Rene Gonzalez, candidate for Portland mayor, pitches more punitive approach to homeless campers
Rene Gonzalez, candidate for Portland mayor, pitches more punitive approach to homeless campers
Gonzalez, a current city commissioner, is floating a measure that would immediately ban homeless camping citywide, should the U.S. Supreme Court and Oregon Legislature do away with current restrictions.
No point getting into a twist until the Supreme Court rules on the case out of Grants Pass.
It would be nice to break up camps full of drugs, stolen cars, and stolen bikes, based not on the premise of homelessness, but on the basis of "this bullshit is illegal".
"Oh shit, it's illegal now to camp on the sidewalk under the overpass? I am so...just SO incredibly sorry and embarrassed, please forgive us. C'mon kids, go get in the Tesla, we'll just go back to West Linn and have a campout in the back yard."