Portland's Mayor Wheeler is set to defend his new camping ban proposal, which could fine or jail homeless individuals.
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler plans to bring up an updated version of a camping ban ordinance at a city council meeting on Wednesday.
Commissioner Rene Gonzalez has walked back the higher penalties for homeless people included in his counter to Mayor Ted ...
The 10 a.m. press conference will include Wheeler, city attorney Robert Taylor and Skyler Brocker-Knapp, the mayor’s senior ...
The new ordinance proposed by Mayor Ted Wheeler would allow for fines or jail time if there is shelter space available and ...
Kristyna Wentz-Graff / OPB After legal hangups skewered his first attempt, Mayor Ted Wheeler is giving a ban on outdoor camping in Portland a ... accommodate a city’s homeless population.
Last month, Florida GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill banning homeless people from camping on city streets, sidewalks and ...
Gonzalez, a current city commissioner, is floating a measure that would immediately ban homeless camping citywide, should the ...
A group of homeless people in a small Oregon city challenged local laws banning sleeping in public. The case has broad ...
In response to the audit, the Joint Office and Multnomah County officials referred to the Homeless Response Plan released in March by the Multnomah County Chair and Portland Mayor. The plan ...
She pointed to a new “homeless response action plan,” crafted by Vega Pederson and Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler, to halve the county’s unsheltered homeless population by 2026. That plan ...
The Supreme Court’s ruling on an Oregon city’s public sleeping ordinances could reshape responses to homelessness nationwide.