Oregon mayor to ban homeless camps on Portland streets
“The mayor of Portland, Oregon, plans to ban camping on city streets and move unhoused people to designated campsites, as the growing homeless population has become the top concern for the vast majority of residents.’The magnitude and the depth of the homeless crisis in our city is nothing short of a humanitarian catastrophe,’ Mayor Ted Wheeler said Friday. ‘We need to move our scattered, vulnerable homeless population closer to the services that they need.’ The resolution would establish at least three large, designated outdoor camping sites, with the first opening within 18 months of securing funding. Wheeler didn’t specify when the funding would be confirmed or how much the measure would cost.”