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Clark County Matters blasts bill allowing homeless to sue local governments
A bill advancing through the Washington state Legislature would allow homeless individuals the ability to sue a local government over restrictions for camping on public land.
Washington House Bill 1380, backed by Democrats, was approved by the House Housing Committee with a 9-8 vote and was scheduled for a public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations on Wednesday, Feb. 12.
The bill would restrict local government’s ability to regulate and ban public camping.
“Any city or town law that regulates the acts of sitting, lying, sleeping or keeping warm and dry outdoors on public property that is open to the public must be objectively reasonable as to time, place and manner,” the legislation states.
The proposed law “creates a private cause of action for injunctive or declaratory relief to challenge the objective reasonableness of such a law.”
Clark County Matters, a nonprofit advocating for change in Vancouver and the rest of the county, sent a letter to state lawmakers who represent Clark County urging them to oppose HB 1380.
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