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  • 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.…

  • Emerson School Lantern Walk 11/24

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    We received this note from our neighbors at the Emerson School inviting us to their annual Lantern Walk through the North Park Blocks – Nov 24th / 6PM. See you there! I’m writing to let you know that one of our annual traditions at Emerson is coming up, and this year we want to invite…

  • Hales’ Legacy and Perils of Prosperity

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    Excerpt from Can Mayor Hales Jump the Shark and Lead Portland to the Promised Land? by Dr. Bruce Stephenson … Cutthroat real estate speculation brought the country to the edge of economic collapse in both the Great Depression and the Great Recession. A skilled technocrat, Hales is the one person who can ensure that a new comprehensive plan…

  • Portland Tribune: Police Passive with Homeless Population

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    Reposted from: Police Passive with Homeless Population Portland Tribune October 2015 Written by Peter Korn Hayley Purdy can’t figure out why police officers bike, drive and walk by the social chaos she lives with on the North Park Blocks and do virtually nothing. Throughout the summer Purdy and her neighbors documented the increasing disorder in their…