User:Joe vranvran/Delta Park/Bibliography

Zantow from the Washington Post tells the truth of a diminishing Police force in Portland. Along with this are accounts from officers who state how busy they are and Zantow goes on record to list the types of reports police no longer pay as much attention towards. This article brings up a section about the Delta Park Shopping Center which is located directly behind the field complexes, a notable location that I would have to include. I will use this article to explain  the rising homeless population in the area because of the facts about the police force being cut and the budget with it too.

Kent discusses a possible solution the city of Portland was going to do following COVID-19 to help clean some of the streets up. Also, Kent collects accounts from a business owner in the Delta Park shopping center who stated, following the pandemic, that the trash and camps built up like crazy. Also Kent received a perspective from a homeless woman who is located off of the North Victory Boulevard ramp onto I-5, right next to Delta Park. This article will help my current events section with a more specific lay of the sprawling homeless camps surrounding the area. Also the effects the pandemic had on the park will be important to note and this article will help drive that home.

Hart goes into detail with personal accounts of some people that suffer from addiction and reside alongside Delta Park in either RV’s or structured encampments. Specifically to Delta Park, there is one account in the article of a man who lives nearby and he details his doubts for the city to do anything about the staggering numbers. Also, Hart details the city’s police defunding and covid for being major contributors to the homelessness rise in Portland. Again this article supports a section for “current events” to be added and will give sufficient information. Information like living in RV’s and drugs such as heroin are going to be added to the wikipedia page as well.

This article is about reactions to Trump and his Proud Boys reference back in September of 2020. CNN reporter Elle Reeve was in Delta Park at a Proud Boys rally that had over 300 people in attendance and over 1000 that visited throughout the day, according to the sheriff’s department. This is another example of a current event that is worthy of being included in the Wikipage.

Row and Austin detail the story of a dog owner, Karen Rider, dealing with her dog becoming sick because of puddles on the ground. In result only two off-leash dog zones were left in Portland at the time in 2002 and East Delta Park was temporarily opened. This article will help set up the narrative behind the importance of the park to the city. It can be used in times of need from the city’s perspective and it is also a dog park.

Kavanaugh from the Oregonian writes about the troubling increased rates of theft and property damage in the city of Portland. The Portland urban forestry headquarters, located inside Delta Park has been a target for theft or damage. It is costing the city $261,000 annually to have someone guard the site 24/7 This is one of the more up to date articles on Delta Park today. This article serves as another current event and more specifically, an event where private security has been used in Delta Park.

Conklin writes about Oregon sports and mentions the University of Oregon sand volleyball team playing and beating University of Portland 5-0. This took place at Delta Park in north Portland. This will be used when talking about the importance and spread of what Delta Park has to offer. Sand volleyball courts have not been stated in any other article, this is a new finding for me.

Another article by Angela Hart, detailing the social aspect of the encampments around Delta Park. Personal accounts of the homeless and some of their rules that they have for each other so to not bring in unwanted people. This article gives a look into the social side of the encampments, I will use their accounts of having “tidiness rules” in the makeup of the article.

Drew from CNN writes about the private security guard, Logan Gimbel who was charged with second degree murder. The incident happened on May 29, 2021. This article is a current event that took place and continues this account that I stated earlier.

Conklin reviews a weekend of sports in Oregon at the collegiate level. Oregon sand volleyball competed and beat Portland at Delta Park. This article helps give evidence to important sand volleyball games taking place. This diversifies the park.

Haas describes the Proud Boys rally in much detail. The information provided will do a good job of creating context in the Wikipedia article.

Douglas Perry gives a short description of the Proud Boys rally on Sept. 26 of 2020. More notably, Perry of the Oregonian described the history of Delta Park.

Sarnoff lists notable Proud Boy organizers involved in the events at the Capital on January 6, 2021. Also discussed is prior involvements and court hearings