July 11, 2018
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.