Way to go Hales. I'm in full support.

The reason that people don't tell Fritz things is she makes them worse. She is in charge of neither the police nor housing. Her recent involvement in "houselessness issues" has been to complicate them tremendously and create a headache for the rest of the Council. (Which isn't resolved, by the way. R2D2 still hasn't found a place to go and the next candidate location is likely to be just as controversial as the last one, starting the whole mess over again.)

Agreed.

So public urination is a crime that the police treat lightly? Someone should tell James Chasse, he doesn't seem to be paying attention. Oh I forgot, Chris Humphreys killed him because he might have peed in the street, the penalty for actually peeing in the street is much more lienent.

It's Fritz. She's shocked and horrified by anything that doesn't involve endless hours of "process." In her ideal world, her job description would consist of nothing but briefing meetings.

I'm "horrified and very disturbed" by Fritz's seemingly complete disconnect with reality

Fritz is right and the PBA, speaking through the police bureau will be proven in the courts to be wrong. Again. Unfortunately taxpayers will have to pay the legal costs. Again. Hey R2D2, I hear the mounted patrol building and covered paddock is going to be available soon...

You got to love her. In her effort to make things better, she always makes them so much worse.

So if my kid litters they are put on a list . They litter again to jail they go. This is crazy. Tracking people like that and sending them to jail for that. Again City hall is out of control.

The way Hales is handling The houseless "problem" is going to backfire. His heartless pursuit of dollars is KILLING the Real Portland. I want Bud back at city hall.

"Seek treatment"? Where exactly? Emergency shelters have waitlists months long. And why is the default assumption we are in need of treatment? Does 50% of the population have to be homeless before we do something about the banksters causing it?

This policy makes no economic sense. It costs the taxpayers money to engage in the useless process of criminalizing poverty and insanity. It costs money to harass them, money to take them to court (for which they probably won't even show), and money to incarcerate them. If we're going to spend money on them anyway, couldn't we do so humanely?
We could invest more heavily in Port-O-Lets and their upkeep and all downtown citizens would profit; we could support Shower To The People so the homeless could keep clean; we could support Sisters of the Road and Ne Si'Ka (Food From The Heart) so they are fed by donations & volunteers (i.e., not taxpayers but those who WANT to help); and we could provide trash service to Hoover Towns so they don't trash up the area. I mean, since we're throwing money at the "problem" anyway...
I'm not sure why Portland went to all the trouble to rip off Austin's slogan if the PBA doesn't really want to "Keep Portland Weird." After all, as many people call it Taser Town as Portlandia nowadaze.