The American Civil Liberties Union sued the city of Spokane, Washington, on Thursday, alleging that its anti-camping laws violate the state constitution.
FILE - The downtown skyline is shown from the South Hill in Spokane, Wash., on June 4, 2018. The American Civil Liberties Union of Washington has sued the city of Spokane, alleging that its anti-homeless laws violate the state constitution. The group filed the suit on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024, on behalf of a currently homeless person and someone who was formerly homeless. It is believed to be the country’s first such legal challenge since the U.S.
It was unclear whether Spokane has begun enforcing its multiple anti-camping ordinances following the high court ruling. While Clark believes her group’s lawsuit against Spokane is the first such challenge filed since the Supreme Court ruling, she added Spokane was targeted because of multiple ordinances against camping and sitting outside that create “near-total islands of exclusion throughout the city.”
Rizvi said her group doesn’t have immediate plans to file another lawsuit raising state constitutional claims but may do so in the future. Last month, the ACLU of Hawaii and Honolulu agreed to dismiss a 2023 lawsuit the group had filed against the city’s homeless sweeps policy. So far this year, the city has prosecuted at least 114 cases of unlawful camping and sitting and lying violations, according to the complaint. In 2023, it prosecuted at least 107 unlawful camping cases. Hundreds of people have been cited since 2014, when the city’s first so-called “sit and lie” ordinance took effect, the complaint says.
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