Neighbors struggle with east Portland homeless camp
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- Опубликовано: 19 янв 2025
- A homeless camp in Southeast Portland is causing major problems for nearby businesses and putting residents in danger, according to neighbors. The camp is on Southeast 157th Avenue and Division Street. KGW first reported on it earlier this month when neighbors said it was taking over an RV and mobile home park and making life for the tenants there unbearable.
“A lot of drugs, a lot of violence, a lot of yelling and of course it happens at 3 o’clock in the morning,” said Nicole Blue who lives next door to the camp at Bridge Street Apartments.
On Wednesday, a spokesperson for the city of Portland told KGW that the camp at 157th and Division is on their radar. They said they’ve sent groups over to clean up trash but are waiting on the Bureau of Transportation since a majority of the camp is made up of vehicles.
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How about these 'homeless advocates' come clean all this up and house these people in their own homes?
Go ahead and try to approach these people and tell em you wanna clean up their shit. See how that goes for yourself
Fentanyl 💊, popular blues.
@@c.pharris8013 that's why you take a pistol to their fucking heads
The hundreds of non profits benefit from homeless camps. So they support the incumbents who keep this mess alive. : (
No money in that. These professionals make a lot of $$$ in graft from all the money just thrown at the problem.
I bet you'll never see a homeless camp around the mayor or city councils members houses.
or a conservative run town
They are humans. Give them drugs and let them be.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I remember back in the 80s seeing the chamber of commerce building in San Francisco during the day. It was an example of some beautiful architecture and the inside was like a museum.
Then we came back during the evening. There must have been more than a thousand homeless people sleeping under tarps and cardboard boxes around all sides of that building.
SMH - The city government had to know about this. We were only there for a few days and saw it quite easily.
Send em to Martha's Vineyard
I left Portland after living there for 27 years. I got married in the rose garden, worked a couple of great jobs, owned a couple of houses, made lots of friends. But when I saw it turning to crap I decided that's enough, I'm moving somewhere saner, cleaner and safer. Husband and I packed up and moved to Virginia in 2017. We have NONE of the problems that Portland has.
Friend of mine was born and raised in the city of roses. When it first starting becoming the city of thorns (even further back than 2017 according to him), he got out of there.
Here's the thing Karla, there are people in Virginia (All over the US actually) who want policies and legislation that will cause, support and maintain what you fled from. Don't support it in Virginia.
Blessings. I live in upstate NY in a suburb that is quiet as hell. I actually jump up when I see police lights. Not kidding. Could not imagine the horror. My God. And I'm a single broke mom. Lol.
Give it time,, no matter where U run/escape to it will unfortunately catch up with U 😡💉😠..
Seen a lot of places that were nice a while ago,, but now R 💩hole's.
If you vote democrat it goes with the territory. sorry for the simple fact.
Bad city management. Blame those elected officials and the policies they pass.
Wheeler, Hardesty, Mapps, Rubio, and Ryan all need to be fired
Fentanyl 💊, popular blues.
Those officials are doing exactly what they were elected to do. Blame the dumbass citizens of Portland who continually vote for this nonsense. Hope Portland, Seattle, San Francisco etc enjoy the "progressive hell" they voted for.
This is in EVERY city in America.
No he’s kind of right. We have a major problem with the style of city government here in Portland. Our commissioner style government with no city manager definitely doesn’t seem to be working.
She doesn't wanna go on camera yet they proceed to give the name of her daycare? Nice job lady 👏
And the address
Ya can't fix toopid
Ratted them out. That’s really fucked up.
I live in Australia and l have no words!! Why are these junkies allowed to get away without all this BS! What about the rights of the residents . Why is their safety and well-being put way below these low lives!!???
The residents voted for this. This is what they wanted before actually living it
Yup. America has become a liberal shit-hole and this is a symptom.
That’s what happens when the city’s number one priority is the mental health of the homeless junkies and not the safety of residents who actually pay their taxes, have jobs and families.
The people in apartments own nothing, the people on the street own nothing. Not much separating the complainers from the people on the street.
