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One of the requirements Portland has that Seattle also has, is a duty to store the "belongings" of homeless people when they move them.
I worked for Seattle DOT, and unfortunately, the City chose our facility for the storage of bum detritus. Originally, our facility was somewhat unsecured, gates left open and the lobby door was always unlocked. For the first few weeks of the program, we had mentally ill harassing the ladies in the office, and drug users shooting up in the employee locker rooms and restrooms.
Eventually the City secured our facility and changed how the homeless picked up their detritus.
BTW, from what I could see, homeless "personal property" mostly seemed like stolen property to me.
The Heretic's link to those 2 stories mentioned that policy.....brings back a little "PTSD"
I worked for Seattle DOT, and unfortunately, the City chose our facility for the storage of bum detritus. Originally, our facility was somewhat unsecured, gates left open and the lobby door was always unlocked. For the first few weeks of the program, we had mentally ill harassing the ladies in the office, and drug users shooting up in the employee locker rooms and restrooms.
Eventually the City secured our facility and changed how the homeless picked up their detritus.
BTW, from what I could see, homeless "personal property" mostly seemed like stolen property to me.
The Heretic's link to those 2 stories mentioned that policy.....brings back a little "PTSD"