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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…

  • Oregonian: Neighbors Organize to Halt Park Chaos

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    A big thank you to the Oregonian Editorial Board for the thoughtful essay on how the North Park Blocks organized in response to months of illegal and menacing activity in the park. Read the full editorial here (and be sure to continue on to the comments). Frustrated neighbors, park-area businesses, PNCA and Emerson School officials banded…