The stated purpose of Portland's camping ban was to compel people to move into shetler.
But data crunched by @streetroots.bsky.social shows fewer than half of the homeless people police contacted during the first five months of the ban accepted offers of shelter.
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Months of data show an increase in campsite removals impacting homeless Portlanders since the ban went into effect, while many remain wary of shelters set up by the city
