The City of Portland recently passed a new daytime camping ban. All homeless people are prohibited from camping between the hours of 8am-8pm. In addition, there is a lengthy list of locations where camping is banned at all hours of the day, encompassing almost the entire city; leaving people with almost no safe place to sleep.
Violation of this ordinance may result in a $100 fine and/or up to 30 days in jail.
This zine explains what people can expect as the new ordinance begins to take effect. Officially implemented July 7th, 2023, the Mayor’s Office has announced there will be a ‘phased-in’ implementation of the ban (although they do not explain what that actually means in practice). Meanwhile, potential litigation is already in the works which will hopefully put an end to this egregiously inhumane policy.
We have compiled as much accurate information to the best of our ability, but there are still a lot of unknowns. We will update the zine as new information rolls out.
We have two versions of the zine. One for reading online and one formatted to print.
Daytime Camping Zine
PRINT Daytime Camping Ban Zine
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