Mayor Wheeler's Proposed Daytime Camping Ban Fines & Jails Homeless Portlanders

Read the full story from Street Roots Editor-in-Chief K. Rambo. 

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Mentioned in Episode: 

• Text of City of Portland Proposal 

• ORS 195.530 (formerly known as House Bill 3115)

• Homeless Portlanders represent 50% of all arrests from 2017 through 2020 despite only accounting for 2% of Portland's population [Reveal, June 2022]

• Video of May 31st, 2023 City Council Meeting

• 2018 Supreme Court ruling in Martin v. Boise 

• Multnomah County Point-in-Time Count

Portland Advocacy & Direct-Service Organizations Mentioned: 

• Rose Haven
• Blanchet House
• Oregon Law Center
• Disability Rights Oregon
• ACLU of Oregon 
• Urban League of Portland
• *Portland Rescue Mission
• *JOIN 

*mentioned by another organization's representative in interview and article, but not directly quoted. 

Episode Credits

This episode was hosted and produced by XRAY Development Manager, Nina Dabit, with reporting done by Street Roots Editor-in-Chief K. Rambo. This episode was edited by Kyle Gilmer of Residual Audio.