Has city been 'turned over to the homeless?'

Neighbors tell City Council committee what they think of coming shelters

“I love this city … Why are you destroying it?” Mary Lou Cavendish asks.

The city of Portland and state of Oregon established a system in which emergency shelters can be approved without citizen participation, so opponents of the proposed 200-bed overnight facility at 1435 NW Northrup have found other ways to register their disapproval. They did just tha…