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Analysis of 2021 sweeps raises questions about pandemic policies and procedures

Analysis of sweeps in 2021 shows potential inconsistencies with CDC guidelines, instead correlate ... with the city's ‘reopening’ Sweeps of homeless encampments in Portland have stayed at a similar ... reduced prior to May 24. While the sweeps come on the backdrop of city officials attempting to make sweeps ...

6 Oct 2021 - K. Rambo
OPINION | After a sweep, ‘where are we supposed to go?’

Portland’s sweeps leave people with few resources scrambling to navigate a profoundly broken ... Permanente campus by Interstate 5 in Portland were posted for a sweep on Sept. 9. I am a houseless woman ... helped other than providing a specific date for a sweep. I will say Rapid Response has improved their ...

29 Sep 2021 - Bronwyn Carver
Lack of placement stability for Oregon foster youth causes traumatic disruptions

sweeping overhauls of the federal child welfare system in decades. The Family First Prevention Services Act ...

13 Oct 2021 - Libby Dowsett
Art exhibit imagines what can replace Oregon’s toppled monuments

belongings and trash. A camp of just a few tents was swept earlier that day. The sweeps are getting more ...

29 Sep 2021 - Karly Quadros
Kaia Sand | Concern for ‘humanitarian crisis’ could turn inhumane

to sweep the camps. This could cost roughly $55 million initially and $30 million per ... used to sweep the camps," but there are clear loopholes. Most of the time, police aren't used ... to conduct sweeps; the city contracts with Rapid Response Bio Clean. And how would such a requirement ...

1 Sep 2021 - Kaia Sand
Portland needs a better plan for trash

I began to think of answers to the camp sweep problem. I spoke with hundreds of houseless community ...

2 Sep 2021 - Kat Wasula
Editorial | Unity is not anonymity

When Portland City Council announced an unanimous decision to sweep Laurelhurst Park a few weeks ... decision to sweep Laurelhurst Park a few weeks ago — a symbolically triumphant consolidation of ... unified press release (i.e. Safe Rest Villages, new shelter beds, new housing vouchers), prior to sweeping ...

18 Aug 2021 -
Kaia Sand | Where, exactly, can unhoused people camp under Portland’s new policy?

OPINION | Unhoused people deserve to know how the new ordinance on camp sweeps will be applied. ... ordinance is focused on how the city conducts sweeps. These are my takeaways: • The most important audience ... decides where to sweep, plenty is still ambiguous. Again, the most important audience is unhoused people ...

7 Jul 2021 - Kaia Sand
Kaia Sand | Global warming poses challenges for the unhoused

those ready for people to move into before the fires strike. If the city simply sweeps people in ...

3 Aug 2021 - Kaia Sand
A look inside the anarchist city on Portland’s Kelly Butte

nearby homeowners, and with the city’s contentious and contested sweep efforts at Laurelhurst Park fresh ... prevented or postponed sweeps at Laurelhurst, but it was “only a winnable position because it’s gotten ... through everyday actions. This is primarily expressed through a mixture of mutual aid and militant sweep ...

14 Jul 2021 - Henry Brannan