Heckler disrupts this morning’s Portland city council meeting yelling “F—Ted Wheeler” prior to testimony regarding the city’s settlement with disabled Portlanders who are unable to access sidewalks because they have been taken over by garbage, open air drug scenes, etc. pic.twitter.com/z783HfYIV4
— Rational in Portland (@rationalinpdx) May 31, 2023
At Portland City Hall, a rally preceded this afternoon’s vote on a proposed ordinance to ban daytime camping. Earlier, council approved a settlement over blocked sidewalks and ADA compliance. pic.twitter.com/RSUfGJXeC7
— Courtney Vaughn (@C__Vaughn) May 31, 2023
I came down to Portland City Hall where ~150 activists have gathered to demand the city vote no on the latest proposed “camping ban.”
(According to polling on site, there is a huge appetite for humane housing policies, and nearly 100% of all Portlanders ostensibly agree.) pic.twitter.com/OhRHhBI5oG
— Jeremiah Hayden (@jeremiahhayden_) May 31, 2023
A crowd is gathering outside Portland City Hall ahead of City Council’s vote to adopt a new, more robust camping ban ordinance. Over 170 people are set to give public comment this afternoon. We’ll cover the vote and reaction tonight on @fox12oregon pic.twitter.com/fbQmCRJ9rf
— Adrian Thomas (@adrianbthomas) May 31, 2023
The homeless are going to have to hibernate in the day.
They will have to hide in the dark alleys and only come out at night like that evil clown from the Spawn comic.
This will work.
Really great idea.
Portland officials are mulling a proposal to ban daytime homeless camps in most public spaces as the West Coast city struggles to get a handle on the ballooning number of people living on the streets.
Homeless people would need to clear their camps every morning by 8 a.m., picking up all their belongings and trash before they could settle down again at 8 p.m., according to the proposal.
The ban would extend to city parks, near schools, day cares, construction sites and some sidewalks, according to the plan brought forward by Mayor Ted Wheeler.
“There are currently hundreds of unsanctioned, sometimes dangerous and often squalid homeless camps across all 146 square miles of the city of Portland,” Wheeler said at a Wednesday City Council meeting.
“These homeless camps … represent nothing short of a humanitarian catastrophe.”
Violators of the law, if enacted, would get two warnings. But after three violations, people could be fined up to $100 or get tossed in jail for as much as 30 days.
I mean, the obvious thing is to put these people in work camps.
I think that’s what any good leader would do – you would round them up and force them to work in a camp making furniture or boots.
I don’t think it’s possible to ban “daytime camping” under the current rules.
You would have to send cops in to beat these people. They’re not going to leave because you told them to. They’re certainly not going to pay any fines.
If you’re going to deal with the backlash of cleaning them off the street, you might as well just put them in busses and ship them to a concentration camp.
Three big Portland City Council votes on homelessness topics today:
-Accept settlement in lawsuit over ADA sidewalk access: Passes 5-0
-Extend contract with Multnomah County Joint Office of Homeless Services: Passes 4-1
-Ban daytime camping (agenda item scheduled for 3 pm) https://t.co/lY7s2YWFm6— Anthony Macuk (@anthonymacuk) May 31, 2023