‘It’s a start’: Downtown Portland businesses speak on new camping ban

The City of Portland’s new camping ban officially started Monday.

[jasonvanatta]

finally- these camps have ruined our parks and streets

[mrmja]

Saw the clean up and the craziness at delta park. It was like a bunch of ants being disrupted out of their homes. So many folks wondering around Lowes and the bottle drop while the trucks cleaned up the messes they made.

[GoldenTroutBFS]

Hallelujah! Now, replace free hotel rooms and drug money with treatment or jail and see...

[rogerleonard]

It's time to put working taxpayer's
concerns first, for a change.

[ks]

This isn’t a solution! Shelters “if available”. That’s the excuse for not enough shelters.

[NormBash]

I guess it took this for one side to see what the other was saying years ago.. sucks it had to gwt this bad for everyone to finally see.. I've worked in NE portland for about 15 years. I commute an hour into work for a reason.. it's gotten so bad in Portland. Something had to finally give.

[drregmonster]

These people need to get jobs and stop being lazy.

[davidmichael]

You actually have a police dept.? Thought you fired all of them.

[EestiUkrainiSprinter]

Good!!! I can finally feel safe as a tax paying and working citizen

[Scorch]

$100 fine or 1 week in jail. That’s really going to work on crack-heads. 😆

[KeikoFXDesigns]

Good luck they'll be back, they always do lol.

[LizCall-uzpw]

Hundred-dollar fine or a week in jail now these are people that can't afford to buy a meal right sounds like a week in jail would be a good thing for your room and only problem is you can't lock them all up

[take]

It's TOO LATE. Put Ted W. in Jail first!!!

[WankMyYank]

I used to love Portland. Walking around downtown, visiting shops and food truck was amazing! At one point I even considered moving there. Then I revisited after the Antifa/Drug addicts/ Homeless took over, and I was in disbelief how quickly these ppl destroyed that place. It’s too expensive to live there for this kind of crap to be going on.

[jim]

"what you do to the least among you.. you do to me" Jesus Christ

[EestiUkrainiSprinter]

Good!!! I can finally feel safe as a tax paying and working citizen