Portland Mayor Keith Wilson plans to soon resume enforcing the city’s homeless camping ban after a monthslong hiatus, one of his senior advisers said Wednesday.

Skyler Brocker-Knapp, who oversees Portland’s homeless services and livability programs, told participants at a bi-weekly meeting focused on downtown issues that police will begin issuing citations again Nov. 1 to those not in compliance with the city’s time, place and manner rules, according to a video recording of the remarks obtained by The Oregonian/OregonLive.

City first responders and teams of social service workers will spend the next several weeks doing outreach about the camping ban, Brocker-Knapp said.

“We will need to educate folks on the street on what the rules are, what they are able to do, what they are not able

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