It is incredibly frustrating to read in The Oregonian that Portland Street Response is no longer allowed to provide food, clothes, blankets, tents or naloxone to Portlanders in crisis, (“Portland Street Response’s future hangs in balance: ‘I feel like it’s about to implode’,” June 23).
In the article, incoming Interim Fire Chief Ryan Gillespie says he is concerned about the “mission creep” of allowing Portland Street Response to distribute food boxes, naloxone and even clothes, all of which he’s suspended.