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PORTLAND, Ore. — It's been almost two months since the city of Portland's daytime ban on homeless camps took effect, at least on paper. For a few weeks now, the city has been in possession of a ...
City Commissioner-Elect Rene Gonzalez Shares Map of Portland Shootings, Mistakenly Asserts It Shows Homeless Camps The city-generated map, first published by WW this fall, shows clusters of the ...
Homeless encampments remain around Portland, Oregon, despite the city council passing an ordinance banning daytime homeless camps. A camp of tents sits next to the Interstate 405 freeway on March ...
Portland’s city council last night voted to ban unsanctioned homeless camps on streets in a move that some critics claim effectively criminalizes homelessness. The plan, put forward by Portland ...
PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - The City of Portland Portland is planning to upgrade the facilities of its homeless camps by replacing tents with “sleeping pods,” which the city will fund with state funds.
Portland officials are mulling a proposal to ban daytime homeless camps in most public spaces as the West Coast city struggles to get a handle on the ballooning number of people living on the streets.
Portland’s first city-run, sanctioned outdoor camp for homeless residents is expected to be up and running in the Central Eastside by this summer, Mayor Ted Wheeler announced Thursday. While the ...
Portland Within 24 hours, Portland cleans up homeless camps, begins building pickleball courts 'It’s a great opportunity to revamp areas of the park,' a spokesperson for the mayor says ...
Portland approves $27M for new homeless camps . ... approved the creation of six outdoor sites where homeless people will be allowed to camp. ... a potential road map in recent Zoom calls ...
More than 10,000 people lost power after a fire ignited in a homeless encampment Wednesday afternoon. According to Portland Fire and Rescue (PF&R), the fire started at a homeless encampment at the ...
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — There is now a new way to track the homeless crisis in the city of Portland. The Impact Reduction Program is launching a new map this week showing where encampments are ...
A map also shows concentrated clusters in North Portland near the Columbia River and east toward Gresham. Responding to a camp fire isn’t as cut and dried as a house fire.