Portland, Oregon, swears in new government and mayor who campaigned to end homelessness
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Portland, Oregon, swears in new government and mayor who campaigned to end homelessness

Associated Press  

PORTLAND, Ore. — A businessman with no experience in public office is taking over as mayor of Oregon’s biggest city as it embraces an entirely new system of government — one that’s so different, the City Council chambers had to be completely renovated. “Now it’s time for Portland’s new leadership to meet the moment we now face and solve the issues that prevent us from reaching our true potential.” Wilson said he will treat homelessness as a crisis. “Remodeling council chambers is a once-in-a-generation activity,” Maty Sauter, director of Portland’s Bureau of Fleet and Facilities, told the outgoing City Council as it held its last meeting on Wednesday in the new chambers. In another first for City Hall, Wilson and the incoming Council members were elected under Portland’s new system of ranked-choice voting.

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In Portland, Oregon, political outsider Keith Wilson elected mayor after homelessness-focused race
1 month, 2 weeks ago

In Portland, Oregon, political outsider Keith Wilson elected mayor after homelessness-focused race

Associated Press  

PORTLAND, Ore. — Voters in Portland, Oregon, have elected political outsider Keith Wilson as their new mayor, following a campaign in which he capitalized on years of growing frustration over homeless encampments, open drug use and quality of life concerns to outperform three City Council members — including one ensnared in a driving record scandal — who had also sought …

Everyone agrees there’s a homeless crisis in the US. Plans to address it vary among mayor candidates
4 months, 1 week ago

Everyone agrees there’s a homeless crisis in the US. Plans to address it vary among mayor candidates

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco Mayor London Breed has launched a new crackdown on people sleeping outside in a campaign to clear the sidewalks of homeless encampments that have come to define the city. “You can truly change the reputation of San Francisco from a place that today people believe they can come to our city, pitch a tent and …

Oregon mayor to ban homeless camps on Portland streets
2 years, 2 months ago

Oregon mayor to ban homeless camps on Portland streets

Associated Press  

PORTLAND, Ore. — The mayor of Portland, Oregon, plans to ban camping on city streets and move unhoused people to designated campsites, as the growing homeless population has become the top concern for the vast majority of residents. “We need to move our scattered, vulnerable homeless population closer to the services that they need.” The resolution would establish at least …

‘Not safe anymore’: Portland confronts the limits of its support for homeless services
2 years, 6 months ago

‘Not safe anymore’: Portland confronts the limits of its support for homeless services

LA Times  

Paul Hunter has taken to sleeping on the roof of his RV, parked along a stretch of Northeast 33rd Drive in Portland, Ore. “There’s always somebody giving away free tents, sleeping bags, clothes, water, sandwiches, three meals a day — it’s all here.” Portland, like Los Angeles, Sacramento and much of the San Francisco Bay Area, has experienced a conspicuous …

Liberal U.S. cities change course, now clearing homeless camps
2 years, 9 months ago

Liberal U.S. cities change course, now clearing homeless camps

LA Times  

Makeshift shelters abut busy roadways, tent cities line sidewalks, tarps cover broken-down cars, and sleeping bags are tucked in storefront doorways. Wheeler has now used emergency powers to ban camping along certain roadways and says homelessness is the “most important issue facing our community, bar none.” Increasingly in liberal cities across the country — where people living in tents in …

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