The city needs to follow through on its commitment to the neighborhood, not pull a bait-and-switch and move merrily along its way along the trail of broken promises.
"The city was given a March 15 deadline by the attorney representing the owners of Oro Apartments, located next to the shelter, to respond to a notice of intent to file for damages against the city for lost revenues and property value."
If I'm not mistaken, this is a first. Let's hope more property owners follow suit.
This is predictable when you have a weak criminal justice system and an inadequate mental health response. It is obvious that many of the severely mentally ill can't be sheltered as they are unmanageable in a group environment. The require a jail stay or civil commitment to local hospitals if they break public laws.
Let’s be more positive here. This report shows we are on track for the city to fail, with the Peacock gang gleeful as they prepare to implement their socialist agenda.
It is so frustrating that the problems are so in the open and simple, targeted enforcement could easily address the issues presented, such as the problems at the Safeway.
Was the shuttle bus guarantee anywhere in writing, why can’t we force it to be restored? It’s a big reason many of us reluctantly allowed the shelter to open. Many people no longer shop at Safeway, it will shut down any day due to shoplifting but also loss of paying customers. Maybe Safeway can sue.
They wouldn’t put anything in writing because they had no intention ever of actually doing any of the very few things promised. Which means the mayor and district 4 councilors were ok getting on a stage and lying to about 300 of their constituents.. Completely ignoring law abiding tax-payers while coddling the criminal element here has somehow just become accepted.
Skyler Brocker-Knapp said at the July Town Hall that transportation would be provided so that the shelter participants wouldn't linger in the neighborhood. Then in September, one of her senior staffers confirmed that a shuttle would be put in play. It operated very well all of Oct/Nov/Dec and then was unceremoniously yanked. We argued that AT LEAST the people in wheelchairs should be transported via one run of the shuttle, but the city refused to discuss compromises.
This city, county and state are rapidly becoming ungovernable because of the Oregon Values™ that have taken over our political sphere in the last 15 years. It really does feel like the adolescents are in charge and that the pool of adults in the room is rapidly shrinking.
I see no evidence that the Doom Loop is being arrested.
The city is up to its eyeballs in lawsuits and it may be one way to get the point across. PPS already had a hole blown in its budget this year because of legal action against the district. At some point the city administrator needs to make the point that it would be advantageous to manage these shelters then deal with litigation. Every building affected should think about joining a class action suit.
Brand new tents too. These shelters should not be inside the community. The tax-paying public has suffered enough and are being treated like 2nd class citizens. Add this to the fact that Reynold’s killed the needle bill.
I'm a distrustful pessimist by nature, but I wonder for what purpose the City of Portland and Multnomah County are seemingly intentionally destroying the Pearl District.
Reverse Gentrification?
Like Gentrification where government actions create profit for real estate developers and related businesses from government policies that end up hurting most of the citizens in the target areas. But they already gentrified NW so they have to un-gentrify it by driving down the cost or real estate until the intended beneficiaries buy and develop it cheaply and then profit big time.
The city needs to follow through on its commitment to the neighborhood, not pull a bait-and-switch and move merrily along its way along the trail of broken promises.
"The city was given a March 15 deadline by the attorney representing the owners of Oro Apartments, located next to the shelter, to respond to a notice of intent to file for damages against the city for lost revenues and property value."
If I'm not mistaken, this is a first. Let's hope more property owners follow suit.
This is predictable when you have a weak criminal justice system and an inadequate mental health response. It is obvious that many of the severely mentally ill can't be sheltered as they are unmanageable in a group environment. The require a jail stay or civil commitment to local hospitals if they break public laws.
Let’s be more positive here. This report shows we are on track for the city to fail, with the Peacock gang gleeful as they prepare to implement their socialist agenda.
It is so frustrating that the problems are so in the open and simple, targeted enforcement could easily address the issues presented, such as the problems at the Safeway.
Was the shuttle bus guarantee anywhere in writing, why can’t we force it to be restored? It’s a big reason many of us reluctantly allowed the shelter to open. Many people no longer shop at Safeway, it will shut down any day due to shoplifting but also loss of paying customers. Maybe Safeway can sue.
They wouldn’t put anything in writing because they had no intention ever of actually doing any of the very few things promised. Which means the mayor and district 4 councilors were ok getting on a stage and lying to about 300 of their constituents.. Completely ignoring law abiding tax-payers while coddling the criminal element here has somehow just become accepted.
So true! Perhaps they're just honoring an "historically marginalized community" or something.
Skyler Brocker-Knapp said at the July Town Hall that transportation would be provided so that the shelter participants wouldn't linger in the neighborhood. Then in September, one of her senior staffers confirmed that a shuttle would be put in play. It operated very well all of Oct/Nov/Dec and then was unceremoniously yanked. We argued that AT LEAST the people in wheelchairs should be transported via one run of the shuttle, but the city refused to discuss compromises.
This city, county and state are rapidly becoming ungovernable because of the Oregon Values™ that have taken over our political sphere in the last 15 years. It really does feel like the adolescents are in charge and that the pool of adults in the room is rapidly shrinking.
I see no evidence that the Doom Loop is being arrested.
The city is up to its eyeballs in lawsuits and it may be one way to get the point across. PPS already had a hole blown in its budget this year because of legal action against the district. At some point the city administrator needs to make the point that it would be advantageous to manage these shelters then deal with litigation. Every building affected should think about joining a class action suit.
Brand new tents too. These shelters should not be inside the community. The tax-paying public has suffered enough and are being treated like 2nd class citizens. Add this to the fact that Reynold’s killed the needle bill.
The original link to the full report was defective. It is working now.
I'm a distrustful pessimist by nature, but I wonder for what purpose the City of Portland and Multnomah County are seemingly intentionally destroying the Pearl District.
Reverse Gentrification?
Like Gentrification where government actions create profit for real estate developers and related businesses from government policies that end up hurting most of the citizens in the target areas. But they already gentrified NW so they have to un-gentrify it by driving down the cost or real estate until the intended beneficiaries buy and develop it cheaply and then profit big time.
Why why why is the city not doing something about this problem? This is outrageous.