The Bureau of Environmental Services put its 14.5-acre Terminal 1 property up for sale nearly a month ago. And due to the strictures of the city’s surplus property process, it’ll finally get to receive bids for the land beginning Monday. The only problem? It appears the majority of Portland City Council wants to keep Terminal […]
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Is Hazelnut Grove About to be the First-Ever Homeless Camp to Host a Festival?
This city’s proved in recent weeks that—against all odds—it hasn’t yet reached its upper limit for angst over homeless camping. And while social service workers, neighbors, and the homeless themselves prepare for whatever’s going to come of the city sweeping the Springwater Corridor next month, one of Portland’s more established organized camps is inviting the […]
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As Springwater Sweep Looms, Mayor Charlie Hales Says Camping Policy “Has Not Succeeded As We Hoped”
Police and city officials conduct a sweep along the Springwater Corridor in 2014. Far more people live along the trail today. Dirk VanderHart Voicing the strongest misgivings we’ve heard about a comparatively lenient stance on homeless camping he introduced in February, Mayor Charlie Hales formally announced today he’s planning to clear out homeless camps along […]
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A Lawsuit Against the City’s Camping Policy Has Been Tossed—For Now
A Multnomah County judge tossed a lawsuit against Mayor Charlie Hales’ months-old camping policies this morning, but that doesn’t mean the issue’s resolved. Instead, Judge Marilyn Litzenberger dismissed a case brought by the Portland Business Alliance (PBA), Central Eastside Industrial Council (CEIC), Overlook Neighborhood Association (OKNA), and other entities with an understanding another will be […]
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Taking the LEAD
Cops and Prosecutors Are Embracing a Radical Idea: Not Filing Drug Possession Cases
Cops and prosecutors are embracing a novel idea: not filing drug possession cases
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Water Lawsuit! Impotent Shelter Outrage!
Water lawsuit! Impotent shelter outrage!
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There’s (Finally) A Homeless Shelter Coming to East Portland
The Hansen Building—either a vital shelter or a death trap, depending on which county official you ask. Multnomah County There’s been a flurry of activity around homeless shelters since Portland declared a housing emergency last year, but not anything permanent. The shelter at an old US Army Reserve center in SW Portland had to move […]
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Should Portland Have a Safe Drug Injection Site?
As the Heroin Epidemic Grows Worse, People Are Finally Talking About It
As the heroin epidemic grows worse, people are finally talking about it.
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A New City-County Homelessness Office Is Officially Coming Next Month (Pending One Vote)
This is how a Joint Homeless Office would work. Sort of confusing. Budget deficits have been a hot topic at Portland City Hall lately. But they took a backseat this morning, as Portland City Council elected to, in effect, create a $3.5 million hole in its next budget by committing to pooling its resources for […]
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Nick Fish Says A Massive Homeless Campus is a Bad Fit At NW Portland’s Terminal 1
Terminal 1, in all its glory. Google A quiet proposal by a pair of Portland developers for a massive complex to shelter and house homeless Portlanders got a familiar response from one city commissioner today: Sounds great, but probably not here. That commissioner is Nick Fish, who’s in charge of the Portland Bureau of Environmental […]
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The City Might Have Found A Plot of Land for Homeless Portlanders—But Right Now It’s Contaminated
PETE OWENS lights another cigarette, happy to be feeling well enough to enjoy it. Not long ago, Owens was sick. He’s been homeless on and off for the last seven years, and knows the ailments that can come with that difficult lifestyle. He says this was different. “It was bronchitis,” Owens said last week, sitting […]
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The City Says a Lawsuit Over Charlie Hales’ Camping Policy Needs to Be Tossed
Francois Vigneault It’s funny. And sad. Back in late 2014, public defenders were trying to convince a Multnomah County judge that Portland’s ban on camping was unconstitutional. So it wasn’t much surprise when they dredged up a quote that often gets tossed around when ticketing the homeless is concerned. It’s by Anatole France, and it […]