OF
OF WHAT
OF WHAT YOU HAVE SENT IN TO US EVERY SINGLE NIGHT ON THIS SHOW
INCLUDING THIS SEGMENT RIGHT
HERE BECAUSE A TON OF YOU
HELPED US WITH THIS NEXT ONE
AFTER WE PUT A PLEA OUT ON
FACEBOOK AND YOU SENT US A
BUNCH OF TRASH PHOTOS OF TRASH.
DON'T SEND US ACTUAL GARBAGE
SEE VIDEOS AND PICTURES
OF TRASH AND GRAFFITI ALL OVER
PORTLAND.
PORTLAND.
PORTLAND. IT'S PROOF REALLY OF WHAT WE
ALREADY KNOW TO BE TRUE.
BUT THE CAUSES OF THIS PROBLEM
>> ARE MULTIFACETED AND VERY
COMPLEX.
COMPLEX.
COMPLEX. BUT WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO THE
OPTICS OF OUR CITY COULD BE
WORSE THAN THEY EVER HAVE
BEFORE.
BEFORE.
BEFORE. HERE'S MAGGIE VOSPER.
>> OK, FOR THOSE THAT WANT TO
SEE WHAT PORTLAND IS TURNING
INTO, THIS IS JUST BY THE PDQ
PORTLAND AIRPORT.
PORTLAND AIRPORT. PORTLAND >> IS TRASHED SO
TRASHED THAT WHEN WE PUT OUT A
CALL ON FACEBOOK ASKING PEOPLE
TO POINT US TO THE SPOTS THAT
FRUSTRATE THEM MOST, WE GOT
MORE TIPS THAN WE COULD
POSSIBLY FOLLOW UP ON GRAFFITI
>> EVERYWHERE PEOPLE JUST
HANGING OUT GARBAGE EVERYWHERE.
THIS >> IS MARTIN'S VIDEO FROM
NORTHEAST THIRD BY MARINE
DRIVE.
DRIVE.
DRIVE. THIS IS JOSHUA'S PHOTO OF THE
GOOSE HOLLOW ROUNDABOUT IN
SOUTHWEST PORTLAND.
SOUTHWEST PORTLAND. DARYLIN SENT US ONE OF SE
FOSTER NEAR LAUREL WOOD PARK.
THIS IS FROM JENNIFER AT ONE
HUNDRED THIRTY SIX THEN POWELL
.
.
. WE
. WE ALSO
. WE ALSO FOLLOWED TIPS INTO
INNER SOUTHEAST PORTLAND AND
GOT SHOTS OF THE TRASH WE'VE
ALL SEEN DRIVING ALONG I FIVE
FINALLY THIS VIDEO IS FROM
DALYCE IN DOWNTOWN PORTLAND.
LET'S START THERE BECAUSE
BUSINESS OWNERS LIKE STACY
GIBSON SAY THEY'RE HANGING ON
BY >> A THREAD.
ABSOLUTELY.
ABSOLUTELY. I DO FEEL ALONE.
GIBSON OWNS THIS SUBWAY
FRANCHISE ON SOUTHWEST SIXTH
AVENUE.
AVENUE.
AVENUE. SHE ALSO LIVES DOWNTOWN AND
SHE'S OVER HEARING EXCUSES FOR
WHY IT LOOKS LIKE THIS JUST >>
DIRTY OUT OF CONTROL.
AND >> A NEW STUDY SHOWS SHE'S
NOT ALONE.
NOT ALONE. THE NONPROFIT CLEAN AND SAFE
PUBLISHED ITS ANNUAL DOWNTOWN
PORTLAND BUSINESS SURVEY THIS
WEEK.
WEEK.
WEEK. AND
WEEK. AND IN PRETTY MUCH EVERY
CATEGORY BUSINESS OWNERS
CONFIDENCE IN DOWNTOWN'S
ECONOMY IS HISTORICALLY LOW
SPECIFIC TO GRAFFITI AND
VANDALISM.
VANDALISM. SEVENTY THREE PERCENT SAY IT'S
VERY MUCH HAVING AN IMPACT ON
BUSINESS AND REGARDING OVERALL
CLEANLINESS EIGHTY SIX PERCENT
SAY DOWNTOWN NEEDS IMPROVEMENT.
GIBSON SAYS THAT'S PUTTING IT
LIGHTLY.
LIGHTLY.
LIGHTLY. >> THE QUANTITY OF TRASH THAT
YOU'RE SEEING AROUND THE AREAS
IS A LITTLE BIT ALARMING.
YOU JUST HAVE NO IDEA WHERE
IT'S COMING FROM.
WHAT'S IN THERE AND WHAT CAN BE
GROWING.
GROWING.
GROWING. I MEAN IT'S YOU KNOW, THE RATS
DIFFERENT THINGS THAT HAPPEN
AND THERE'S OBVIOUSLY A LOT
OF TENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT
AND THE GARBAGE GETS THROWN
OUTSIDE AND THIS IS WHERE WE
WANT TO MAKE A START
CLARIFICATION BECAUSE WHEN WE
TALK ABOUT THINGS LIKE GARBAGE
AND GRAFFITI, OTHER KIND
OF BIGGER ISSUES SPRING TO MIND
THINGS LIKE HOMELESSNESS AND
THE RACIAL JUSTICE PROTESTS
RECENTLY AND EVERYONE WE TALKED
TO FOR THIS PIECE AGREES THOSE
ARE COMPLEX ISSUES THEY'RE
GOING TO TAKE TIME TO SOLVE.
BUT IN THE MEANTIME THEY SAY
CLEANING UP GARBAGE AND
GRAFFITI SHOULD BE EASY RIGHT?
YOU WOULD THINK IT WOULD BE
YES, DEFINITELY.
