Lashay Wesley reports for KATU News that on Nov. 12, 2019, the City of Portland's 11-member Planning and Sustainability Commission narrowly approved a controversial change to the design process language to say all property owners must "Provide opportunities to rest and be welcome" to homeless people.

The change was introduced by Commissioner Oriana Magnera (see her LinkedIn page here), who has a B.A. in Women's Studies and is also the climate and energy policy coordinator of Verde, a local "environmental justice" non-profit. She said: "Just one of the realities of Portland right now is that we have a lot of folks who are unhoused who benefit from some of these spaces that provide weather protection."