activists took on Portland’s infamous sit-lie laws, camping in plain sight and, once removed by the police, ...
20 Jan 2021 - Henry Brannan
when unhoused activists took on the city’s sit-lie laws by marching as a convoy from one location to ...
24 Feb 2021 - Henry Brannan
the KKK B uried secrets lie beneath Portland’s Northwest Industrial District. Wander between Northwest ... seeing and hearing what she had to share. And city planners have been sitting down for regular meetings ... yards, oil drums, tanker cars and scrap mounds. “They’re sitting on this whole riverfront property,” ...
9 Jun 2021 - B. Toastie
the Script’s advocacy coordinator, whose desk sits opposite Kurney’s. “And that’s the big difference ... calling it a revolving door. “We’re sitting in jail, and we’re telling you we need help,” Holmes said, ... after sitting back and listening to officers speak, he realized their knowledge relied on textbook ...
2 Jun 2021 - B. Toastie
lies, they’re able to convince people who have no relationship to the issue that it is a thing, that it ... they’re successfully doing it by using fear, misinformation and lies. Green: What would you say is one of ... even when we’re not invited to the table, that you’re sitting at the table and representing us as an ...
19 May 2021 - Emily Green
— sleeping, camping, sitting, lying down — or just generally public space management and have those policies ... for criminal trespass for lying down or sleeping outside in the city. This was in line with the city’s ...
24 Feb 2021 - Hanna Merzbach
the sit-lie ordinance,” Pollard said, referring to bans on people sitting or lying on public ... sidewalks. The sit-lie ordinance, as well as camping bans, have been enduring issues for Street Roots over ...
4 Oct 2019 - Kaia Sand
remotely — did any of the founders sit around and say, 'Yeah, this government we’re creating, someday ... been sold a lie that punishment is the cure to addiction. We have been getting bad results. The cure to ...
27 Dec 2019 - Street Roots
— sit-lie had returned! Like all of you, we find parsing out the square inches of our public sidewalks ... sidewalk issues anyway. So bring on sit-lie — the businesses in pain, the homeless, the dogs, the ... the lawyers and civil rights arguments! Summer 2013 is going to be the best sit-lie season yet! We ...
11 Apr 2013 - Street Roots Staff
have these people sitting on highly appreciated property in general, and now the banks and loan ... customers into foreclosure, and lying to borrowers seeking loan modifications. In 2013, approximately 16,000 ...
27 Jan 2021 - Chris May