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  1. SR Editorial: Proposed county budget makes smart connections

    For many years, the budget process for Multnomah County was a painful study in having to do more with less.  That is not the case for now. This year, Chair Deborah Kafoury’s 2016 proposed budget is $1.7 billion, with more than $90 million in expected new ...

    12 Jun 2015 - SR editorial board

  2. Bold moves a good start to prioritizing people

    Bold. That’s the word we would use to describe Multnomah County right now. Multnomah County Chair Marissa Madrigal and the County Commissioners are going big. A new $1.4 million mental health program to prevent people experiencing mental health problems f ...

    9 May 2014 - SR editorial board

  3. HUD’s hatchet job

    The federal sequester chops $13 million from Oregon’s social-service network, leaving housing and homeless programs bracing to absorb the hit By Jake Thomas and Joanne Zuhl, Staff Writers By now, every American is probably familiar with the term and conce ...

    6 May 2013 - Street Roots Staff

  4. Housing and homeless services face deep cuts

    The new 2013-14 proposed budget from the City of Portland is out. The Portland Housing Bureau, which oversees a myriad of housing and homeless services, is facing a $1 million dollar cut from the city budget and an additional $1.2 million dollar cut from ...

    7 Feb 2013 - Street Roots Staff

  5. Speak your mind on County Motor Vehicle Rental Tax

    Speak your mind on County Motor Vehicle Rental Tax Tomorrow morning is the first hearing for a proposed Multnomah County rental car tax increase. The extra revenue raised by the tax could help patch the $42 million county budget shortfall and potentially ...

    6 May 2009 - Street Roots

  6. Sending out an S.O.S.

    Sending out an S.O.S. Police, shelter workers and advocates work to piece together a month long pattern of violence By Rebecca Robinson Contributing Writer On a recent Friday afternoon at Sisters of the Road Café on Northwest Davis Street, women shared th ...

    1 May 2009 - Street Roots

  7. Housing and homeless services saved for now...

    Housing and homeless services saved for now... Mayor Sam Adams and housing commissioner Nick Fish announced a total of $9.98 million increase in base services for people experiencing homelessness and poverty in the FY 2009-2010 proposed budget. The entire ...

    1 May 2009 - Street Roots

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