About a dozen tents have re-appeared on a concrete slab of county-owned property in downtown Eugene known as the 鈥淏utterfly鈥� lot. Campers are back to protest how the city and county are dealing with homelessness.
The scene of cardboard and tarp covered tents has returned to 8 th and Oak Street. Campers strongly object to the county鈥檚 plan of establishing an overnight curfew.
Peeking out from his tent, 65-year old 鈥淏ob鈥� says he鈥檚 not really happy about being so exposed downtown. There is too much activity and this weekend, temperatures dropped below 30 degrees.
鈥淚鈥檓 just trying to get my next move organized because I鈥檓 going back over to 99. It鈥檚 a lot safer and this is just asking for it.鈥�
Two weeks ago, the county relocated campers from the Butterfly lot to a gravel parking area on Highway 99.
In a statement, Lane County called the Butterfly lot camping 鈥渋llegal鈥� and cited concerns over health and the safety of all people in the downtown core.
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