Portland Loo
When Portland commissioned the design of the loos, it retained the intellectual property rights to the design, and would receive a royalty from the manufacturer, for each loo it sold. Press reports described this arrangement as a source of funds, for the city.
However, in 2014, a citizen group sued the city, asserting the city had spent over $600,000 to promote the loos, without proper authorization. As a consequence the design was sold to Madden, the manufacturer.
Portland Loo
In mid 2016, the San Diego toilet was called "a magnet for crime and homelessness". Defenders of homeless rights called criticism of the Portland Loo a focus point for "systematic denial of humanity to homeless people".