[jyl]

Here is a question.

There is a couple who lives in a van. They have been parking on the busy street by my house. I live on a corner lot, they are parked on the busy "side street" of my house, not the quiet "front street" of my house. I don't see the van from my house - there is an 8 foot fence on that side of the property, and then a 6 foot slope down to the street. I go to that side only to maintain the sidewalk strip, i.e. maybe once every other week. So they are not bothering me. They must move around, because I don't see the van there every night. I actually had no idea people were living in it, until my neighbor across the street let me know. I live in a nice residential neighborhood. There aren't any street people here, until now anyway.

The question is, what would you do? I think (not positive) it is illegal to camp in a car on public roads in Portland. Most likely I could call the police and get this couple rousted and told to find some other location. Should I? Would you?