Bend / Central Oregon News, Sports, Business, Weather, Entertainment, Classifieds and Local & State Headlines | The Bulletin

Use Advanced Search to filter by date and category. *keyword is required in search field.
start date (MM-DD-YYYY):
 -  - 
end date (MM-DD-YYYY):
 -  - 
category:
Archive Home > 2009 > July > 17 > Judge rejects Portland ordinance on homeless people’s use of sidewalks

Judge rejects Portland ordinance on homeless people’s use of sidewalks

By The Associated Press / The Bulletin
July 17, 2009

PORTLAND — Tension over a “sit-lie” ordinance has returned to Portland sidewalks.

A judge recently tossed Portland’s sidewalk obstruction ordinance, leaving police without the tool they’ve used to prevent the city’s many homeless people....

Read complete article

Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.