In this extended bonus we cover last weeks very long City Council meeting as well as a deep dive into the laws around enforcing camping on Oregon's public properties. Our mayor has a long history of speaking ill of the unhoused (see City Council public comments over the last few years) and we are not surprised she has now made herself a chief petitioner on a prospective ballot measure filed last week that seeks to give cities more authority to enforce anti-camping laws. Learn all about it and what you can do if you disagree.

Some sources for today's pod:

We already have a lot of rules about camping in public places: 

Current City Code: (May 2023)

• SRC 95.720 - Prohibits camping on all public property.

• Current camping prohibition is not practically enforceable.

• Ordinance 6-20 - restricts sitting and laying on sidewalks during daytime hours. Effectiveness conditioned on a determination that adequate shelter and restrooms have been provided - Not currently enforced.

• SRC 95.730 - prohibits leaving personal property unattended on a sidewalk for two hours or more. Hasn’t been enforced and may violate ORS 195.500.

  Revise SRC 95.720 and repeal 95.730 and Ordinance 6-20, and replace with:

  Camping restrictions in many areas: parks, near vision clearance areas and building entrances, residential zones, near existing shelters, and areas designated by City Manager as no camping.

  Camps required to maintain a 36-inch ADA pedestrian path.

Read the petition here.

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