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  1. Director's Desk: Mayor Charlie Hales and a legacy to build upon

    No other mayor in my tenure has done more for the homeless than Hales We are only weeks away from Donald Trump taking over as the new leader of the free world. People are both scared and angry. We see the dark clouds gathering on the horizon. We know a st ...

    27 Nov 2016 - Israel Bayer

  2. Portlanders seek a City Hall overhaul

    Fed up with the ‘tyranny of the majority,’ they are pushing for a City Council made up of district representatives in lieu of at-large commissioners. And they believe that this time, the effort stands a chance. Deborah Harris ran for mayor of Portland bec ...

    6 Jul 2016 - Thomas Buell Jr.

  3. 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

  4. Director’s Desk: Let’s make dream of safe, affordable housing a reality

    The progress in Multnomah County and Portland is great. But it's not enough. People ask me if the homeless and housing emergency in Multnomah County is working. The short answer is, yes. The long answer is, we’ve got a long way to go.  The most visib ...

    2 Apr 2016 - Israel Bayer

  5. Director’s Desk: We’re inviting ourselves inside your home

    It’s not easy being homeless. Just imagine. A student asked me this week why some of the homeless camps are so hard to keep clean.    I asked the student to imagine: The entire world stepped inside your home at this very moment. Not just anyone, but every ...

    11 Feb 2016 - Israel Bayer

  6. Notable and quotable: Our favorites from 2015

    Words of wisdom from the pope, authors, entertainers and more Pope Francis in an interview with the International Network of Street Papers: "Jesus came into our world without a home, and he chose poverty. The church seeks to embrace us all and says t ...

    23 Dec 2015 - Street Roots Staff

  7. Portland Mayor Charlie Hales on climate change, homelessness

    Less than two weeks before hosting a West Coast summit of his peers, Portland’s mayor talks about the critical agenda items. Street Roots recently sat down with Portland Mayor Charlie Hales and talked about homelessness and climate change. Hales will be j ...

    25 Nov 2015 - Israel Bayer

  8. Mayor drops campaign, calls housing and homelessness top priorities

    'We’ve got some good things starting' Mayor Charlie Hales, fresh from announcing he will not seek reelection in 2016, says that housing and homelessness are “job one,” demanding “real time, real effort and real money.” In a call from Hales aroun ...

    26 Oct 2015 -

  9. Defending the Gorge against fossil fuels

    Pacific Northwest tribes hold their ground against the fossil fuel industry’s encroachment Two months ago, I wrote about the Port of Portland’s plan to build propane export facilities, investigated the problem of “bomb” trains and the blast zone around th ...

    16 Jun 2015 - Stephen Quirke

  10. Let’s make things right on housing

    This year both the City of Portland and Multnomah County launched A Home For Everyone, a new plan to address housing and homelessness in our community. Mayor Charlie Hales and city housing commissioner, Dan Saltzman, along with Multnomah County Chair Debo ...

    17 Apr 2015 - SR editorial board

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