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Pop quiz time, Willamette Week readers! Which of the following was discussed today at the SAFE (Safe Access for Everyone) Oversight Committee in its hearing regarding the sidewalk obstruction ordinance?

A) The ordinance should be repealed.
B) ...   More

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Yesterday evening, 60 people—including City Commissioner Nick Fish and City Council candidates Charles Lewis and Amanda Fritz—gathered inside homeless nonprofit Sisters of the Road's cafeteria to listen to moving testimony of approximately 15 people directly af...   More

News One year ago, City Council passed an ordinance making it illegal for people to “sit or lie down upon a public sidewalk” between the hours of 7 am and 9 pm in the downtown and Rose Quarter ...   More

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Everyone is getting excited about Obama-mania hitting Europe, but Portlanders need look ...   More

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This morning, Patrick Nolen, the community organizer for Sisters of the Road, testified to the City Council that the sit-lie and anti-camping ordinances "criminalize people based only on the fact that they have no place to call their own."

"Between these two...   More

Food Reviews & Stories If the conspicuous absence of hobos reclining around the entrance indicates anything, this chi-chi, predominantly gay establishment has come a long way in its 25 years. Offering cheap beer ($4 draft and $3.75 imports) and signature cocktails—try one of the coffee-infused drinks, especially on    More

Food Reviews & Stories Regular blue-collars go here to chat it up with the friendly and prompt staff and their fellow drinkers. The drinks run cheap ($3.50 well drinks and drafts) and are served stiff, but the grease-soaked food will hold off intoxication. Not quite dark or dingy enough to feel like a real cellar, Joe's h   More

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The homeless protesters outside of City Hall are continuing to protest for their causes of more affordable housing and the suspension of the sit-lie and anti-camping ordinances despite a split amongst the ranks regarding whether they should leave City Hall during the eveni...   More

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This afternoon, leaders of the homeless protesters outside of City Hall met with Mayor Tom Potter behind closed doors for a meeting they said was pre-planned and not addressing their concerns.

"He already had a response to this meeting before the meeting too...   More

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WW spent the night with the homeless protesters outside of City Hall, waiting for a police sweep expected to occur early this morning. It has not — yet.

Here I am! (not looking quite as fashionable ...   More