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Jul 21

In 2019 I restored/reclaimed/cleaned almost five miles of the Springwater Corridor that was filled with over 400 Homeless people surrounded by millions of pounds of trash. Today there is zero Homeless and virtually no trash. How did I do that?

The springwater corridor is 22 miles long and is a multi use path that goes through Portland, Gresham and Boring, Oregon. I was hired by the city of Gresham after writing the Mayor letter with my ideas and how to significantly reduce homelessness. Two

months later, I was hired and for the first year I focused all my energy on reclaiming the springwater corridor which in Gresham is 4.7 miles. It was a monumental challenge. Gresham at the time had a higher per capita homeless population than Portland.

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Kevin Dahlgren 🥾 🥾

@kevinvdahlgren

Jul 19

I got a tour of a notorious street occupied by the highest concentrated group of drug dealers in Portland. It looks like a regular occupied street of homeless people but I spoke to security that monitor the area 24-7 and shared the reality. With that many drug dealers, you

can only imagine how many customers show up every day and what this has done to the neighborhood. I was told the police are overwhelmed by the area and are going to leave it be for the time being. The further we walked down this one-way street the sketchier it

became. At the very end nobody was happy I was filming. This block is right next to what once was an absolutely beautiful movie theater but now closed for obvious reasons. On the other side of the fence is a low income

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Kevin Dahlgren 🥾 🥾

@kevinvdahlgren

Jul 17

Is somebody at the City Of Portland deliberately violating the law in hopes that the city gets sued by the ACLU to prevent homeless sweeps? Somebody at the City of Portland is posting ‘Illegal Campsite’ notices on blocks with zero homeless activity. These posts give the

city the legal authority after three days to remove the campsite. The problem is this is violating city ordinance and also the ninth circuit ruling Martin versus Boise. If the city is interested in getting sued by the ACLU which would stop all camp

removals, probably for years this is how you do it. The ACLU has already done this in Grants Pass, Oregon. They are just looking for a fight. I’m a supporter of not having camps on our sidewalks and parks, but this is not the way to do it. This is either an overzealous

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@kevinvdahlgren

Jul 14

A pedestrian underpass get sealed shut with cement after the city ran out of ideas of how to permanently remove a homeless man who had lived in there for three years. This, of course, now prevents everybody in the community from using it.

The homeless man’s name is Michael. @tarafaul503 had worked with him extensively over the last two years. We successively reach out to his family and friends. This is a video of him from an old friend telling him she misses him. He had a severe mental break when he

was in his late teens. According to his parents and friends he was high achieving, outgoing, friendly and just really, really nice. Not one outreach worker has ever approached him and offered help. Not one. I verified this from him

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@kevinvdahlgren

Jul 13

I debated posting this, but I believe it’s important to raise awareness. I went to 82nd last night to prepare a project I’m working on with @tarafaul503. Within a minute of arriving, I found a half naked woman running down the sidewalk screaming. She had just been bear maced

and learned soon after sexually assaulted. I got her to put on a shirt and did my best to calm her. Two other cars stopped and tried to help. She was frantic and disorganized. Just as someone called emergency services she ran away. 82nd Ave. in Portland is a notorious location

for prostitution and trafficking. The city has done a better job in cracking down, but in the hour I spent there I was shocked just how chaotic it was. I saw girls who appeared under 18 get into strangers cars. In certain areas you can hear bloodcurdling screams down

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@kevinvdahlgren

Jul 6

I rowed to Ross Island to meet the Homeless that live there. Ross Island is approximately 400 acres and rests in the middle of the Willamette river which separates the east side and downtown Portland. I rented a kayak from a nice homeless man. I thought there would be many

more people living over there, but after exploring for about an hour I saw no more than five. The lady I met was actually just visiting. I got a few cases of waters for the humans and the dogs and I got food for a homeless man with broken ribs. I rowed by floating waterworlds.

A homeless man I met who did not wish to be on camera said he used to live downtown but was able to acquire cheap boats and decided to live on the river. He said enforcement is rare and one of the best decisions he’s ever made.