I invite you to visit Washington-Jefferson park. It is a full-on shanty-town homeless camp. Actually, it's three homeless camps, one hear W1st, one south of the skate board facility and another south of the tracks. EPD has simply ignored these camps in spite of numerous complaints from people who have had bikes stolen (some of them recovered from the camps), theft from their motor vehicles and other damage in the neighborhood by these squatters. 

Why won't EPD shut down the camps? Because the city manager has instructed them to leave the camps be as long as they stay in the Whiteaker, even when the occupants are engaging in other criminal behavior. 

When you finish your tour of those camps, feel free to stroll up Washington to the river. Take your time and look around, there's lots to see, hear and smell.

The city has in effect legalized unlawful camping, even when it violates federal Clean Water Act law, so stop whining. If you want more camps, move them to your house.