Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler is touting the recent clearing of a homeless encampment as a "humane response" that's part of a model he would like to see replicated throughout the city.
City contractors on Tuesday removed around 100 people who had been living for months in tents and other dwellings inside Laurelhurst Park in southeast Portland, drawing the ire of nearby residents, according to The Oregonian. “Right now, we have to address the reality that we have hundreds, if not thousands, of tents choking virtually every public space in this city and that does not comport with the public’s expectations of what a humane response should be,” Wheeler said in an interview with the newspaper.
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