Commissioner Rene Gonzalez wants to place control of the city's camping ban (not yet existent) under the future mayor and city administrator. Gonzalez is running for mayor. His stiffest competitor, Cmr. Carmen Rubio, calls his plan "inhumane." wweek.com/news/2024/04/1…
@sophiegreenleaf With the new Charter, City Council will need to enact laws/policies about everything for the administrator/mayor to implement through administrative rules. Chaotic for a while, especially with the draft org chart and staff funding plan that is administratively top-heavy.
@sophiegreenleaf He does what PBA tells him to do. How the hell did he get voted in?
@sophiegreenleaf What have Rubio and Gonzalez done for pdx that qualifies them for mayor? How do we not have more accomplished candidates?
@sophiegreenleaf Administering the camping ban is very clearly the job of the city administrator. We shouldn’t need a 12-member city council hug circle to fire off task forces and subcommittees every time a convicted felon sets up a drug camp outside of a school.
@sophiegreenleaf “Gonzalez sought the opinion of City Attorney 👉Robert Taylor on his proposal.” Hairbrained idea by RG, but the City attorney drafted the plan. Q: WHY is Taylor still employed?
@sophiegreenleaf It is far less the job of a city to force housing on people than it is to maintain the livability, safety, cleanliness, and infrastructure of the city for the people who actually contribute to it. In no sane society should people be allowed to live on the streets as we see here
@sophiegreenleaf Disturbing too is @CommRubio inference that the etiology of homelessness in the region is either SUD or mental illness (or both). It perpetuates proven myths & denies the most widely accepted literature on the subject: insufficient incomes & high rent are the primary drivers.
@sophiegreenleaf Letting people sleep on sidewalks is also inhumane.
@sophiegreenleaf Rene all the way. Portland desperately needs this man.