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Commentary: Portland needs elected leaders to take bold action on encampments

Por: Portland Press Herald Opinion October 06, 2023

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On Monday night, the Portland City Council had an opportunity to address the biggest issue confronting our city today: the unabated proliferation of unsheltered homelessness. An outreach worker talks to a woman living in a tent in a homeless encampment along the Fore River Parkway Trail in Portland in July. The city cleared the encampment in early September.  Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer, File ABOUT THE AUTHOR Quincy Hentzel is president and... + full article



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