Should there be a designated homeless camp location in Bend?

Asked by KTVZ

553 Votes

Should there be a designated homeless camp location in Bend?

33%

Yes, there needs to be one! Yes, there needs to be one!

67%

No, some neighborhoods might suffer. No, some neighborhoods might suffer.

33%

Yes, there needs to be one!

I think we need a designated location for the homeless to live. Homelessness is increasing in the city, we need to provide them a place to live.

I think we need a designated location for the homeless to live. Homelessness is increasing in the city, we need to provide them a place to live. Show Less

3 Comments

Brenda Coyle

Everyone deserves to have a place to live. A set location could create a sense of community amongst people who are homeless. A location near a bus line will help with transportation to/from jobs.

Oneribshy

You bet, even the Homeless need a place to go for awhile. BUT, there has to be guidelines. They can't just run wild like animals. Truly deserving people must be held accountable. In turn be given the tools and a way out through support. I'm a homeowner and I would help where I can.

George Robirts

Because homelessness will never completely go away. There will always be some person or family in crises . The old KOA is the ideal site as water , sewer, and electri is fairly accessible.

67%

No, some neighborhoods might suffer.

I think some neighborhoods might suffer as a result. Some don't have the resources and the quality of life might be affected.

I think some neighborhoods might suffer as a result. Some don't have the resources and the quality of life might be affected. Show Less

8 Comments

Frank

A better location would be on the west side. The convenience of services near there was apparently why the college was located there. Near Phil’s trail or NW Crossing would be perfect.

Philip Clark

Because people will come from other places/states when word gets around that they can live for free. Other cities have tried this same plan and it's been a disaster!!

💛🖤 RAG 💛🖤

Needs to be outside the urban areas, probably East of Bend is the most fitting!

Neil Mackey

Siting a "temporary" homeless camp of this size, near two public schools and a park is NOT a good idea. What business in their right mind would look at property in Juniper Ridge with this nearby?

John Philo

No. Enabling drug addicts and the alcohol adducted to live on our streets and neighborhoods is criminal. They need to be housed in a treatment facility.

Ben Hargis

Keep the scum out don't invite it.

k san

I agree with locating them outside urban areas.

Nancy

Move them outside the city limits. Use abandoned buildings or have inmates build temp structures. They need shelter, but they don't need to be near residential homes, parks, or schools.

Are you excited to see this bike share program come back full time?

Asked by KTVZ

175 Votes

Are you excited to see this bike share program come back full time?

15%

YES YES

85%

NO NO

15%

YES

0 Comment

No one has commented yet

85%

NO

5 Comments

Lisa Patera

I just realized last month that the Bird ebikes where not littering the sidewalks.

SA Timms

Too many bike riders currently riding on a sidewalk, then they change to a street, then a bike path. BTW...how fast will these ebikes go. Also, many riders aren't cautious....currently. Who's going to enforce an age minimum? THIS is already a problem! Hope accidents don't happen.

Wade Palmer

These are a nuisance and left all over town. That and the traffic problems caused by less car lanes.

Lisa York

great ..more e bikes left all over the city... they're a nuisance...

Tammie Hagemann

I voted this way because I still have 50.00 on the blue bird bike app that I can't get back at all. I had NO idea that when the program ended you wouldn't get your money back

Do you support the cellphone ban in Oregon schools?

Asked by KTVZ

267 Votes

Do you support the cellphone ban in Oregon schools?

89%

YES YES

11%

NO NO

89%

YES

5 Comments

Steve Reeves

Many of my students display addictive behaviors regarding their phones, and it has proven detrimental to their learning and social development. Any positive of cell phone use is vastly outweighed by negative consequences.

Sam Davis

Long overdue. Students need to focus on being educated in school, not watching videos, playing games, & chatting with each other. Educators and others do not need the distraction that cell cause. If there are emergencies that students need to know about there are other ways for them to find out.

k san

Kids are way too addicted to their phones and it is affecting their learning. Phones could be kept in a basket in the classroom in case of emergency, but definitely NOT with the kid.

David Kline

My teaching friends say it's been a battle to keep kids off their phones in class and wastes a bunch of class time time addressing this. How will this be enforced any differently though?

Kimmy Wasatch

Between cell phone usage and lower graduating standards, OR is failing students

11%

NO

1 Comment

Tammie Hagemann

There are times that they shouldn't have them but check them at the door of class rooms to cut back on the use. Emergencies do happen and cells are useful

KTVZ

Should there be a designated homeless camp location in Bend?

33% Yes, there needs to be one! Yes, there needs to be one!

67% No, some neighborhoods might suffer. No, some neighborhoods might suffer.

33% Yes, there needs to be one!

67% No, some neighborhoods might suffer.

Are you excited to see this bike share program come back full time?

15% YES YES

85% NO NO

15% YES

85% NO

Do you support the cellphone ban in Oregon schools?

89% YES YES

11% NO NO

89% YES

11% NO

33%

Yes, there needs to be one! Yes, there needs to be one!

67%

No, some neighborhoods might suffer. No, some neighborhoods might suffer.

33%

Yes, there needs to be one!

67%

No, some neighborhoods might suffer.

15%

YES YES

85%

NO NO

15%

YES

85%

NO

89%

YES YES

11%

NO NO

89%

YES

11%

NO