The Tempe City Council has passed an ordinance that would require events with 30 or more people to have a permit and pay a ...

Austin Davis runs Hugs for AZ, a charity that distributes free food to the homeless at a park on Sundays. ... How a Tempe man’s mission to feed the homeless landed him in court.

In a battle of wills between homeless advocates Austin Davis and Ron Tapscott, Tempe isn't bending on its rules for special events permits.

Tempe has already put Austin Davis on trial for feeding the unhoused and banned him from parks. ... New Times asked Baxter-Ging to describe the city’s plan to address the homeless crisis.

Austin Davis accepted the deal after more than nine months of conflict. ... Things got worse in 2022, she said, when Tempe cleared the homeless encampment in the Salt River bed by Tempe Town Lake.

It was a Friday afternoon, July 26, and Austin Davis was leaving his Scottsdale apartment to get ice and water for a homeless outreach at a Tempe park, operated by the nonprofit AZ Hugs he founded.

Homeless advocates are taking the city of Tempe to court over an ordinance, saying the law abuses power against the most vulnerable population group in the city. Austin Davis with AZ Hugs and Jane ...

In a battle of wills between homeless advocates Austin Davis and Ron Tapscott, Tempe isn't bending on its rules for special events permits.

In a battle of wills between homeless advocates Austin Davis and Ron Tapscott, Tempe isn't bending on its rules for special events permits.

He believed he had circumvented the special events permit issue that homeless advocate, Austin Davis, had been up against by operating the gathering as a private club. ... Tempe vs. Austin Davis.