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This was another frustrating week for people hoping to see Portland leaders address the city’s homelessness problem.
Mayor Ted Wheeler abandoned, for now, his plan to get tough on drug use. A new report called the Portland Street Response program successful, then questioned the city’s commitment to its future success. And the head of that program resigned for reasons that remain murky.
On this week’s show, OPB editor Anna Griffin and city reporter Alex Zielinski discuss what this complicated news week means for the city’s approach to its most intractable problem and his plans to impose a ban on public camping later this month.
