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Portland council amends city code, vowing to lend clarity, efficiency to process of clearing homeless camps
When the city opts to clear “high impact” camps, workers will be instructed to point campers toward any one of six “villages” to be stationed throughout the city. Author: Maggie Vespa Updated: 7:32 PM PDT July 1, 2021
PORTLAND, Ore. With a unanimous council vote to amend city code, Portland commissioners vowed Wednesday to speed up the process of clearing some homeless camps while deprioritizing the clearing of others. They also gave their formal stamp of approval on a plan to build six “villages” throughout the city, where people cleared from campsites can set up their tents legally.