HOMELESSNESS <<Many of Portland’s least fortunate live in tents pitched on sidewalks or in aging campers parked in small convoys behind grocery stores. High housing costs and financial adversity are the primary root causes behind the burgeoning population on the streets; only about one in three people who are homeless in Portland report having a …
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2/25/2023 News Roundup
MENTAL ILLNESS <<Legislative leaders often say they don’t want to criminalize mental illness. But data reviewed by KOIN 6 News shows that is literally what they’re doing. The bar is so high for involuntary civil commitment in Oregon — that is, forcing someone into treatment — just about the only way to get into the …