police and fire stations, parking lots, traffic islands or urban beautification areas owned or maintained ... restricting San Francisco’s ability to enforce those laws, judicial intervention has thwarted both the city’s ... ability to provide services to persons experiencing homelessness and its ability to protect the health, ...
3 Apr 2024 - Jeremiah Hayden
homelessness. Driven in part by increased awareness of racial disparities in policing, Oregon voters passed the ... to deliver and increase the amount of time a police officer can hold an intoxicated person from 48 to ... when fentanyl was introduced, according to Brandon Del Pozo, a former police officer and researcher at ...
7 Feb 2024 - Jeremiah Hayden
Clean and Portland Police Bureau, or PPB — the two groups most often responsible for sweeping homeless ... with police involvement as they moved out of their spaces and into the temporary sites. PPB confirmed ... specific situation.” It is not city policy for police and Rapid Response Bio Clean to be involved in the ...
13 Dec 2023 - Jeremiah Hayden
police can arrest them, at which point they’re subject to a $100 fine, 30 days in jail, or both. The ... to answer any of Street Roots’ questions about enforcing the ban, including if police received any ... question asking why the mayor is declining to provide the requested information. Portland Police Bureau ...
8 Nov 2023 - K. Rambo
or police from enforcing this portion of the ban on encampments within the vicinity of abandoned ... communication abilities. A marketing manager by trade, Weber excelled at writing, but the challenge of her ... altered verbal and written communication abilities immediately threw her and her husband into housing ...
1 Nov 2023 - Jeremiah Hayden
showed police issued 6,177 Class-E citations since Feb. 1, 2021. Of the 4,566 convictions, just 50 people ... the ability to deny people access to federal benefits. Portugal decriminalized drugs in 2001, and ... a press conference following the second meeting, Kotek announced Oregon State Police would begin ...
25 Oct 2023 - Jeremiah Hayden
and we’re concerned about an individual's ability to stay medically and physically safe,” she ... mental health workers to 911 calls for people undergoing behavioral health crises — sidestepping police ... shortages have limited the ability of PSR to expand, and spending cuts have winnowed away the program’s ...
2 Aug 2023 - Piper McDaniel
note: This story discusses domestic violence. An investigation shows the Portland Police Bureau wrongly ... early 2022.” According to the report, when the woman was 17, she filed a police report after her older ... and reviewed the police report, finding it showed “the woman’s aunt witnessed the assault, and that ...
21 Jun 2023 - Piper McDaniel
timeline, a map of allowed sleeping spots or when exactly Portland police will begin enforcing the ... revised code allows for two warnings before police can arrest a homeless Portlander, who will then be ... office stopped short of saying police will disregard the ordinance until the city completes its planned ...
12 Jul 2023 - Jeremiah Hayden
services, applying for jobs, applying for housing or being pulled over by police. These routine checks can ... Transportation and childcare expenses may limit a person’s ability to access a courthouse, particularly if they ...
5 Jul 2023 - Miles Silvey