Portland Mayor proposes ban on homeless daytime camping and warming fires.
TL;DR
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler plans to criminalize daytime camping and warming fires on public land in the city, with fines or jail time for repeat offenders who violate the proposed new rules more than twice. The ban would also restrict camping around-the-clock near schools and over a dozen other locations.
- Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler seeks to criminalize homeless peoples’ daytime camping, warming fires, other commo OregonLive
- Mayor Wheeler lays out details of proposed daytime camping ban KGW News
- Mayor's proposed ban on camps in daytime & certain spots heads to Portland City Council KATU
- ‘Human catastrophe’: Wheeler announces proposed changes to homeless camp code KOIN.com
- Wheeler proposes camping ban in specific locations during daytime hours KPTV FOX 12 Oregon
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