MEDFORD, Ore.– The Medford City Council is looking at a new camping ordinance that would prevent people from camping near schools and waterways. The DEQ recently voiced concerns to the city, over how camping near places like Bear Creek is ...
Author: Blair Best (KGW) PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) — Vern and his friend pulled shopping carts filled with cans and blankets across the train tracks under Portland’s Morrison Bridge on Wednesday morning. They had just learned their camp was being cleared ...
Author: Pat Dooris, Jamie Parfitt (KGW) PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) — Tens of millions of dollars each year flow through the Joint Office of Homeless Services, the Multnomah County-helmed agency tasked with spearheading the response to homelessness throughout the Portland area. ...
Author: Blair Best (KGW) PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) — In a tent on a small side street off Southeast Powell Boulevard, Jinai Record finds protection. She lathers pieces of bread in milk and cinnamon to make French toast, one of her ...
Author: Jamie Parfitt, Colten Weekley (KGW) PORTLAND, Ore. — When the Portland City Council voted earlier this summer to institute a new ordinance governing where and how homeless people can camp in the city, the form of the daytime camping ...
Author: KGW Staff PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) — Multnomah County continues to sit on millions of unspent dollars intended to support homeless services, an issue that first came to prominence late last year. At that time, the county had collected about ...
Author: KGW Staff PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) — Oregon Governor Tina Kotek plans to convene a new task force that will tackle economic revitalization in downtown Portland, focusing on issues like crime, homelessness and taxation. The Portland Central City Task Force ...
SALEM, Ore.– Governor Tina Kotek signed a handful of bills Thursday, aimed at addressing homelessness. Meanwhile, organizations in the Rogue Valley are still distributing the money from the governor’s homeless state of emergency. Senate Bill 5511 includes over $100 million ...
Author: KGW Staff PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) — The city of Portland’s ban on daytime camping begins today. Under the new ordinance, camping on city property is prohibited between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. People living in vehicles or RVs will ...
GRANTS PASS, Ore. – The Ninth U.S. Circuit of Appeals denying a re-hearing of a Grants Pass case punishing homeless who sleep in public places. City manager Aaron Cubic said the city is disappointed, but isn’t stopping now. “We are ...