[3] The camp lies at the bottom of a steep bluff, and some have cited difficulties with emergency access as being a priority reason for relocation.

[2] Their appeal was successful, and Mayor Charlie Hales agreed to provide the campers with land, trash service, and restroom facilities, conditional on no further laws being broken.

They also worked to clear all brush within 20 feet of the village, reducing the risk of fire to the site.

[3] In 2018, the city planned to move the community to a shelter in St. Johns, citing the current location between a hill and a busy road as being dangerous.

That year, a representative of the mayor's office stated that the city had spent $52,000 supplying the camp with amenities.

[13] In January, the city announced that it would cut-off services, such as trash pickup and portable toilet facilities, from the community.

Although they cut funding to landscaping, storage, and fencing services, the city continued to provide sanitary stations and trash pickup.

The mayor's office stated that those services would remain for as long as residents continued to camp there.

[15] One of Portland's two converted shipping containers offering safe day storage for homeless residents is located at and managed by the Hazelnut Grove camp.