At the time, homelessness advocates in Washington expressed fear that Grants Pass would lead to a domino effect of cities across the state passing new laws banning sleeping outside and making it impossible to exist anywhere as a homeless person without risk of fines and jail time.
Seven months after the SCOTUS ruling, that prediction hasn’t yet come to pass. But at least six Washington cities, including Aberdeen, Auburn, Kennewick, Lakewood, Richland and Spokane, have since passed new laws, modified existing laws or have begun enforcement to criminalize homelessness in the wake of the Grants Pass decision.
At the same time, several lawsuits are working their way through Washington courts
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