To no one’s surprise, the Portland City Council this afternoon unanimously took the first step toward a massive new outlay on homelessness programs and services—a $2 million package that came to life only after significant political criticism erupted over what’s otherwise been a summer filled with camping crackdowns and harsh rhetoric about “lawlessness” on the […]
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As Threatened, Pearl Neighbors Inching Toward Lawsuit Over Right 2 Dream Too
Stung by Commissioner Amanda Fritz’s insistence that moving Right 2 Dream Too onto a city-owned lot in the Pearl District sometime this fall will be perfectly legal, the Pearl District Neighborhood Association last night voted to free up $10,000 in rainy-day funding for a potential lawsuit. As the Mercury already revealed this week, a land-use […]
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We Cover Homelessness Issues. They Say It Like It’s a Bad Thing
The Portland Tribune has reported something of interest in the recent saga over Right 2 Dream Too’s relocation from Old Town. Something a bit close to home. Jim Redden, in his “Sources Say” column, quotes from what he says is an August email, sent from Commissioner Amanda Fritz to Right 2 Dream Too and others, […]
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Whoops! City Apologizes for Putting $2 Property Fee on Camping Notices
Portland Copwatch, late last month, noticed something curious on one of the many anti-camping notices that have gone up around city hall in the aftermath of Mayor Charlie Hales’ police crackdown on sidewalk violations and large homeless campsites. Near the bottom of the notice, which is topped with the Bureau of Transportation’s logo, there’s a […]
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It’s Official: Right 2 Dream Too, Portland Settle Lawsuit, Formally Agree to Move
Michael Wright, co-owner of the current site at NW 4th and Burnside, signs legal papers dropping his lawsuit against Portland. A little before 1 this afternoon, representatives of Old Town homeless rest area Right 2 Dream Too, joined by their current landlord on NW 4th and Burnside, formally agreed to settle a months-old lawsuit challenging […]
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Right 2 Dream Too Statement Declares “Victory” Over Planned Move
Though Commissioner Amanda Fritz threw up some minor caution as news emerged late Friday that a solid deal to move Right 2 Dream Too had been reached, officials with the site, this weekend, have drafted a statement “declaring victory” and shedding some more light on the terms. And one detail has changed since Friday’s post. […]
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City, Right 2 Dream Too Will Announce Deal on Monday
Denis C. Theriault As we reported in this week’s paper, City Commissioner Amanda Fritz’s push to move Right 2 Dream Too beneath a Broadway Bridge ramp was moving along after a snag in discussions with the site’s current landlord almost sank the deal. As of tonight, a source close to the talks informed the Mercury, […]
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City Hall Camping Protest Organizer Withdraws Support, Calls Action “Unsuccessful”
One day after presenting a six-point, low-cost plan to address homelessness in front of Portland City Council, and two days after he was the victim in a brawl outside city hall, one of the leaders of what’s been a nearly two-year-old homelessness protest at the city’s front door has announced that he and other advocates […]
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BREAKING: Chapman Square Will Be Fenced Off This Weekend—to Boot Campers
Citing property destruction, harassment, and the fallout of Mayor Charlie Hales’ push to sweep campers from the sidewalks outside city hall, Portland’s parks bureau is planning to fence off Chapman Square “sometime this weekend” according to a memo sent this morning from Commissioner Amanda Fritz’s office. The email first went out from Fritz’s chief of […]
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Attorney: Relocation Talks for Right 2 Dream Too “Will Continue”
Denis C. Theriault Maybe the new home of Right 2 Dream Too. This much is true. A seemingly surefire agreement that would move homeless rest area Right 2 Dream Too from Old Town to beneath the Broadway Bridge, settle a nine-month-old lawsuit, and waive thousands of dollars in code enforcement fines hit a major snag […]
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Fritz Responds to Pearl Neighbors Over Right 2 Dream Too Proposal: “I Act to Do What I Believe Is Right”
Commissioner Amanda Fritz’s push to relocate Right 2 Dream Too beneath the Broadway Bridge’s Lovejoy Street off-ramp remains technically alive this afternoon—her office, when asked, had no updates saying the plug had been pulled—but it’s causing a kerfuffle among Pearl District neighbors. The Oregonian‘s Sara Hottman reported this morning that the neighborhood association is asking […]
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BREAKING: City Offers Right 2 Dream Too a New Site Under Broadway Bridge Ramp
Commissioner Amanda Fritz, working with Mayor Charlie Hales and the Portland Development Commission, is working to find Old Town homeless rest area Right 2 Dream Too a new home beneath the Broadway Bridge’s Lovejoy Street ramp (map)—but a dispute with one of the owners of the group’s current site could unravel the complicated deal. The […]