Tucson Is Revisiting a Camping Ban in Washes. Here’s How the City Already Polices Where Unhoused People Sleep. - AZ Luminaria

Tucson is revisiting a camping ban in washes. Here’s how the city already polices where unhoused people sleep. - AZ Luminaria

Tucson is again considering an ordinance to ban camping in washes — adding to the city’s existing measures that restrict where unhoused people can sleep, including parks and other public spaces.  Almost one year ago, the Supreme Court ruled in a case called City of Grants Pass v. Johnson that cities could arrest and criminally charge unhoused people for sleeping in public, regardless of whether they had anywhere else to go.  Since then, the city…

Savannah City Council makes urban camping illegal - The Current

A newly approved ordinance stipulates that anyone using public property for living accommodations and storage of personal effects can be arrested by the Savannah Police Department after a single warning. The ordinance requires no warning for officers to confiscate personal property or to “deem the property to be abandoned.” The Current is an inclusive nonprofit, non-partisan news organization providing in-depth watchdog journalism for Savannah a…