Portland mayor begs for State and Federal help in New Legislative session

PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler is asking Oregon Governor-elect Tina Kotek and the state legislature to help address what he sees as the city's biggest crises during the upcoming legislative session.

Wheeler shared his list of priorities with Kotek during a meeting Tuesday.

Among them, Wheeler lists the city's homelessness crisis, traffic enforcement, civil commitment and mental health care changes, a shortage of public defense attorneys, and further needs in housing, policing and health care.

At the top of his wish list, which KGW received following a records request Wednesday, Wheeler asked Kotek to declare a state of emergency on the homelessness crisis in Oregon.

He said this declaration would allow Portland to use emergency management or disaster resources, including using the National Guard to help set up the designated camping sites outlined in his own plan for the city.

Wheeler first introduced his plan in October to ban street camping and move homeless people to three large tent encampments. It was adopted by Portland City Council, with the sanctioned camp portion changed to six smaller sites, although the plan currently lacks specific camp locations or enough funding to move forward.

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