YES, DEFINITELY. OK >>, SO WE'LL START WITH
GRAFFITI >>.
GRAFFITI >>. WE'RE ALSO OUT THERE
ENTERTAINING THOUSANDS
ENTERTAINING THOUSANDS OF REQUESTS.
OF REQUESTS. DANIEL >> MCARDLE HYMENS IS THE
SPOKESPERSON FOR THE OFFICE
OF COMMUNITY AND CIVIC LIFE >>
WHICH CLEANS UP GRAFFITI IN
PORTLAND.
PORTLAND.
PORTLAND. HE SAYS REQUESTS FOR SERVICE
HAVE GONE UP 300 PERCENT IN THE
LAST YEAR.
LAST YEAR. THEIR BUDGET HAS NOT FRANKLY
THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH OUT
OF MONEY AND ARE ONLY HALFWAY
THROUGH OUR FISCAL YEAR.
AND SO WHAT WE HAVE DONE FOR
OUR BUDGET REQUESTS FOR TWENTY
ONE TWENTY TWO IS WE HAVE ASKED
FOR A HALF MILLION MORE DOLLARS
>> THAT >> WILL TAKE MONTHS.
IN THE MEANTIME THE CITY IS
MOVING MONEY FROM OTHER
PROGRAMS TO KEEP CLEANUP'S
GOING.
GOING.
GOING. THEY'RE HOPING THAT TIDES >>
THEM OVER THERE IS A PRIORITY
>> IN TERMS OF HOW WE GO ABOUT
DOING THIS SMALL BUSINESSES
RESIDENCES AS WELL AS NONPROFIT
ORGANIZATIONS >>.
ORGANIZATIONS >>. THEN THERE'S THE RASH ONE BIG
FACTOR AT THE START OF THE
PANDEMIC THE CITY LARGELY
STOPPED CLEARING HOMELESS CAMPS
AND OFFICIALS HAVE SAID WHEN
CAMPS STAY PUT FOR LONGER,
TRASH TENDS TO PILE UP.
THE CITY IS STARTING TO CLEAR
MORE CAMPS NOW AND DATA SHOWS
CREWS ARE CLEANING UP MORE
TRASH THAN EVER DURING THE
TWENTY NINETEEN TWENTY TWENTY
FISCAL YEAR, CREWS CONTRACTED
BY THE CITY CLEARED MORE THAN
THIRTY TWO HUNDRED TONS
OF GARBAGE OFF PORTLAND
STREETS.
STREETS.
STREETS. THAT'S THE LARGEST TOTAL EVER
RECORDED ABOUT HALFWAY INTO
THIS FISCAL YEAR.
CITY CREWS HAVE CLEANED UP
NEARLY EIGHTEEN HUNDRED TONS
OF TRASH MEANING THEY'RE ON
TRACK TO SURPASS LAST YEAR'S
NUMBER.
NUMBER.
NUMBER. IT'S >> AN ABSOLUTE GARBAGE
PIT.
PIT.
PIT. >>
PIT. >> STILL IT'S CLEARLY NOT
ENOUGH AND PORTLANDERS
INCLUDING OUR VIEWERS HAVE
NOTICED MAYOR TED WHEELER
ADDRESSED THE FRUSTRATION AT A
NEWS CONFERENCE THIS WEEK >>.
AND I WANT TO BE CLEAR THIS
ISN'T JUST A DOWNTOWN STORY.
THIS IS ALSO THE CASE
THROUGHOUT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD
BUSINESS DISTRICTS AND OUR
INDUSTRY AREAS AS WELL SPEAKING
>> GENERALLY ABOUT LIVABILITY
ISSUES, THE MAYOR MADE TWO
POINTS.
POINTS.
POINTS. NUMBER ONE, HOMELESSNESS IS A
GROWING PROBLEM EXACERBATED BY
JOB LOSSES AMID THE PANDEMIC.
IN RESPONSE, HE SAYS THE CITY
HAS OPENED HUNDREDS OF SHELTER
BEDS AND MULTIPLE ORGANIZED
CAMPS IN THE LAST YEAR.
NUMBER TWO, THE MAYOR ARGUED
PROBLEMS LIKE TRASH AND
GRAFFITI GET WORSE WHEN
TRADITIONALLY BUSY BUSINESS
DISTRICTS ARE EMPTY.
IN OTHER WORDS, HE BELIEVES
THINGS WILL GET BETTER POST
PANDEMIC WE >> HAVE TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE GET THE
VACCINATIONS OUT THAT COVID IS
ADDRESSED.
ADDRESSED. I'VE ALSO BEEN VERY CLEAR THAT
MY TOP THREE PRIORITIES IN THIS
SECOND TERM ARE SAFETY,
HOMELESSNESS AND LIVABILITY ALL
OF WHICH IMPACT PEOPLE'S
FEELINGS ABOUT SAFETY.
OK >>, MAGGIE VESP JOINING US
NOW FOR THE PEOPLE WHO WANTED
AN IMMEDIATE RESOLUTION THEY'RE
NOT GOING TO GET THAT BUT
YOU'VE BEEN HEARING FROM A LOT
OF FOLKS ONLINE WHO ARE LOOKING
FOR AT LEAST SOME WAYS TO HELP.
YEAH >>, DEFINITELY THEY WANTED
TO KNOW ABOUT KIND OF LIKE
ORGANIZED VOLUNTEER EFFORTS
WHERE THEY CAN HELP CLEAN TRASH
UP AND A BIG ONE THAT WE DID
WANT TO POINT OUT WE'VE
COVERED IT BEFORE IS SOLVE
OREOGON THEY ORGANIZE MASSIVE
TRASH PICKUPS AROUND THE CITY
AND AROUND THE