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Director’s Desk: Beyond all the politics, Portland budget plan a bold step forward

There's no good reason a minor business tax hike should stir controversy Each of the proposed budgets by Multnomah County and Portland invests heavily in housing and homeless services, pledging more than $50 million in additional support toward the h ...

5 May 2016 - Israel Bayer
Portland groups divided on camping ban

In court, civil rights groups question constitutionality of laws business leaders want the mayor to enforce On April 21, several area civil rights groups, charities and religious organizations united to file an amicus brief in the ongoing appeal of Alexan ...

28 Apr 2016 - Emily Green
Director’s Desk: Lawsuit punctuates fight to sleep in peace

Dignity Village co-founder Jack Tafari led a fight that continues 16 years later Call it irony, or possibly a simple twist of fate, that Jack Tafari, an iconic leader who helped co-found Dignity Village and fight against Portland’s camping ban, passed awa ...

21 Apr 2016 - Israel Bayer
Portland police event criticized for excluding marginalized groups

With its $1,000 admission price, exclusionary Meet the Heat event promotes narrow agenda, protesters say Attendees to a fundraiser at the Portland Police Training Center in Northeast Portland the morning of Friday, April 1, were greeted by a group of prot ...

8 Apr 2016 - Ann-Derrick Gaillot
Street Roots editorial: PBA’s anti-panhandling campaign hampers progress

Restricting access to income goes against everything Street Roots believes The most recent anti-homeless campaign by downtown’s Portland’s Clean and Safe Program and the Portland Business Alliance would be laughable if it weren’t so dangerous. The public ...

3 Mar 2016 - SR editorial board
We've made progress on housing, thanks to ‘the Portland in us'

COMMENTARY | City Commissioner Dan Saltzman is proud of work done in 2015 A week ago, the Portland Business Alliance came into my office with one of its members. This member had a building downtown that he would be selling in the coming months, but the bu ...

31 Dec 2015 - Dan Saltzman
Portland Business Alliance: We can do better than this

The Portland Business Alliance took out a full-page ad in today’s Oregonian with the headline, “We can do better than this.” The ad goes on to say, “Our city is experiencing a crisis on our streets and in our parks. Everyday thousands of people sleep in o ...

15 Jul 2015 - Israel Bayer
We have the energy to power solutions

What happens when a group of people experiencing homelessness and poverty decide to take matters into their own hands and organize to improve their quality of life? Unfortunately, they often are looked upon as a nuisance in the community. It’s common know ...

16 Jan 2014 - Israel Bayer
Time to step out of the sidewalk quagmire

A bill that would essentially revive Portland’s sit-lie law died in an Oregon Senate committee last week. That’s good news for people experiencing homelessness and free speech advocates around the state. In Portland, it’s far more complex. The Portland Bu ...

7 Jun 2013 - SR editorial board
Portland Business Alliance goes to Salem to change sidewalk laws

By Joanne Zuhl, Staff Writer The Portland Business Alliance has brought forth a bill to the Oregon Legislature that for all intents and purposes is a shot over the bow of the city’s sidewalks — and everyone who uses them. House Bill 2963, under the genera ...

21 Feb 2013 - Joanne Zuhl