PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Mayor Sam Adams says the Occupy Portland movement has lost control of the encampment in two downtown park blocks, and it must end by midnight Saturday.
Adams said Lownsdale and Chapman squares, now the site of a tent and blue-tarp city, will be closed as of 12:01 a.m. Sunday.
When it reopens, the mayor said at a Thursday news conference, the city will enforce laws against camping and erecting structures.
The occupation began Oct. 6 in support of the Occupy Wall Street movement.
