Three Glendale residents have filed a lawsuit alleging that the city’s panhandling bans violate their First Amendment right to engage in constitutionally protected speech. Amy Hughes, Denise Carr and Gabriel Gilbert are seeking a preliminary injunction to stop the city from enforcing the ordinances.
They are represented by Public Justice, the ACLU of Arizona and the First Amendment Clinic at Arizona State University’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law.
The Glendale City Council passed the two ordinances in October 2022, just months before the Phoenix suburb hosted Super Bowl LVII…