So progressive!
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣Best wishes from upstate NY!!
Progressive erosion of a once liveable city.
@@sierrachoco5271 Fentanyl 💊, popular blues.
It’s sad to see how far our city has fallen in the past decade
Global warming
@@philipandrew5643 more like Drug Addiction in this case.
Drug addiction… and far fewer mental health institutions. My dad always tells me(he’s a psychiatrist) there are half as many mental institutions as there were when he started his career.
U voted for it,now enjoy it ….honestly I feel sad because, a lot of couples bought houses in this neighborhood thinking they will have a bag$ when they retire but, their investment is going down because, the city is going down ….no one will settle in these neighborhoods because, the city is becoming unsafe ….it’s just sad how folks vote against their own interests
Too bad Vera katts isn't around
Arrest them all & tow the broken down vehicles to the junkyard, were sick of it!!!
I’ve been to Portland once, in the 90s. It was drizzly and gray the whole time but despite that I was very impressed with the city and thought I’d like to live there despite the drizzle. Honestly, it looks like society going down the drain. Miserable for everyone involved.
This is happening to a lot of democratic run cities.
Portland has changed a TON since then; and for the worse.
Maybe the Hell's Angels can help out with this.
They use needles too
I like how the city is passing the buck to transportation, who I’m sure will then pass the buck back the city and keep going back and forth. And the people that lose out are the citizens. All because the Portland city government doesn’t want to do shit. It’s like they honestly believe that the way to lowering crime is abolishing criminality. It’s beyond fucked up
Totally agree more taxes from people who make a decision to get up every morning and go to work I noticed that there cleaning up the camps but like always they came back days later Don't have the proper answer but wherever city is being doing really doesn't work Every day I watch news and all new government candidates have the solution
@@aureliomartinez2633 vote out the inept far Left in charge and reform education on a federal level.
@@MrOpportunity45 I understand but it does it matter we will get screwed up by left or the right No.where to go
@@aureliomartinez2633 Rene Gonzalez is amazing! Tomorrow is election day and there is still time to drop off a ballot. Sharia Mayfield is also sensible: ruclips.net/video/xmXMF4mzGEw/видео.html
Transportation is good, I don't see anything wrong with that.
That poor lady with the 15 year old daughter. The homeless have more rights than you do.
dont worry, the US$ 40 Billion relief fund will be handed out real soon... to the Ukraine...
Going to illegals too.
4-6 TRILLION wasted on Iraq and Afghanistan and $54 BILLION already spent on Ukraine to start Ww3.
Why call the cops. They want it defund them and this is what you get
These two competent and articulate working class "living in reality" women would switch up city hall.
1:20 how is it the only thing they leave in their wake nothing but shit n' needles?
Switzerland - Zurich train station - they cleaned it up and found a good solution for everyone.
People need a purpose in life.
How do you all not understand that we are extorted every which way and our politicians get rich while making everything so much worse for us the extorted.
What's the definition of insanity?...anyone.
Fentanyl 💊, popular blues.
Voting democrat??
@@nunya8903 That is the problem. People living in these cities keep voting for dems and expect improvement. But sadly things only get worse. Isn't that the definition of insanity?
@@jltb5283 politicians only make everything worse whilst enriching themselves and their circle.
WE build and create what is before you.
WE need to take responsibility for what's around us.
WE have the power.
Republicans or Democrats are against the people, different wings of the same bird here to divide us.
Example of why we don't really need the monstrosity that is gooberment or it's politicians/henchmen;
Back in ~1995 there was a flood in Portland, residents came out in force to help sand bag areas of need with support of businesses and neighbors who provided what was needed.
Neighbors and businesses also fed the volunteers. Guess what? Nobody was there to separate everyone with the Democrat vs Republican bullsh*t.
We all recognize that politicians are liars yet we give away our rights to them and vote for them to make our lives better?!
That's lunacy!
My foundation is that NOBODY has a higher claim to my life, body and property than myself. To give any validity to my knowing is to extend the same to my fellow men/women who are my equals.
