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Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler expands his Emergency Declaration to Prohibit Camping to include key walking routes to school.

Wheeler bans homeless camping around schools, routes, Local News, Portland local News, Breaking News alerts for Portland city.

In his office's latest move to restrict homeless camping, Mayor Ted Wheeler has signed an emergency declaration to prohibit camping along an extensive network of roads that are designated walking routes to Portland schools. "With limited resources, and heightened demand for services, we must prioritize to help ensure the safety of vulnerable populations in Portland, such as those experiencing homelessness and school-age children," wrote Wheeler in a press release Friday. Wheeler de...

Homeless camps along the Peninsula Crossing Trail in North Portland have prompted some families to sell their homes.

The city's Impact Reduction Team told KGW they prioritize the sites that pose the greatest safety and health risk. Some areas are at the bottom of the list.

It’s been about a month since the city unveiled it’s 90-day reset plan to "repair, rebuild and reopen the Old Town corridor.”

On the drive from PDX airport into city center, travelers will get a dose of what Portlanders see almost daily: campsites, garbage and graffiti.

Mayor Ted Wheeler is flexing his executive powers this week to restructure the city's labyrinthine network of homeless support services. In a Wednesday press conference, Wheeler unveiled plans for a new Street Services Coordination Center, a program that will act as a nucleus for the city's multi-faceted work with its homeless population. "We must step up and admit, that despite our best intentions, things just are not improving as quickly as we'd like for the...

The Oregonian reports that Wheeler also plans to announce a new plan next week to address the city's homeless crisis on a larger scale.

Mayor Ted Wheeler unveiled the "first in a series" of executive orders Friday to address homeless camping in Portland. In an afternoon press conference, Wheeler announced an immediate order to ban camping from high crash streets and intersections to protect the lives of those living outside. "People are dying," Wheeler said. "Leaving people to camp in high crash corridors is unacceptable." The ban instructs Homeless and Urban Camping Impact Reduction Program (HUCIRP...