Regional Government Metro Pushes Back on Pressure to Refer Homeless Services Measure to Ballot Next Year After supporting the concept of the Here Together coalition, Metro looks to put the brakes on a referral effort.
Portland-Area Governments Inking Deal to Funnel Tourist Dollars to People on the Edge of Homelessness But striking a deal between governments wasn’t easy.
Portland Officials Created a Policy to Keep Homeless People From Camping Outside the Timbers’ Soccer Stadium When WW asked questions this week, several city officials claimed ignorance of the plan, and Commissioner Chloe Eudaly disavowed the idea.
A Homeless Street Roots Vendor Was Fined $175 by TriMet For Not Tapping His Hop Card When He Boarded the MAX A Street Roots vendor alleges he was fined $175 yesterday by a TriMet fare inspector for failing to pay, even though he’d recently purchased a pre-paid Hop pass.
Crime Novelist Rene Denfeld Says Portland Is Failing Its Street Children: “The Cracks Have Become Chasms” “The paths out of poverty have been cut off, and I think we are seeing the results.”
Driver Veers Off Portland Highway Ramp and Runs Over Legs of Woman Asleep in Tent Mesanwhile, another driver—who stopped traffic for hours on Halloween—fled the hospital under a fake name.
New Portland Rules Could Abolish Free Hot Soup for Homeless People in Director Park Parks officials say they don’t want to end the food handouts—just make sure they follow rules.
A 911 Dispatcher Was Dismissive of a Report of Teenagers Beating a Homeless Man in Downtown Portland The 911 dispatcher told the caller police wouldn’t respond unless the victim of the assault reported the crime himself.