This article was originally published by The Lund Report and is used with permission.
Property owners have sued to block construction of a $35 million Lane County mental health crisis center as well as a 96-bed behavioral health hospital launched by PeaceHealth to help fill the void left by the closure of its University District hospital in downtown Eugene.
The suit is significant not just due to the projects it targets, but because it also challenges the constitutionality of high-profile legislation approved by Oregon lawmakers in June that was intended to change civil commitment criteria in the state and fast-track the siting of behavioral health facilities…