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As far as I can tell, the title is super editorialized. The actual proposal causing the ruckus states something different (from TFA): > There are a dozen such

As far as I can tell, the title is super editorialized. The actual proposal causing the ruckus states something different (from TFA): > There are a dozen such guidelines, but the discussion ground to a halt at No. 6, which said the exterior spaces of new buildings must "provide opportunities to pause, sit and interact." The end result of this proposal may be a little similar to what this editorialized title says, but IMO everyone in downtown Portland would benefit from more spaces to pause, site and interact, not just homeless campers.

zaroth 7y ago
That is the original text which is unobjectionable. The “ruckus” was around a proposal to amend the text to include “resting” which could include pitching tents. > Magnera, who works as the director of climate and energy policy at Verde, a Northeast Portland environmental justice nonprofit, stopped the conversation and pushed to add the words "rest and be welcome" to that guideline. She explained that public spaces around buildings often include "benches but not a lot of place to pitch a tent."
- claudiulodro 7y ago
  Exactly! They got you too! A reasonable bill that would marginally increase the cost of skyscraper developers and improve downtown is being represented as a bill that would let the homeless swarm because one person verbally made a suggested change.
  - johnpowell 7y ago
    Swarm? Between the last 30 years I have lived in Portland for 10, and Eugene for 20. Is there a homeless problem in Portland, sure, in the sense that there are them. But it isn't a inconvenience to me. You see them but they aren't a swarm of bees trying to swallow your spare change. I lived on 14th and Alder in Eugene when Jerry Garcia died. That was annoying. All the people that toured with the Dead decided to land in Eugene while they found Phish. It is like when public transport is talked about here. It is garbage because it isn't the same or better than my car. No fucking shit. It isn't meant to be. But it gets me where I am going for 60 bucks a month. Public transportation in Portland is great. The homeless problem is a problem if you are uncomfortable around homeless people. But I just keep on walking and loving Portland..

zaroth 7y ago

That is the original text which is unobjectionable. The “ruckus” was around a proposal to amend the text to include “resting” which could include pitching tents. > Magnera, who works as the director of climate and energy policy at Verde, a Northeast Portland environmental justice nonprofit, stopped the conversation and pushed to add the words "rest and be welcome" to that guideline. She explained that public spaces around buildings often include "benches but not a lot of place to pitch a tent."

claudiulodro 7y ago
Exactly! They got you too! A reasonable bill that would marginally increase the cost of skyscraper developers and improve downtown is being represented as a bill that would let the homeless swarm because one person verbally made a suggested change.
- johnpowell 7y ago
  Swarm? Between the last 30 years I have lived in Portland for 10, and Eugene for 20. Is there a homeless problem in Portland, sure, in the sense that there are them. But it isn't a inconvenience to me. You see them but they aren't a swarm of bees trying to swallow your spare change. I lived on 14th and Alder in Eugene when Jerry Garcia died. That was annoying. All the people that toured with the Dead decided to land in Eugene while they found Phish. It is like when public transport is talked about here. It is garbage because it isn't the same or better than my car. No fucking shit. It isn't meant to be. But it gets me where I am going for 60 bucks a month. Public transportation in Portland is great. The homeless problem is a problem if you are uncomfortable around homeless people. But I just keep on walking and loving Portland..