Director’s Desk | Kaia Sand launches ‘Better not Backward’ column series exploring next steps two years into Measure 110 with a visit to the Overdose Prevention Society Our conversation began in the dark. Trey Helten had warned me before I walked the mile ...
15 Nov 2023 - Kaia Sand
OPINION | Responsibilties of the state in addressing the homelessness crisis Steel your gaze on the state. Gov. Tina Kotek signaled she is prioritizing housing and homelessness by issuing three executive orders on her first day in office, Jan 10. Kaia San ...
18 Jan 2023 - Kaia Sand
OPINION | The Behavioral Health Resource Center adds drop-in, showers, laundry and shelter It’s easy to spot the new Behavioral Health Resource Center downtown at Southwest Park Avenue and Oak Street because it’s adorned with a three-story mural by artist ...
23 Nov 2022 - Kaia Sand
OPINION | It is the best of plans, it is the worst of plans: Talk to those impacted before voting to change their lives The mayor’s office, along with Commissioner Dan Ryan, unleashed the best of the plans and the worst of plans, with no evidence that unh ...
26 Oct 2022 - Kaia Sand
Opinion | Spurred by need and creativity, Street Roots' growth demands more space Jason found Street Roots its new organizational home. It was February of 2021, and I was biking around Old Town, a map of properties printed from Portland Maps clutched ...
17 Aug 2022 - Kaia Sand
I'm proud that Street Roots received a Portland Clean Energy Fund grant Our city is poised to make a large investment in climate change equity — and that’s a really big deal. I’m proud that Street Roots is one of 65 organizations to receive grants fr ...
3 Aug 2022 - Kaia Sand