Anything that doesn't align with my foundation, I'm opposed to it otherwise I'm not standing on my foundation, therefore I'm NOTHING.
What is your foundation?
Enjoy it, you voted it in, looks like the summer of love there
Sick of the homeless druggies. Zombie apocalypse is here and real.
If you’re not going to scoop em up and put ‘em in jail, then they must be eradicated. We can’t just live like this.
I am originally from Detroit, and I have never in my life had to witness anything like the conditions that have been worsening through the years here in and around Portland. It is heartbreaking and the city making false promises year after year.. Always talking a big game but Nothing Ever Happens.
Keep voting democrat!! They done care and they don’t listen.
The Milton camp has been a nightmare for everyone in my neighborhood.
Wouldn't happen where I'm from. The first sight of a tarp you'd get a mob with baseball bats and a massive beat down. Citizens SWAT. Clean sweep. Problem solved.
@@Tarafina10Tango I am so sorry you have been thrown into the middle of the mess the city is creating🙏🏼🥺The plans they dream up on paper do not translate when put into practice. And all of the honest, hardworking citizens are the ones who have to pay for it, while also being forced to live amongst it.
@@lindz4166 Thank you. We hear gunshots every night for weeks on end. There are brief periods where we're not worried about a stray bullet. I voted for Rene Gonzalez, Sharia Mayfield and other outsiders. Let's hope for the best tomorrow!
Wait till they want your garden, defacation is nothing
Make simple narcotic possession a crime with a mandatory 30 day detox jail sentence.
Sickening, disgusting, time for me to fly
Best idea ever!
Or stay and fight with us!
Kick them all out this is b.s. we homeowners pay our TAXES!!!
This is why my daughter lives in Beaverton. If you don't like this, move West. Beaverton doesn't put up with this shit.
@Jbo 77 I guess I was just in nicer areas. I didn't see any of this crap off 158th Avenue.
The only thing you can really do is to pack up and move to another area or State. If you wait for Politicians to address or fix the problem... it will never get fixed.
House ain't worth NOTHING..... YOU peeps VOTED for this!!!!!!!!!
Maybe defunding the police wasn't such a good idea. Problem is Portland still votes for this stuff.
It's vote by mail. They cheat!
@Christine LaBeach what planet are you living on!!
@Christine LaBeach lol almost 50% less cops. Go ahead and triple the budget! Times 10 it. Nobody is coming. Sad
This has nothing to do with that. Blame your politicians for allowing the camps.
@Christine LaBeach r u one of those white girls who go out and cry about police but, never hang out in blkkeeeeeee 😂neighborhood …go clean up the Hoooooood mom
Don't give the single mother line, next time use protection
A hired man with a silencer would do the trick.
I mean no way they want the POLICE to handle it. No way they didn’t want cops so somebody else do something
Realistically, the cops are completely incapable of even responding to active road rage situations where my car was hit by some random yoyo wannabe in his lowered Mercury 4 door. Portland Police are useless, and incapable
I feel bad for the sane people in places like Portland and Seattle, but way too many extremists out there.
It's what they marched and voted for, enjoy.
What the cities need to do is come down with a work program for the homeless. Come around with trucks every day and pick up homeless people and take them to clean the streets and clean the parks and do other public service jobs. With that threat looming over them they will leave in a hurry!
They won't do it
KOIN has turned off all comments on their posts! Maybe they don’t care what THE PEOPLE HAVE TO SAY!!
Maybe they can't keep up with how everyone is foaming at the mouth! LOL. These threads show what the people of Portland REALLY think. I hope they vote accordingly and our kids don't have to live like this anymore: ruclips.net/video/xmXMF4mzGEw/видео.html
SE Portland. Nothing changes. Same crap 40 years ago. Ho hum.
St John's camp by Fred Meyer blew up a wineabago van burned down the. Alley block. My son's garage and half his yard burned down
This is a result of being too tolerant.
