Skip to main content
Street Roots Donate
Portland, Oregon's award-winning weekly street newspaper
For those who can't afford free speech
Twitter Facebook RSS Vimeo Instagram
▼
Open menu
▲
Close menu
▼
Open menu
▲
Close menu
  • Advertise with Us
  • Contact
  • Job Openings
  • Donate
  • About
  • future home
  • Vendors
  • Rose City Resource
  • Advocacy
  • Support
News
  • News
  • Housing
  • Environment
  • Culture
  • Opinion
  • Orange Fence Project
  • Podcasts
  • Vendor Profiles
  • Archives

Search results

Sort by

  • Relevance
  • Date

Results

  1. Camp sweeps have a human toll; just look at Debby Ann Beaver

    COMMENTARY | The Portland woman died in July, a victim of the 'cleanup' policy the city is doubling down on In the midst of the Christmas, Hanukkah crush, even for Wiccans and Pagans, it’s easy to overlook a relatively recent national ritual tha ...

    10 Jan 2020 - Desiree Hellegers

  2. Director’s Desk: Springwater Corridor challenges community’s will

    What I've been asked about homelessness and this East Portland corridor The Springwater Corridor is a 21-mile multiuse path and trail that runs through both Clackamas and Multnomah County, traveling through both Gresham and Portland.  The path follow ...

    21 Jul 2016 - Israel Bayer

  3. Editorial: Mixed messages muddle positive steps in homeless crisis

    Officials are making strides on policy, but authorities are still sweeping camps By now the homeless and housing emergency recognized up and down the West Coast has been well documented, with lawmakers and organizations rallying to push major improvements ...

    17 Dec 2015 - SR editorial board

  4. A new camp in North Portland fights for survival

    COMMENTARY | At North Greeley, campers' stories of life outside are profoundly upsetting On Oct. 7, the city of Portland announced a housing state of emergency and took a few small steps toward addressing the housing crisis. There is perhaps no bette ...

    22 Oct 2015 - Vahid Brown

  5. Portland needs a centralized storage facility for camp sweeps

    For nearly a year, Street Roots has been advocating for a more centralized location for homeless campers who have their possessions confiscated during camp sweeps. A recent article in the Portland Mercury outlines just how ridiculous the entire situation ...

    1 Dec 2014 - SR editorial board

  6. Homeless campers, ODOT reach settlement on sweeps

    The Oregon Department of Transportation, Multnomah County and a group of homeless individuals have reached a settlement in a lawsuit challenging notice policies for camp sweeps on ODOT property. In the end, the ball moves very little, but the agreement re ...

    1 Aug 2014 - Joanne Zuhl

  7. East of Eden: former pastor 
Mike Davis
 ministers to the hundreds of homeless in East Portland

    Crouched in the trampled underbrush along the Springwater Corridor, Mike Davis pulls back a loose tent flap to reveal a quietly sobbing woman. “I don’t know what to do, Pastor Mike,” she says, shakily raising an unlit cigarette to her lips. “Can you help? ...

    13 Mar 2014 - Alex Zielinski

  8. Camp sweeps shouldn’t be inhumane

    Lawsuits seldom provide the most compelling reads. But the stories told in the recent filing by the Oregon Law Center are personal and disturbing. It tells the story of several Portland men and women experiencing homelessness, who after losing everything ...

    26 Dec 2013 - SR editorial board

  9. Homeless campers sue ODOT over sweeps

    The Oregon Law Center has taken up the case of a group of homeless people who say they have been wronged by the Oregon Department of Transportation when it cleared out their encampment in Southeast Portland. The suit maintains that the law requires ODOT t ...

    18 Dec 2013 - Joanne Zuhl

Filter by post date:

Filter by issue:

Filter by section:

Filter by tags:

  • camp sweeps Remove camp sweeps filter
  • ODOT (4) Apply ODOT filter
  • homelessness (3) Apply homelessness filter
  • Oregon Law Center (3) Apply Oregon Law Center filter
  • Editorial (2) Apply Editorial filter
  • Monica Goracke (2) Apply Monica Goracke filter
  • Springwater Corridor (2) Apply Springwater Corridor filter
  • Street Roots Editorial (2) Apply Street Roots Editorial filter
  • Brian Shipley (1) Apply Brian Shipley filter
  • Clackamas Service Center (1) Apply Clackamas Service Center filter
  • Director's Desk (1) Apply Director's Desk filter
  • East Portland (1) Apply East Portland filter
  • Ending homelessness (1) Apply Ending homelessness filter
  • homeless camp (1) Apply homeless camp filter
  • homeless campers (1) Apply homeless campers filter
  • homeless camps (1) Apply homeless camps filter
  • housing crisis (1) Apply housing crisis filter
  • Israel Bayer (1) Apply Israel Bayer filter
  • Johnson’s Creek (1) Apply Johnson’s Creek filter
  • Knowing Me Ministries (1) Apply Knowing Me Ministries filter
  • Mayor Conference (1) Apply Mayor Conference filter
  • Mike Davis (1) Apply Mike Davis filter
  • Mike Reese (1) Apply Mike Reese filter
  • ministry (1) Apply ministry filter
  • Multnomah County (1) Apply Multnomah County filter
  • Oregon Department of Transportation (1) Apply Oregon Department of Transportation filter
  • pastor (1) Apply pastor filter
  • Pastor Mike (1) Apply Pastor Mike filter
  • Portland Police Bureau (1) Apply Portland Police Bureau filter
  • Prosper Portland (1) Apply Prosper Portland filter
  • Renter state of emergency (1) Apply Renter state of emergency filter
  • Tammi Carr (1) Apply Tammi Carr filter
  • Vahid Brown (1) Apply Vahid Brown filter

Filter by author:

  • SR editorial board (3) Apply SR editorial board filter
  • Joanne Zuhl (2) Apply Joanne Zuhl filter
  • Alex Zielinski (1) Apply Alex Zielinski filter
  • Desiree Hellegers (1) Apply Desiree Hellegers filter
  • Israel Bayer (1) Apply Israel Bayer filter
  • Vahid Brown (1) Apply Vahid Brown filter
▼
Open menu
▲
Close menu
  • © 2021 Street Roots. All rights reserved. To request permission to reuse content, email editor@streetroots.org.
  • Read Street Roots' commenting policy
  • Support Street Roots
  • Like what you're reading? Street Roots is made possible by readers like you! Your support fuels our in-depth reporting, and each week brings you original news you won't find anywhere else. Thank you for your support!

  • DONATE