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A tent set up in front of the Moses Lake Police Department and Parks and Recreation Department offices Monday, disobeying city ordinances against daytime camping, illustrates the tenuous balance of individual rights and municipal regulations in cities struggling to respond to the Boise decision.

A tent set up in front of the Moses Lake Police Department and Parks and Recreation Department offices Monday, disobeying city ordinances against daytime camping, illustrates the tenuous balance of individual rights and municipal regulations in cities struggling to respond to the Boise decision.
Emry Dinman/Columbia Basin Herald

December 23, 2019

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After Supreme Court punts on the homeless, cities are left with tenuous status quo
December 23, 2019 10:18 p.m.

After Supreme Court punts on the homeless, cities are left with tenuous status quo

MOSES LAKE — The Supreme Court’s refusal last Monday to review last year’s Boise decision maintains the right of homeless individuals to sleep on public property if there are no shelter beds available.