Kick em out
Yeah that always works. They always stop committing crimes and get jobs and find housing immediately. Great idea. Idk why everyone doesn't do this
@@c.pharris8013 better than enabling them to do drugs and rob their neighbors..you think letting people do whatever they want will breed solutions ?
What are your suggestions honestly ?
0:24 Lady didn't want to be Identified. So you told everyone her name and where she worked?, but hey at least you "kind of" blurred her face.
I hope nothing bad happens to them, out in the open and all.
Rain and bird shit for sure. Drug fumes, urine smell, rats. Always make good decisions.
I lived there for 4 years. I got out just before all of this happened. It was NOT a bad place to live. But now look. 💔 I moved when my daughter was about to turn 2 years old. She is now 6. This was 3 no the ago, and i did notice they cleared it out for the most part. The shitty thing is, all they do is move down the street, next block over.
What good does it do to force them out and clean it up only so they can go someplace else and cause the same problem nearby? That makes no sense and seems like a terrible waste of tax money.
Thank your democratic neighbors for this. Vote for them again and it will continue.
They allowed it to happen🤦
Invite your mayor and governor to visit the site.
Even better, have the mayor and governor live at the site for a while!
They don’t care about anything but themselves!
decriminalizing drugs really seems to be going well.
Portland and Seattle and all in between used to be so beautiful why did you want to bring La up north you gave the best part away
Fentanyl 💊, popular blues.
Born and raised in Spokane Washington living in Alabama now
@@jerrygmarchantmarchant141 I’m in the valley so not as bad as Spokane yet, but can’t wait to get out of here.
The Pacific Northwest better pull it's head out of its butt, & quit emulating California. What a shame. Was once a great area. Not anymore.
Want change people, change the way you vote! I bet you will see change. Obviously the way Portland has been voting isn't working.
The city don’t care the Democratic’s don’t care. I hate living in Portland Oregon because of the homeless
Totally AGREE. (Voter fraud?) The consciousness that has allowed this problem to grow will NOT be the consciousness to get it fixed.
Fentanyl 💊, popular blues.
Yeah, but voting for anything but liberal democrats is "racist". They'd rather be surrounded by despair and dysfunction than be associated with conservatives.
Sometimes when we had rentals people would get into a rental unit and sleep on one of the beds. Once I went to show a room and the clean nicely made bed had pubic hair I was so embarrassed!! I used it call it “ butt grass” got out of being a land lord and ran the other way. I was so disgusted.
How did you know it was a public hair?
Sad I used to use that road for safety to stay away from traffic. That wasn’t even 12 years ago…smh my home is turning into shit! They will pay for what they have done! I promise!
Keep Portland weird right?
Hey , this is what liberals voted in. Thanks Biden voters.
Keep voting for Demorats, They have done you well.
Republicans wouldn't solve this either.
@@jeffs4483 Well you know the Dems not going too. May as well try something new...
I don't live in Portland area any more because I can't afford to. I like the cheaper living on the eastern side of the state. If life ain't working in your town, go somewhere else and start over.
Bums piss me off sometimes.
Portland is such a wonderful city. Just look at it.
Like watching the very first head-on collision between two trains
Where ???
"a 'gentleman' that likes to have a machete out..."
Ted Wheeler's Portland... Infuriating.
people vote in nonsensical propositions, clueless politicians, and then expect normalcy? don't blame anyone but yourselves.
Build back better, keep voting Democrat!.... nothing will change...
Those are pretty nice spots. Even though there are many you didn't cover.... Here coming up I think we're going to go camping and do a weekend on the ramp of I-5 and killingsworth. Right there in the roundabout in the grassy area is a nice spot...
Can they be helped? Do the homeless want to be part of society ? And why so much trash?
If you allow one to move in then the rest will follow.
Where do all the bicycles come from? Stolen?
You people voted for those people that allow this. Maybe you should rethink before you vote the next time.
What a disaster Wheeler has wrought.
I’ve lived here for 31 years and i remember when the homeless were cool and friendly.
Not so much anymore.
