Landowners and property managers that operate next to the planned site of Lane County’s stabilization center have filed a lawsuit challenging a new state law that county officials are relying upon to move the project forward in the Springfield area.
Lane County officials are making plans for such the center on two parcels totaling 18 acres that will feature a behavioral health campus with a psychiatric hospital that PeaceHealth is planning. The county’s 24-hour center will help people who arrive without an appointment and accept referrals from police. The site is near PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend in Springfield.
The lawsuit, filed by four companies including Richardson Sports, challenges the constitutionality of House Bill 2005, which the Legislature passed in June in part to help local government agencies fast-track stabilization centers that aid people in mental health and addiction crises…