sweeps. That same weather threshold used by the county to open emergency shelters is used by the city to ... determine whether to sweep camps. It’s like a switch. “On” means situations are so dire that severe weather ...
24 Jan 2024 - Kaia Sand
recognizing bans and sweeps contribute to the suffering of people who are trying to survive, so Street Roots ...
27 Dec 2023 - Kaia Sand
camps, actions commonly referred to as “sweeps.” On average, the city sweeps about a hundred camps ... that impose draconian policies targeting the poorest people in society. In “Cannot Sweep Nature,” she ... describes the aftermath of city contractors removing the camp where unhoused people reside. Cannot Sweep ...
20 Sep 2023 - Kaia Sand
order for PSR to engage in sweeps is mission creep “antithetical to the program’s core mission and ... sweeps of unhoused people, enforce camping bans, or require individuals to engage in shelter or service ...
27 Jun 2023 - Kaia Sand
on top of the already relentless camp sweeps makes it hard to cluster a couple of tents together to ...
8 Jun 2023 - Kaia Sand
every cherished item through sweeps and theft, or lost their teeth because that’s the cheapest option ...
31 May 2023 - Kaia Sand
a hiring freeze in February. Fire Chief Sara Boone later directed PSR workers to accompany city sweeps ... out for city sweeps is an undisciplined commitment to policy development, forcing one program to make ... an enforcement role. Yes, if someone undergoes a crisis during a sweep, PSR can be called as ...
19 Apr 2023 - Kaia Sand
belongings in a camp sweep — Street Roots advocates that they are compensated for their time and expertise, ...
5 Apr 2023 - Kaia Sand and Haley Grieco-Page
biked off into the night, Cortez raffled off hats and t-shirts. Outreach can reduce the trauma of sweeps ... traumas houseless folks experience from sweeps that are directed by the Mayor’s office (through the city’s ... Homelessness and Urban Camping Impact Reduction Program, which contracts out sweeps, and the Portland Police ...
31 Aug 2022 - Kaia Sand
Opinion | On the verge of investments in shelter, housing and services, city sweeps only serve to ... intent to sweep in 72 hours or more. Kaia Sand is the executive director of Street Roots. This column ... dedicated to tracking these interrelated displacements through its independent Sweep Tracker. Readers ...
8 Jun 2022 - Kaia Sand