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homeless Archive

City Hall Lot to Become Temporary Homeless Shelter

City Council voted to create a temporary day center and dusk-to-dawn camp on the vacant downtown lot

BlogNews 7 years ago

The empty lot that formerly housed Eugene’s City Hall is set to transform into a temporary homeless shelter a few weeks from now. During Monday … Continue reading →

Rod Adams’ Crime: Homelessness

‘You’re asking somebody to agree to something that feels like a human rights violation.’

News 7 years ago

On Dec. 20, a small crowd of supporters once again followed Rod Adams to the Eugene Municipal Court as he faced sentencing for criminal trespass … Continue reading →

Burritos Beat Hunger

Burrito Brigade reaches a milestone serving the Eugene community

News 7 years ago

If you head down the back stairwell, continue into the basement and wander through the underground halls of First Christian Church on a late Sunday … Continue reading →

The (Second) Trial of Rod Adams

Homelessness again plays no role in verdict in criminal trespass case

News 7 years ago

On Feb. 26, Rod Adams was awakened by a Eugene police officer, arrested for trespass and taken to jail. This incident was nothing new for … Continue reading →

The (First) Trial of Rod Adams

Adams argued his arrest for sleeping on public property criminalizes homelessness, but a judge wasn’t hearing it

News 7 years ago

On an early February morning, Rod Adams was lying in a sleeping bag under an awning in downtown Eugene when a security guard woke him … Continue reading →

Trials of Rod Adams Begin Next Week

Local homeless man will contest his trespassing charges before a jury

News 8 years ago

A Eugene homeless man is trying to convince a judge to dismiss three trespassing charges he received after Eugene police arrested him late at night … Continue reading →

Criminalizing Homelessness

Data show the unhoused are disproportionately ticketed in Eugene

News 8 years ago

More than one of every four people ticketed or arrested by Eugene police for minor crimes last year were homeless or lacked a permanent address, … Continue reading →

44 Counts of Homelessness

Rod Adams will use the necessity defense

News 8 years ago

Three times last February, Eugene police officers found Rod Adams, a 60-year-old homeless man, lying in a sleeping bag downtown in the middle of the … Continue reading →

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