On Thursday, July 18, JD Klippenstein, the executive director of nonprofit ACTIONN, received a call from Reno City Councilmember Devon Reese. There had been an unexpected development in the city council agenda.
City Attorney Karl Hall was requesting that the council approve a resolution allowing him to file a brief to the U.S. Supreme Court supporting Boise, Idaho, in its lawsuit against homeless camping. Boise decided to take the issue to the country’s highest court after the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that one of the city’s ordinances was unconstitutional. The ordinance had made it illegal to sleep outside, basically criminalizing homelessness.
