The city of Portland, Oregon, has settled a class action lawsuit that sought to eliminate tents on sidewalks, claiming they are obstacles for individuals with wheelchairs and walkers. The city announced on Thursday that it will remove tents blocking sidewalks.
"We are hopeful that this settlement will relieve one of the City’s largest minority groups — persons with mobility disabilities — of the burdens which have been associated with misguided policies that have left homeless persons to languish on sidewalks and in public spaces," one of the plaintiffs' attorneys, John DiLorenzo, stated in an email to the Washington Examiner.
“The city has abandoned us and the homeless,” plaintiff Barbara Jacobsen said during a press conference in September. The final agreement includes various measures to support safety on Portland's sidewalks. Some of the orders the city must abide by include posting 'no camping' signs in regularly obstructed areas, removing a minimum of 500 campsites each year, and providing quarterly reports.
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