Yup! That's Portland. Just recently (past month) the City has finally started moving the junkies, mentally ill and other so-called homeless people off the streets. They aren't exactly leaving town, however. The wokesters want all of us to pay for free permanent housing for all of them. This of course is not what most of the people on the street want, but the wokesters didn't ask them.
Meanwhile, a couple of locally based state legislators proposed a bill that would impose a $1K fine against anyone who "harasses" a street person or tells them to move their tent, and would also enable the street person to sue citizens or agencies for similar offenses.
Fortunately, this bill did get enough pushback so it has been stopped.
Yup! That's Portland. Just recently (past month) the City has finally started moving the junkies, mentally ill and other so-called homeless people off the streets. They aren't exactly leaving town, however. The wokesters want all of us to pay for free permanent housing for all of them. This of course is not what most of the people on the street want, but the wokesters didn't ask them.
Meanwhile, a couple of locally based state legislators proposed a bill that would impose a $1K fine against anyone who "harasses" a street person or tells them to move their tent, and would also enable the street person to sue citizens or agencies for similar offenses.
Fortunately, this bill did get enough pushback so it has been stopped.
https://ktvz.com/news/national-world/cnn-national/2023/05/08/a-huge-homeless-camp-will-be-cleared-after-neighbors-sued-what-happens-to-its-vulnerable-residents-is-an-open-question-2/