On Wednesday, May 24, 2023 at 5:51:23 PM UTC-7, Technobarbarian wrote:
On Wednesday, May 24, 2023 at 4:16:10 PM UTC-7, George Anthony wrote:
John Mellencamp, no conservative he, sees... and sings it like it is.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/john-mellencamp-nailed-song-portland-residents-land-plenty-nothing-gets-done
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eh, Just to bring you up to date the "right to rest" law died of natural causes weeks ago. I don't think anyone thought it was destined for a long life.
Oregon’s ‘right to rest’ bill is dead, House majority leader says
by: Amanda Arden
Posted: May 2, 2023 / 04:08 PM PDT
Updated: May 3, 2023 / 05:23 PM PDT
https://www.koin.com/news/homeless/oregons-right-to-rest-bill-is-dead-house-majority-leader-says/
I do think they have spent a lot of money without getting much done, and I expect that to continue. If they allowed people to build enough affordable housing to solve the problem the price of existing housing would plunge. No politician can afford to
let that happen.`
TB
I have posted sets of numbers in the past to show that it's extremely unlikely that politicians will be able to use dollars to shovel their way out of this mess. If that's the way you want to do it you will need a lot more dollars. I know we have
people here who don't understand simple math, but I'm posting another set of numbers for my own amazement and amusement.
"Wheeler’s proposal includes a vague plan to “eliminate” street camping by encouraging campers to move into one of the city’s encampments or another homeless shelter or face some type of penalty. Wheeler said he’s working with the Multnomah
County District Attorney’s office to create a referral system for unhoused people to avoid prosecution, but that the details have not been ironed out. On Wednesday, Wheeler did say the plan may involve offering to clear peoples’ criminal records in
exchange for their agreement to move into an encampment or accept other services.
“We’re trying to create a non-law-enforcement approach to incentivize people into the services they need,” Wheeler said. “The goal here would be an effort to eliminate past sanctions — old warrants, old fines — in exchange for people being
willing to participate in the kind of treatment necessary to recover their lives.”
Skyler Brocker-Knapp, a policy advisor for the mayor, said Wednesday that unhoused Portlanders will not be forced into the encampments. “It’s one option out of many,” she said.
Brocker-Knapp added that the city is close to finalizing lease agreements with two other property owners for city-run camps, and are in conversations with others interested in leasing their property.
The city does not have the funds required to purchase or operate all six planned camps. According to Wheeler, the $27 million city dollars approved by the council to bankroll the proposal will only cover the cost to open three encampments. Wheeler said
he’s in talks with Multnomah County leaders and the governor’s office to have their governments commit funding to the proposal. So far, no officials from other government agencies have expressed public interest in fulfilling this ask.
Urban Alchemy has asked the city for $5 million to run one 150-person camp for a year. Its contract includes a staff of 60 workers.
The encampments are expected to stay open for about three years. Tyler said there will be no required move-out date for residents, but the intention is for each stay to be a temporary step toward more permanent housing. At other camps run by Urban
Alchemy, Tyler said, people stay on average between three and nine months.
“A portion of what contributes to that is the availability of housing in the municipality,” Tyler said. “We can’t expect people to move into housing that we don’t have.”"
https://www.opb.org/article/2023/03/09/portland-oregon-homelessness-camping-ted-wheeler-encampments-city-run/
TB
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