Technobarbarian wrote:
>
> "Portland leaders start work on plan to ban homeless camping
>
> By Rebecca Ellis (OPB)
> Oct. 26, 2022 5 a.m.
> The City Council will hear testimony on the package beginning at 2
> p.m. Wednesday. Many of the specifics remain unclear.
> After six years in office, Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler revealed last
> week he was ready to make a sharp change in strategy toward the
> region’s homeless crisis.
>
> Alongside Commissioner Dan Ryan, his office has crafted a series of
> resolutions that aim to build at least three large city-sanctioned
> camping sites and ban other homeless camping across Portland. The
> Portland City Council will hear public comment Wednesday afternoon.
>
> The plan is already controversial. So far, 175 people have signed up
> to testify and the city has received 500 letters about the proposal.
> Supporters have hailed it as a necessary, long overdue step to address
> the tents that have multiplied in almost every neighborhood. Critics
> say forcing people to move into camps is inhumane and that the camps,
> which could ultimately host between 150 and 500 people, will quickly
> grow unruly and unsafe."
>
> https://www.opb.org/article/2022/10/26/portland-oregon-leaders-start-process-to-ban-homeless-camping/
>
>
>       That's already more than most folks need to know. Something
> like that might happen--eventually. But, not anytime soon. Maybe in
> another five or ten years--if ever. I'm looking forward to the
> firestorm that starts when they start naming actual sites. That might
> happen in another year or two.
>
> TB

"No, officer. I'm not a homeless camper. I have a home, but I just
like to camp on the sidewalk."

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bill
Theory don't mean squat if it don't work.