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  1. Kaia Sand | Sweeps are traumatic, expensive and a facade of progress

    OPINION | Sweeps force people out of sight, but do nothing for long term housing options We sat ... Within days, the city swept him again, and I haven’t seen him since. That was the first sweep of many we ... traumas of systemic racism reverberate, and that includes the city’s system of sweeps. One man had been ...

    18 May 2022 - Kaia Sand

  2. 2022 Elections | Metro President and Council

    Street Roots asked candidates running for Metro President and Metro Council in districts two, four and six their plans on how they plan to address homelessness, rising cost of rent, affordable housing and more. You can read more 2022 election coverage her ...

    7 May 2022 - Street Roots

  3. 2022 Elections | Portland City Council and City Auditor’s race

    Street Roots asked candidates running for Portland City Council position two and position three their plans regarding homelessness, cost of living, pandemic recovery and more. You can read more 2022 election coverage here. Portland City Council Position 2 ...

    7 May 2022 - Street Roots

  4. Q&As with 23 candidates running for Oregon governor

    Gubernatorial candidates answer questions on climate, housing, homelessness and more These Q&As were conducted in collaboration with the Oregon Media Collaborative comprised of more than 40 news organizations across the state. Read about the collabora ...

    5 May 2022 - Street Roots

  5. Business owners asked for sweeps and got them

    was told the area was not posted for a campsite sweep, but PPB would help clear the tents. By Friday ... officials and members of the Portland Police Bureau requesting the city sweep homeless camps. Emails ... prioritizing their requests for camp removals, the city’s preferred terminology for sweeps. His office declined ...

    30 Mar 2022 - Piper McDaniel

  6. Kaia Sand | We are responsible for giving our unhoused neighbors good options

    namely how they will and are being used to sweep and warehouse unhoused people on the streets, and how ...

    13 Apr 2022 - Kaia Sand

  7. Editorial | Introducing The Orange Fence Project

    streetroots.org/orange-fence-project. In the coming weeks, Street Roots will also launch the city’s first independent Sweep Tracker, ... Sweep Tracker portion of the project goes live. The success of The Orange Fence Project will rely ... Street Roots will provide the first independent encampment sweep tracker and comprehensive overview of ...

    9 Mar 2022 - SR editorial board

  8. Kaia Sand | Addressing homelessness through the legislature and what we can learn from it

    funding for sweeps People survive in tents in Deschutes National Forest, along the Umpqua River of ... being used for sweeps, making sure that we address this issue as humanitarianly as possible.” The ... legislation prevents funds from being used for mass shelters as well as sweeps, both tactics Mayor Ted Wheeler ...

    2 Mar 2022 - Kaia Sand

  9. Mayor’s order forbidding camping in high-traffic areas leaves unhoused Portlanders with few places to go

    Portland city government has no plans to relax sweep criteria in safer areas following emergency ... Crash Network projects and create a rental cap for the City.” — Stop the Sweeps  Portland Homeless ... homeless advocacy group Stop the Sweeps told Street Roots in an email. “If Mayor Wheeler wanted to solve ...

    23 Feb 2022 - Piper McDaniel and K. Rambo

  10. Kaia Sand | How do we create 3,000 liveable spaces for people without criminalizing them?

    can really happen and they don’t come with sweep conditions? Leaders need to stop suggesting schemes ...

    23 Feb 2022 - Kaia Sand

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