“People for Portland” wants PSR to force homeless into shelters

The secretive dark money campaign “People for Portland” wants Portland Street Response to sweep the homeless out of sight. Read Kaia Sand’s editorial in Street Roots to see why this is a bad idea.

Endorsers

The following Portlanders have endorsed our plan:

Elected officials:

Mayor Ted Wheeler
Commissioner Chloe Eudaly
Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty
Commissioner Nick Fish
Metro Councilor Christine Lewis
Metro Councilor Sam Chase
State Rep. Alissa Keny-Guyer, Chair, Oregon House Committee on Human Services and Housing
State Rep. Rob Nosse
Ruth Adkins, Former Portland Public Schools board member
Khanh Pham, Democratic nominee for Oregon House District 46
Sam Adams, former mayor

Organizations:

350PDX
Business For A Better Portland
Central City Concern
Central Eastside Industrial Council
Democratic Socialists of America, Portland chapter
Disability Rights Oregon
Downtown Neighborhood Association
Empower Portland
Farm Worker Ministry Northwest
Friends of South Park Blocks
Gather:Make:Shelter
Hatch the Future
Home Forward
Human Family
Human Solutions
Hygiene4All
Independent Green Party of Portland
Innovation Law Lab
Justice Coalition
Kenton Neighborhood Association
Lents Strong! Housing Team
Living Earth Gatherings
Mapping Action Collective
Montavilla Emergency Warming Shelter (MEWS)
Northeast Coalition of Neighborhoods
Northwest Pilot Project
Oliver Station, Tenant Council
Old Town Community Association
Operation Nightwatch Portland
Oregon Justice Resource Center
Oregon Renters in Action
Oregon Student Service Corps
OR Progressive Party
Outside In housing department
Outside In youth department
Outside the Frame
Overlook Oregon Islamic Chaplains Organization
PDX Emergency Communications, Neighborhood incident alerts Dispatch Administration
p:ear community
Portland Assembly, Community Network
Portland Harbor Community Coalition
Portland Interfaith Clergy Resistance
Portland Spirit Led Justice Alliance
Portland State University Homelessness Research & Action Collaborative
Portland United Against Hate (PUAH)
Rahab’s Sisters
Real Choice Initiative
Resolutions Northwest
Rev. Sandra Decker
Right 2 Survive
ROSE Community Development
Sarah Iannarone, Candidate, City of Portland Mayor 2020
Soul Motion LLC
Street Books
Sunrise Movement PDX
The Equi Institute
Tivnu: Building Justice
Transition Projects
University Park Condominiums
Urban League of Portland
VIVA Inclusive Migrant Network
Welcome Home Coalition

Faith Communities:

Augustana Lutheran Church
Bridgeport United Church of Christ
Congregation Shir Tikvah
gloria halper, retired PPS teacher
HOMEpdx
Interfaith Alliance on Poverty
Portland First Unitarian Church
Portland Buddhist Peace Fellowship
Portland’s UnShul
St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Parish
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Parish/Clay Street Table
Westminster Presbyterian Church

Businesses:

Albies & Stark LLC
Rachael Austin
Dr. Casey Carpenter, LLC
Jennifer Darling, Personal Trainer
Extensis
Foundation PDX
Ganesh & Demeter Apothecarius
Joey Gleason, Owner
Kamp Grizzly
Kate McNulty, LCSW
Love Portland Group
Mad Hanna, Liz Hanna, Owner
Marigold Coffee & Buckman Coffee Factory
Mendez Creative LLC
New Traditional Architecture
Passages Bookshop
Peregrine Relocations
Portland ADU
Rational Unicorn Legal Services
Ride Report
David Robinson, Attorney
Splendid Cycles
Starter Bread, Matt Kedzie, Owner
Stone Soup PDX
TenBridge Partners
Tina Kolpakowski, Spark Academic Coaching
TITAN Freight Systems