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County and advocates disagree on sufficiency of severe weather shelter guidelines

winter.” Sweeping priorities Comstock also said city-ordered sweeps, which often lead to homeless ... resources due to sweeps, they are at a greater risk of developing a cold weather injury or illness such as ... outside is being displaced, swept, on a weekly basis.” Sweeps are commonplace in Portland, though Street ...

25 Jan 2023 - Jamie Arcelay
Who gets to cycle in Portland?

to reach without a bike or a car. Cargo bikes can also offer some protection from sweeps, Cobb said, ... for sweeps of these areas. In its 2022 Bicycle Counts report, PBOT attributed the change to “the ...

26 Jul 2023 - Miles Silvey
Kaia Sand | Portland Street Response is working — and in jeopardy

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
Medford City Council candidate stirs up anti-poor politics with environmentalism

evicted –– for every reason under the sun. The bottom line, regardless of stated reason for sweeps, is ... reason under the sun,” Goodling said. “The bottom line, regardless of stated reason for sweeps, is that ...

19 Oct 2022 - Sam Becker
Street Roots vendor profile | Rebuilding after sweeps

Impacted by sweeps, Frank is recuperating and planning for his future Vendor Frank Johnson has had ... specifically noting the reporting on violent acts committed against homeless people, the consequences of sweeps ... Frank is in the process of rebuilding now, having lost his possessions in the sweeps. “Home is where the ...

27 Jul 2022 - Jessica Hamilton
Kaia Sand | Camping bans are cruel and inhumane

on top of the already relentless camp sweeps makes it hard to cluster a couple of tents together to ...

8 Jun 2023 - Kaia Sand
Old Town’s 90-day ‘reset’ yields sweeps with little notice, no advance postings

the standard Homelessness and Urban Camping Impact Reduction Program, or HUCIRP, sweep, which provides ... area. Recently, Husar experienced a different type of sweep that gained renewed prominence with the ... city’s 90-day Old Town ‘reset’ — a structure abatement sweep, which can be ordered by the police chief or ...

6 Jul 2022 - K. Rambo
Kaia Sand | Tell us your Street Roots vendor stories

every cherished item through sweeps and theft, or lost their teeth because that’s the cheapest option ...

31 May 2023 - Kaia Sand
City of Portland posts many homeless encampments at least twice before a sweep

The city extends the legal window for sweeps by posting and reposting encampments, which can cause ... multiple times for a single sweep. In the April 11-17 weekly report, compiled and released by the city’s ... designation prior to the city sweeping them. Not all 37 encampments listed in consecutive reports were ...

22 Jun 2022 - K. Rambo
Kaia Sand | Sweeps deter progress

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