Sisters Of The Road to hold truth commission on sit-lie law Portland, Oregon (July 21,)-- ... Thursday, August 7, 2008, Sisters Of The Road will hold a truth commission on the effects of the Sit-Lie Law ... According to data submitted to the City by the Portland Police Bureau, the Sit-Lie Law has been enforced ...
21 Jul 2008 - Street Roots
Judge rules Portland's sit-lie law constitutional, reasonable Sept. 19, 2008 A move to have ... protesting the sit-lie ordinance. Citing officer Craig Dobson testified that Newman said he used a sign to ... they’re just panhandling,” Dobson told the court. More on this case to come. Posted by Joanne Zuhl sit-lie ...
20 Sep 2008 - Street Roots
Sit-lie law moves along By Joanne Zuhl, Staff Writer Seven months into the enforcement of ... born of nearly a decade of sit-lie regulations drawing all of the above. Unlike similar city efforts in ... a lawsuit. In 2004, the city’s sit-lie ordinance was declared unconstitutional in Circuit Court, with the ...
8 Feb 2011 - Street Roots
Discuss sit-lie at Street Roots blog... Two op-eds in the Oregonian discuss the merits of the ... sit-lie ordinance. One from the very well respected and engaging Central Precinct Commander Mike Reese. ... The Commander argues that the sit-lie ordinance is needed for the communities quality of life. With ...
8 Aug 2009 - Street Roots
Public argues against extending Sit-Lie [caption id="attachment_1258" ... downtown sit-lie ordinance, which they are considering extending until at least October 23, 2009. The ... harrassing passersby, are illegal regardless of the sit-lie ordinance, so it shouldn't be necessary to ...
29 Apr 2009 - Street Roots
acts of sitting, lying, sleeping or keeping warm and dry outdoors on public property that is open to ... if a city chooses to regulate ‘survival activities’ like sitting, lying, sleeping or keeping warm and ...
29 Sep 2023 - Jeremiah Hayden
sit-lie-sleep guidelines forbidding public sleeping from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., among other restrictions. A memo ...
2 Aug 2023 - Piper McDaniel
From sit-lie laws to the housing crisis in rural Oregon, here are highlights of Street Roots' ... “Judge: Sit-lie still unconstitutional” On June 19, Multnomah County Circuit Court Judge Stephen K. ... plan to begin en-forcement of a controversial ordinance known as the “sit-lie-stand law,” which ...
4 Oct 2019 - Street Roots
requires all laws governing homeless Oregonians’ sit-lie-sleep activity to be “objectively reasonable.” ...
12 Jul 2023 - Jeremiah Hayden
sit around a table and talk' Blake was only wearing a shirt and pants the night of Jan. 21 as ... her death was a medical transport decision that left Melisa lying on the ground in freezing weather ... "Without legislation, we can simply sit around a table and talk," she said. 'I expect the Oregon ...
12 Jul 2023 - Tom Henderson