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Newspaper Page TextJuly 11, 2018 Page 3 INSIDE The Week in Review C ALENDAR This page Sponsored by: page 2 page 6 State Rep. Janelle Bynum and the selfie photo she took with a Clackamas County deputy who responded to a 911 call when one of her constituents reported suspicious activity as she was canvassing for votes in a Clackamas neighborhood last week. pages 7-11 Campaigning While Black Arts & Lawmaker shares experience when cops called ENTERTAINMENT M ETRO A Democratic lawmaker for east Portland and Clackamas County last week shared her own experience with other black peo- ple across the country who have State Rep. Janelle Bynum was found themselves the subject of canvassing on the eve of the July 911 calls over mundane and in- C ontinued on P age 5 nocuous activities. page 9 A houseless couple gets a place to park their camper to sleep overnight as part of a homeless program offered by St. Vincent de Paul in Eugene. A similar effort targeted to church parking lots will soon launch in Portland. Church Parking for the Homeless O PINION C LASSIFIEDS pages 12-13 pages 14 A new initiative to allow peo- ple experiencing homelessness to sleep in their cars in church park- ing lots and other faith organiza- tions is poised to launch soon and aims to connect them with needed services. The city of Portland and Mult- nomah County’s Joint Office of Homeless Services will begin the 12-month pilot project, in part- nership with the organization that successfully brought the Kenton Women’s Village in north Port- land to reality, Catholic Charities. Advocates are looking for three to five sites that each have at least one vehicle space, with trash and bathroom facilities provided. Sleeping in a vehicle is a grow- ing trend in Multnomah County — a result of the region’s increas- ingly expensive housing market compared to wages. Of those sleeping without shel- ter, 257 people reported sleeping in vehicles, a number that has increased faster than any other sleeping option for unsheltered people since 2015. The Overnight Parking Pro- gram is modeled after similar ef- forts in Eugene and Santa Barbara and is made possible by updates to Portland City Code which al- lows properties owned or leased by faith organizations to host up to three vehicles and/or six transi- tional housing units at a time.