Director’s Desk | Nearly a fifth of PSU students experienced homelessness in the past year, report shows A shelter for homeless Portland State University students has been closed for almost a year for a reason far too common within responses to homelessne ...
22 May 2024 - Kaia Sand
Director’s Desk | New Burnside Street building grand opening is Aug. 1 James Duby rolled up to the Street Roots building on Northwest Third Avenue and Burnside Street and pressed the wheelchair access button. The copper-colored doors slowly opened. James ...
15 May 2024 - Kaia Sand
Director’s Desk | Proposed city budget maintains PSR’s $7.4 million funding, moves it under new Public Safety Division M ayor Ted Wheeler proposed to stabilize Portland Street Response’s future by designating ongoing city funds and relocating it under the ...
8 May 2024 - Kaia Sand
Opinion | The street paper movement bends toward democracy For Street Roots reporter Jeremiah Hayden to cover in person what is likely the most significant U.S. Supreme Court case impacting people experiencing homelessness in decades, Street Roots had to ...
1 May 2024 - Kaia Sand
Director’s Desk | From an office chair, to a coffee station your contribution can help us open our dream space You may have been following our efforts to find and renovate a new, permanent building for Street Roots over the past few years. Kaia Sand is th ...
3 Apr 2024 - Kaia Sand
Opinion | The renowned firm committed $330,000 of services to realize a new building for Street Roots Nearly five years ago, Holst Architecture principal and owner Dave Otte made a promise to Street Roots. Once we found a building to support our ever-expa ...
20 Mar 2024 - Kaia Sand
Director’s Desk | It needs to be fixed, but for now, ‘kick it forward’ If you are one of the 100 richest people in the state, you’ll receive an average of $800,000 from the Oregon surplus credit, known as the “kicker.” Kaia Sand is the executive director ...
6 Mar 2024 - Kaia Sand
Opinion | Led by artist Cole Reed, vendors repurpose furniture for the new location The end of the renovation project was in sight — until it wasn’t. Kaia Sand is the executive director of Street Roots. This column represents her views. That’s because whe ...
21 Feb 2024 - Kaia Sand
Director’s Desk | Culminating gift of $27,000 honors co-founder’s mother A Street Roots reader spotted a vendor and quickly stopped to buy a newspaper on the way to an appointment — that is a familiar scenario. Kaia Sand is the executive director of Stree ...
14 Feb 2024 - Kaia Sand
Opinion | It’s an act of bad faith to pit the Portland Street Response against the Portland Fire Bureau If budgets are how a city demonstrates its values, city leadership must show it values Portland Street Response. Kaia Sand is the executive director of ...
5 Feb 2024 - Kaia Sand