A group of Phoenix, Arizona residents is suing the city over what they believe are policies that enable crime and unsanitary conditions to proliferate in a massive urban homeless encampment known as “the Zone.”
Tempe-based lawyer Stephen Tully filed the 57-page civil action in Maricopa County Superior Court last week on behalf of the 19 plaintiffs.
“This case is about the city of Phoenix’s failure to address—and its exacerbation of—the growing homelessness crisis within the city,” according to the suit.
The suit describes the plaintiffs as people who “live, work, or own businesses or property in the city of Phoenix between 7th and 15th Avenues and between Van Buren and Grant Streets….