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City’s PR Push vs. Shelter Scandal | Portland News
Portland’s Urban Alchemy nonprofit, managing key homeless shelters, is facing a firestorm of over 150 complaints—ranging from staff drug use to sexual assault—while the city quietly teams up with its PR firm to spin the narrative, downplaying issues as mental health-related or unsubstantiated. Despite a massive city contract and a mission to hire formerly incarcerated workers, internal investigations dominate without public accountability. Meanwhile, one city bureau refuses to help promote the group amid ongoing criminal probes, exposing a troubling gap between public service and political…
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