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Homelessness and the reserve army of labor

by Communications | Jan 22, 2016 | Articles

Submitted by Cooper Brinson, CLDC Staff Attorney At the end of last year, the mayors of Eugene, Portland, Los Angeles, and San Francisco gathered to discuss homelessness and climate change. On my way home from the office the other night, I heard a recording of the...

DOJ challenges Idaho’s criminalization of homelessness

by Communications | Aug 21, 2015 | Articles

By Rebecca K. Smith, CLDC Board President & Cooperating Attorney This month, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a statement of interest in a federal lawsuit challenging the City of Boise, Idaho’s ban on sleeping in public. The lawsuit, Bell v. Boise, was...

City Dismisses Charges Against SLEEPS Activist

by Lauren Regan | Jul 29, 2015 | Blog

EUGENE, OR: On Friday July 24, 2015, the Assistant City Attorney of Eugene dismissed a criminal case that he filed and prosecuted against Hedin Brugh, a long-time SLEEPS activist who advocated for unhoused people. The Civil Liberties Defense Center’s Lauren Regan had...

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