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  • Fritz to PDX: Make Room for Homeless Camps

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    Portland Parks Commissioner Amanda Fritz startled us in this KGW interview when she stated that “Every neighborhood in Portland will be asked to find a spot to put a homeless camp.” Apparently she hasn’t noticed the utter failure of the homeless camp experiment just across the river in Vancouver. See Vancouver Allows Public Camping – Here’s What Happened…

  • Vancouver Allows Public Camping – Here’s What Happened

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    A lesson for Portland? Excerpt from Oregonian: Our Homeless Crisis: Vancouver Allows Homeless Camping, With Ugly Unintended Results By Anna Griffin Nov 7, 2015 A surprising thing happened when Vancouver leaders decided earlier this fall to lift the citywide ban on public camping: Chaos ensued. In just a few weeks, a residential neighborhood a 10-minute walk from…

  • City Policy Makes PDX a Destination for “Lifestyle Vagrancy”

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    City Policy is Making Portland a Destination for “Lifestyle Vagrancy,” Lawlessness, and Crime Increase Police Staffing and Fight Our Panhandling Epidemic With Community Education Public comment to Portland City Council Delivered October 28th, 2015 Testimony as PDF (80KB)              Click to view video Thank you for allowing me to speak today.…