Portland nonprofit staff concerned about mayor's daytime camping
Day centers like Rose Haven and Blanchet House fear Mayor Ted Wheeler's proposed daytime camping ban could push them to their limits.
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Day centers like Rose Haven and Blanchet House fear Mayor Ted Wheeler's proposed daytime camping ban could push them to their limits.
Portland City Council members will decide Wednesday if they will adopt a broad ban on outdoor camping on public property across the city. The policy, updated to meet the terms of a 2021 state law, appears to reverse the city’s prior stance against criminalizing homelessness.
Under the terms, the city must clear 500 camps from sidewalks per year.
As the liberal city’s hands-off policy is swept away in favor of clearing street camps and a push to centralized shelters, unhoused people feel the pressure
A Portlander who overcame homelessness fears the fire could send his life spiraling back into chaos.