Category: NPB News
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Ambulances to take over mental emergencies – fall 2016
Police in the metro area expect to start routinely calling for an ambulance to carry people experiencing a mental health issue/crisis to the hospital instead of the police station. Read the full story from The Oregonian.
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Cities watch as Portland allows homeless to sleep on sidewalks and camp in public spaces
From the LA Times – Portland, like Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle, has declared a homelessness emergency. That allows the city to cut red tape and seek more federal assistance. The four cities and their surrounding counties account for an estimated 70,000 homeless. For full story
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Restaurant and Developer Groups Are Piling Onto A Camping Lawsuit Against the City
The Portland Mercury reports the list of people suing the city over new camping policies is growing. In a motion filed May 20, a group of organizations that believe Mayor Charlie Hales’ lenient stance on camping is illegal say they’ve found three new plaintiffs to sign onto a lawsuit filed last month. They are the Oregon Restaurant and…
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Our Park Transforms into Collaborative Artwork
What: FIGMENT is an explosion of creative energy. It’s a free, annual celebration of participatory art and culture where everything is possible. For one summer weekend, we will transform the downtown Portland North Park Blocks into a large-scale collaborative artwork, and then it’s gone, without a trace. Full details here | Photo gallery here When: Saturday,…
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Mayor Hales and PDX Sued Over Homeless Camping
Reposted from Oregonian by Brad Schmidt April 20, 2016 Portland’s homelessness crisis hit a fevered pitch Wednesday as a new coalition sued the city and Mayor Charlie Hales, calling Hales’ pro-camping policy an illegal abuse of power because the City Council never signed off. Full story at the Oregonian Read the lawsuit … If successful, the…