‘You can become very comfortable being Homeless. Some homeless people are rebellious, lazy, and procrastinatešŸ˜ž Sometimes I sleep on the street and I pick my junk up before 5:00amšŸ˜ nobody knows that I was even there!
  • If you canā€™t provide for the citizens and you take in migrants you have nothing to complain about clean your own yard first.. these people deserve safe spaces and access to food but criminals need to be off the streets
  • @greybeard3368
    Setting up a temporary tent and sleeping bag to stay warm and rest for the night, I donā€™t have a problem with. However, setting up a tent and staying there permanently, turning the area around it into a dump, is wrong.
  • @SpicyKimchi-
    ā€œWhere are they supposed to sleepā€ NOT IN PUBLIC, SHARED SPACES and make it your dumping ground for garbage and needles. Why do they have more right and ownership of public spaces?
  • Portland used to be a tech hub, how can they not have a database for open shelter beds. How are they going to implement the camping ban if they can't even say for certain there are open beds. Homeless keeping saying that no one ever offers them anything. Why are they not keeping track on how many refusals they are getting. All the activist are arguing the need for shelter, but we do not even know if the homeless people are actually accepting it and how long are they staying.
  • @hotttt28
    Do us citizens have a right to free housing ?
  • Multnomah county and the city should have digital billboards. With a rolling tally like the National debt clock. How much spent. How many served. Kinda like McDonalds. Of course that's a number they will never want you to see.
  • Lets be honest, the city doesnt want to be responsible for its own citizens. How about you stop making so many people homeless?
  • # 1 Go to the processing center . # 2 Let em see just who you are . # 3 Go back to the homeless camp . # 4 Three years later when you get harrassed and woken up tell the cops You're on the list for houseing . # 5 Go back to sleep .
  • Gentrification of multiple neighborhoods by greedy corporations and house flippers has ruined the housing market in Oregon. vast streets of newly remodeled overpriced houses, townhouses and buildings, sitting empty. give back the land, give back our neighborhoods and towns. The individuals who are predatory and came here to avoid prosecution in their home state need to go back home and take care of their business. DMV needs to do background checks when doing licensing so if someone is wanted in the USA anywhere, they must fix that before licensing, no insurance, no license is a tow. that is how it was and needs to be again. Oregonians do not throw trash Gentrification should be a criminal offense with providing the people displaced with housing equal to what was stolen
  • @Mary-tg9pv
    They need to be held accountable for thier crimes, and the threat to others.
  • @mrmosk2011
    What happened to the Metro Supportive Housing Services (SHS) money?
  • Bring back the sanitariums. We can spend money on more 2yr live in drug rehab.
  • Surprised ! Good for the judges !!' They deserve a pat on the back. šŸ‘‹šŸ‘‹šŸ‘‹. Tired of these homeless zombies, drug use, pissing and shitting in public meandering around naked in public. We need to bring back poor farms.
  • What if they don't require Mental Health services or Drug rehab services, they may only need a safe place to put their tent for the night? How does this help them? I personally think that a law saying, you can't put up a tent before 8pm and it must be down before 7am the next morning would solve both problems.
  • Why doesn't the city simply enforce the Public Vagrancy laws? Build bigger Jails and Prisons and Secure Mental Health Facilities. Some people refuse or unable to participate in general societies.