I can’t wait to move out of Portland.
What these folks do with their big stimulous checks? they could've moved out with that one check..
How do you protect your property defund the police
This is OK. This is what the residents want. They vote for it in every election.
Is bad to live with fear 😨 all the time..
Once they put someone in office that really want to make a change then you will see change. Portland Biggest problem is drugs I have lived there and seen it. It’s really sad cause it’s a cool place it’s just need the right person to step you!
@@michaelhardman7338 I believe it will be the same way in other city in the next few years.Really it has already begin. It’s all happening for a reason
You’ll have better odds if you complain as a business, the city wont listen to average citizens.
VOTE DEMOCRAT PEOPLE AND YOU TO CAN ENJOY THESE STORIES FIRST HAND!!
It's encouraging to see that Portland has abolished restrictive zoning that has prevented developers from building the multifamily housing the city badly needs. But even if apartments become abundant and affordable, mental illness and substance dependency will keep some people from being able to function in society.
Let the community handle it, they will if you actually let them
Reap what you sow"
Put a wall around the area with robotic gun turrets, and robotic dogs from D.A.R.P.A. Turn it into a reservation ,prison, concentration, camp. People can go in, but noone can leave.
you're a putrid soul.
Becoming an addict is a CHOICE that most r afraid of. But gov supports addiction with clinics and shelters, aiding and abetting addiction and the petty crimes that support their habit by classifying them victims. Addicts 1st priority is drugs. Bc most homeless are addicts, it hurts those who find themselves in that predicament, subjecting them to much worse bc usually a single female parent and children due to loss of job. The stigma alone cant be lived down. For kids raised homeless it can bc the future reality as well.
Yep. People falling on hard times suffer more because of degenerate idiots.
This is happening all over! Exactly what's happening at my complex!
Top 10 of cities to NOT visit or give money to.
This city has now been ran to the ground an bout to run underground waiting on the state
Just horrible! what a terrible city!
That's what's up. Reap the rewards of the city that you all created. Please stay there. Don't look to a red state for refugee status.
I have a question when the city is going to repair all the streets they are so bad and is no excuse they pass a gas tax few years ago so far every Street still bad
if you say someone's name and the name of the business they own they are identified. Just a thought.
Is this what "progression" looks and smells like?
Homelessness is not as big problem in conservative cities, but there is an explanation for it. The main reason for homelessness is fentanyl, and other drugs addiction believe it or not. If you do not believe me, you can find Michael Shellenberger's interviews here on RUclips. Liberal cities have laws that attract homeless because addicts can support their addiction there more easily. The main one is you are allowed to steal from stores for up to $950 in Cali, and no one will bother you, police will not even come even if they had an officer available. In my town the law says you can steal up to $500 worth of items, and that nothing, so there are no as many homeless like in Cali but we have almost as good camping weather as southern Cali. I go to Texas, and they do not have such law that you can just steal from stores as you wish, so their addicts migrates to the west coast where they can simply support their addiction. Stealing from stores, they call it boosting.
#what this guy said!
Spokane WA is pretty conservative and it’s just as bad. Doesn’t matter what party they are all crap
Why say she doesn't want to be on camera, but yet you identify the neighborhood business she runs by name and you show a poorly blurred image of her. You can clearly make out her hairstyle and general gist of her facial features.
Send them to Rwanda.
I moved to SE Portland from LA. So much nicer here. I can't believe people think it is bad. I am african american.
Just turn these encampment into more "CHOP" or "CHAZ". Remember the slogan "defund the police." Welp,... ask and you shall receive, you just enjoy that nice, steamy $hit sandwich! 😁😉
You have an avenue to protect your tenants and your property--change your voting habits.
Need to open up few acres for tinny house with security and laws
try talking to your local mayor and show up at the meetings and address this
But Portland residents are far more concerned with “reproductive rights” than they are about truly solving the *homeless* crisis. Instead, to make it sound nicer, they label it a “housing crisis.”
Call the Governor!!!!!
She didn’t want to be identified so you gave her name….