Bend Humanity Coalition

"LOCATION CHANGE: Tonight’s informational open house on camping code to be held at City Hall.

The City of Bend’s informational open house on the camping code process has moved locations due to the active investigation into yesterday’s shooting at the Eastside Safeway in Bend. The informational open house, originally scheduled at the Municipal Court, will now take place this evening at 5:30 p.m. in Council Chambers at City Hall (710 NW Wall Street). It will also be available to view online."

The event will be streamed on the City of Bend YouTube channel. Those who wish to ask questions during the open house should register with this Zoom link (https://bendoregon-gov.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_PTfksaq4T2SSgQu2npYCxQ?medium=email&source=govdelivery).

Information is also posted on the unsanctioned camping code webpage: https://www.bendoregon.gov/city-projects/community-priorities/houselessness/unsanctioned-camping-code?medium=email&source=govdelivery

Camping Code | City of Bend View the City of Bend Police Department’s press conference on YouTube live from Muni Court at 12:30 p.m. // Vea la conferencia de prensa del Departamento de Policía de la Ciudad de Bend en YouTube en vivo a las 12:30 p.m.

"A 51-year-old resident of Bend’s emergency shelter on Northeast Second Street was arrested and jailed Saturday night on assault and other charges, accused of stabbing a fellow shelter resident with whom he’s had confrontations in recent months, police said Sunday."

Bend shelter resident arrested, jailed in stabbing of fellow resident; non-life-threatening injuries - KTVZ A 51-year-old resident of Bend’s emergency shelter on Northeast Second Street was arrested and jailed Saturday night on assault and other charges, accused of stabbing a fellow shelter resident with whom he’s had confrontations in recent months, police said Sunday.

Bend City Councilor Megan Perkins says, "We have much to celebrate!," in her latest update on houselessness. She goes on to provide details about all the locations increasing shelter capacity and supporting services. She also mentions the Council will develop a camping code to better regulate where, when and how unsanctioned camping can happen on City rights-of-way.

What do you think should be included in the camping ordinance?

To read the full update, click here:
https://www.bendoregon.gov/Home/Components/News/News/5325

A new call to action is up at https://bendhumanitycoalition.org/action to oppose proposed code amendments tonight. Councilor Campbell does a good job of reading concerned citizen emails, and responding, but on this one, she's incorrect.

State law provided such uses on a temporary basis. Bend’s code amendments are permanent. The state changes will expire. The Bend code amendments will not.

Take a moment to send in your email to Bend City Councilors before the meeting tonight. You can write your own email, or revise a draft provided at https://bendhumanitycoalition.org/action.

Tonight, the Bend City Council will hold another hearing on code changes that would allow homeless shelters in almost any zone in the city, including in residential neighborhoods. Shelters like the 2nd Street shelter, which are considered “low-barrier” because people can use the shelter even if they are intoxicated, would be permitted uses in the neighborhoods families, kids and elderly people call home. The code changes increase the likelihood that the next beating will occur not in a commercial area like 3rd Street, but a residential street corner, or next to a school or retirement home.

Not long ago, Bend was the kind of place older people weren’t beaten on city streets. The City Council must not make Bend into the kind of place where assaults, and worse, occur where we live, work, attend school and shop. Please take a moment to contact the City Council now, before 7 pm tonight, to ask them to put our community first and reject the dangerous shelter code changes. Then, please share this message with others in Bend and urge them to do the same. Together, we can keep Bend safe.

https://bendhumanitycoalition.org/action