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Street Roots editorial: PBA’s anti-panhandling campaign hampers progress

Restricting access to income goes against everything Street Roots believes The most recent anti-homeless campaign by downtown’s Portland’s Clean and Safe Program and the Portland Business Alliance would be laughable if it weren’t so dangerous. The public ...

3 Mar 2016 - SR editorial board
Director's Desk: The streets are alive with the good, the bad and the ugly

The streets are hot, literally. It’s summertime in the city. People are everywhere. If you are a Portlander then you’re probably spending as much time as possible soaking up the sun. It’s that time. The days are longer. Our senses seem sharper. The mornin ...

18 Jun 2015 - Israel Bayer
Tomorrow’s solutions won’t rely on yesterday’s perspectives

What Portland needs is real leadership on the homeless and housing front to develop a permanent funding source to give people a safe place to call home. Many of us working in the trenches are working to make that dream a reality and looking at a variety o ...

10 Jul 2013 - Israel Bayer
SR launches sidewalk/panhandling poster campaign for downtown services, businesses

SR launches sidewalk/panhandling poster campaign for downtown services, businesses In conjunction with the new Street Roots Rose City Resource release, Street Roots is launching a poster campaign to target individuals experiencing homelessness and poverty ...

9 Jul 2010 - Street Roots
Street folks talk sidewalk laws

Street folks talk sidewalk laws August 1, 2008 On Tuesday July 27, Street Roots interviewed 27 individuals experiencing homelessness and two canvassers on Portland street corners. Fifteen of the 27 individuals had been given verbal or written warnings or ...

1 Aug 2008 - Street Roots