Saturday, March 12, 2011

Happy (legal) campers— Eugene, Oregon | For those who can’t afford free speech

Happy (legal) campers— Eugene, Oregon | For those who can’t afford free speech: "More than a decade ago, the city of Eugene took a radical approach to common sense: faced with a homeless population it had neither the resources nor capacity to address, the city changed course and instituted a homeless camping program.
That was in 1998, and the program today has a backlog of people without homes that need a place to camp in safety and without penalty. The program is managed by St. Vincent DePaul, and the man at the helm of matchin"

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