Portland Is Spending Millions to Remove Tents from Its Sidewalks. Why Is the County Handing Out More?

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A man eats outside his tent in Portland, Ore., August 13, 2021.

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John DiLorenzo noticed something odd this spring when he received a quarterly report from the City of Portland showing its progress clearing homeless camps from its sidewalks.

From last July through the end of March, reports show that Oregonโ€™s largest city had removed 4,182 campsites, mostly from the sidewalks.

Ryan Mills

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Ryan Mills

Ryan Mills was an enterprise and media reporter at National Review. He previously worked for 14 years as a breaking news reporter, investigative reporter, and editor at newspapers in Florida. Originally from Minnesota, Ryan lives in the Fort Myers area with his wife and two sons.

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