Sleeping outside in Portland is not an emergency. It is only an emergency when the mayor sics police on people in the downtown area for finding safety in numbers without the use of tents. THAT is the real irony. He blatantly shot down mass sleeping in front of city hall and elsewhere yet legalized mass camping. Now he's talking about inviting people INTO city hall. PBA's original interest in clearing downtown streets is the only interest I can fathom being served in all of this.