Lawyer in Portland ADA suit urges city to dissolve homelessness partnership with Multnomah County

Attorney John DiLorenzo said the county’s now-halted plan to distribute fentanyl smoking supplies posed “clear and present dangers” to people with disabilities.

PORTLAND, Ore. — Fallout from the Multnomah County Health Department’s now-suspended plan to distribute fentanyl “smoking supplies” through its harm reduction program continued on Tuesday, bringing in a letter from a Portland attorney urging the city to break off its 7-year homelessness partnership with Multnomah County.

John DiLorenzo, Jr., of the law firm Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, represented a group of 10 people with disabilities who sued the city of Portland last September, alleging that the city violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by

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