New public camping rules in Portland require people who are offered shelter to accept it or face penalties, and it directs homeless individuals without access to shelter that they must keep their camping area tidy. The ordinance scales back the potential of a 30-day stint behind bars to just seven days and emphasizes a preference to offer offenders diversion.AP
Portland leaders are preparing to fork over a six-figure sum to a public interest law firm that sued the city last year over its since-abandoned daytime ban on homeless camping.
The Oregon Law Center will receive $175,000 for attorney fees as part of a proposed deal under which it will drop the suit, records show. The Portland City Council is scheduled to vote on the deal Wednesday.
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