Commissioners Introduce Dueling Homeless Ordinances; Experts Say None Get to the Root of the Problem

Two weeks after Mayor Ted Wheeler’s office unveiled a heavily revised ordinance to address restrictions on homeless camping in Portland, other commissioners are floating their own versions. Despite the various plans on the table, homelessness experts say none of the proposed ordinances get to the root of the problem, or offer solutions to fix it. Earlier this week, City Commissioner Rene Gonzalez released a draft version of an ordinance that was vastly different from the...

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