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Eugene may see transient increase
By Roland Ciller
Emerald Contributor
Homeless people may be mi
grating from Portland to Eu
gene because of a human ser
vices campaign, city ordinance,
and drug availability.
In addition to a city ordi
nance prohibiting drinking in
public parks, there is a cam
paign by Portland's human ser
vices organizations to encour
age homeless people with drug
anti alcohol problems to ai.( ept
treatment
Sgt. Tim McCarthy, commu
nity affairs director for the Eu
gene Polite Department. !>e
lieves Portland's human ser
vices campaign will bring more
homeless people to Eugene
than the park ordinance will
Homeless people with drug
or alcohol problems "hate"
having confrontations with hu
man services groups and will
either accept treatment or go
where they won't lie hassled,
he said
McCarthy said it has been the
expeneiu e of human services
groups that a campaign to make
homeless people deal with
drug or alcohol problems leads
to about 10 percent accepting
treatment Another sweep of
the remaining 90 perc ent again
leads to another 10 percent ac
cepting treatment, he said
The Kugene Police Depart
ment and local human services
groups an: mobilizing for an in
crease this summer in the num
lx>r of homeless people with al
cohol problems because it lies
on the Interstate 5 corridor and
on a major north-south railway.
McCarthy said.
Me said homeless people are
also attracted to Eugene tie
c ause the University communi
ty is very tolerant of them and
because the city has good emer
gency housing services
But according to Dave Eel
ley. an unemployed roofer who
has been homeless for three
months. Eugene will see an in
crease m the number of home
less people with drug or ale o
hoi problems because of differ
ent reasons
“Eugene is the moth (moth
amphetamine) capital of the
U S..'' he said “People don't
want to hear it. hut it's true "
Kelley believes the- availabili
ty of drugs together with food
and shelter assistance to home
less people will bring more
homeless people who use drugs
to Eugene He said he does not
believe the Portland city ordi
nance or the human services
campaign will have much of an
effect.
Kelley said that when many
homeless people leave Portland
they come to Eugene because it
is the nearest city south where
residents are "hippified" to the
plight of the homeless He said
Bakersfield. Calif , is the near
est i itv south of Eugene that
the home-less frequent
I can go to almost .ms
churc h in this town and get
two or three bags of groceries,"
he said
Kelley said he believes the
homeless should be: helped.
But, he said until the drug
problem in lame County is
solved, “This is the wrong
plat e to be giving free food “
The Portland park ordinance
reports that the rule prohibiting
drinking in all parks was start
ed on April 28 because “exces
sive consumption of alcohol
has led to problems with noise,
vandalism, antisocial at Is, lit
tor, harassment and ret kless
driving."
In Eugene consumption of
beer. ivine and malt liquor is
permitted in city parks, but
liard alcohol is not allowed
The city does not allow any al
cohol in children's playground
areas, athletic fields, wading
pools, swimming pools, tennis
courts, parking lots and rest
rooms.
Most parks have specified
rules outlining areas that ex
clude alcohol in addition to the
areas listed in the ordinance
For example, in Alton Baker
Park alcohol is "prohibited
throughout, except for the pic
nic: shelters." according to the
ordinance.
Violation of the ordinance re
sults in a citation, although po
lice do not take individuals
into custody for violation
McCarthy said that over the
years, "alcohol has become
more and more of a problem"
in Eugene parks and that it has
"chased away many of the
parks' rightful users."
He said alcohol-related prob
lems in the parks have typically
been associated with the trail
sient population.
Some people in the city want
to tighten the rules because
they are tired of transients look
ing through trash cans and
spending too much time in
parks, said Tim Birr, public in
formation office, for the Eugene
Police Departn nt.
"What people don’t realize is
that the law is the law and it
applies to transients as well as
people at company softball
tournaments." Birr said
However, according to
"Scarecrow," a homeless man
from Eugene who has rei eived
15 citations for illegal drinking
in the city's parks, the ordi
nance is a "reason to throw you
in jail, especially if you're
homeless ''
He said many homeless peo
ple drink in public parks be
cause they have nowhere else
to go "We could squat in an
alley, but it's more comfortable
here. . :.i the park I
The actions of "one had per
son brings had things to us
all," Scarecrow said. He said
many times alcohol-related
problems in Eugene parks are
often caused In people who are
not homeless
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