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Portland’s Mayor Asks Downtown Law Firms for Help With a Plan to Relocate People Sleeping in Front of Their Offices Sam Adams pitched managing partners last week. Multnomah County Chair Deborah Kafoury offers a scathing review. DOWN AND OUT: The mayor’s office is enlisting the support of downtown law firms for a plan to move unhoused people to organized campsites. (Sam Gehrke) Updated 5:30 AM Last week, managing partners from 25 of Portland’s largest law firms assembled on Zoom to air their grievances about downtown homeless camps to Sam Adams. In reply, he made them a remarkable offer.