Vendor Profiles
Street Roots vendor profile | A lot to look forward to
As a kid, Amelia Lake took lessons in flamenco and blues guitar. At family gatherings in San Francisco, San Antonio and Atlanta, she’d play whatever songs she was working on. These days, when she’s handed a guitar, she’ll play Neil Young songs: “When You Dance I Can Really Love” and “Harvest Moon.” She just learned…
Opinion
Street Roots Podcast | Talking with Street Roots vendor Dan Newth
On this episode of the Street Roots Podcast, longtime Street Roots vendor Dan Newth joined host DeVon Pouncey and discussed what it has been like to be able to return to selling the print edition of Street Roots after it was suspended in March. “It was like reconnecting with myself, or a part of myself," he…
Street Roots Endorsement | Yes on enabling campaign finance limits
This measure would amend the Oregon Constitution to allow governments within the state to place limits on political campaign and campaign-related contributions and spending within their jurisdictions. It also would allow state and local governments to create laws requiring that political advertisements disclose their funders. This measure does not actually place any limits in and…
Street Roots Endorsement | No on raising tobacco taxes
This measure would raise taxes on cigarettes $2–$2.50 per pack and raise the limit on the taxable percentage of cigars. It would also establish a tax that’s 65% of the wholesale price on e-cigarette and vape tobacco products. Oregon does not tax vape products at present. This was a tough call because raising taxes on…
Street Roots Endorsement | Yes on legalizing psilocybin therapy
This measure is asking Oregonians to make their state the first to legalize medicinal use of psilocybin, the psychedelic drug found in “magic mushrooms.” The measure would only allow for the use of psilocybin in controlled medical settings as part of a program overseen by Oregon Health Authority. The state agency would have two years…
Street Roots Endorsement | Yes on decriminalizing personal drug possession and increasing treatment funding
Measure 110 would reduce possession of small amounts of illegal drugs, such as heroin, methamphetamine and cocaine, from a misdemeanor to a Class E violation, which is a civil infraction. If this measure passes, a person found in possession of an illegal drug would have the choice of either paying a $100 fine or completing…
Street Roots Endorsement | Yes on universal preschool in Multnomah County
This measure would establish free preschool for all 3- and 4-year-olds living in Multnomah County, and it would be funded through a tax on high-income earners. Access to early childhood education is proven to improve outcomes later in life. In looking to solutions that could help lower future incidences of homelessness, Street Roots found preschool…
Street Roots Endorsement | Yes on creating a new system of police oversight
This measure would amend the city charter to create an independent community police oversight board, appointed by City Council, that would have more access to information and authority to hold police accountable than the present police oversight system. Currently, the Independent Police Review, housed in the City Auditor’s office, along with the Citizen Review Committee,…
Podcast
Street Roots Podcast | Talking with Street Roots vendor Dan Newth
On this episode of the Street Roots Podcast, longtime Street Roots vendor Dan Newth joined host DeVon Pouncey and discussed what it has been like to be able to return to selling the print edition of Street Roots after it was suspended in March. “It was like reconnecting with myself, or a part of myself," he…
Housing
Ted Wheeler | Mayoral candidates weigh in on the crisis on our streets
Among Portland’s last four mayors, Ted Wheeler is the first to seek re-election. It’s a tough job. Portland’s mayor often gets all the blame for the city’s problems while operating in a “weak mayor” government structure, where the mayor’s vote carries no more weight than the votes of other city commissioners. The mayor typically serves…
Sarah Iannarone | Mayoral candidates weigh in on the crisis on our streets
Community organizer Sarah Iannarone first ran for mayor of Portland in 2016, earning about 12% of the vote. Since then, her profile and popularity have grown among Portland’s many activist and progressive circles. In the first vote of this mayoral race, she doubled her percentage points in a crowded field of candidates. Recent polling suggests…
Teressa Raiford | Mayoral candidates weigh in on the crisis on our streets
This is the first time we’ve included a write-in candidate in our election issue, but we believe the circumstances around Teressa Raiford’s campaign warrant her inclusion. The massive Black Lives Matter movement that has unfolded in our city was ignited after the May election, where Raiford secured just under 9% of the vote. Raiford is…
Chloe Eudaly | City Council candidates on homelessness, gun violence, police oversight
Chloe Eudaly, the incumbent, went from a bookstore owner and housing activist to a city commissioner in 2017 after being propelled to office on a grassroots campaign promising to fight for better renter protections. In seeking re-election in May, Eudaly received 31% of votes. This was more than any other candidate, but because it was…
Mingus Mapps | City Council candidates on homelessness, gun violence and police oversight
Mingus Mapps decided to make a run for Portland City Council after he was terminated from the city’s Office of Community & Civic Life, a bureau his opponent, Commissioner Chloe Eudaly, oversees. He has said he was let go for refusing to discipline a subordinate. His experiences in the bureau left him with the impression…
News
Ted Wheeler | Mayoral candidates weigh in on the crisis on our streets
Among Portland’s last four mayors, Ted Wheeler is the first to seek re-election. It’s a tough job. Portland’s mayor often gets all the blame for the city’s problems while operating in a “weak mayor” government structure, where the mayor’s vote carries no more weight than the votes of other city commissioners. The mayor typically serves…
Sarah Iannarone | Mayoral candidates weigh in on the crisis on our streets
Community organizer Sarah Iannarone first ran for mayor of Portland in 2016, earning about 12% of the vote. Since then, her profile and popularity have grown among Portland’s many activist and progressive circles. In the first vote of this mayoral race, she doubled her percentage points in a crowded field of candidates. Recent polling suggests…
Teressa Raiford | Mayoral candidates weigh in on the crisis on our streets
This is the first time we’ve included a write-in candidate in our election issue, but we believe the circumstances around Teressa Raiford’s campaign warrant her inclusion. The massive Black Lives Matter movement that has unfolded in our city was ignited after the May election, where Raiford secured just under 9% of the vote. Raiford is…
Chloe Eudaly | City Council candidates on homelessness, gun violence, police oversight
Chloe Eudaly, the incumbent, went from a bookstore owner and housing activist to a city commissioner in 2017 after being propelled to office on a grassroots campaign promising to fight for better renter protections. In seeking re-election in May, Eudaly received 31% of votes. This was more than any other candidate, but because it was…
Mingus Mapps | City Council candidates on homelessness, gun violence and police oversight
Mingus Mapps decided to make a run for Portland City Council after he was terminated from the city’s Office of Community & Civic Life, a bureau his opponent, Commissioner Chloe Eudaly, oversees. He has said he was let go for refusing to discipline a subordinate. His experiences in the bureau left him with the impression…
