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  1. Housing issues promise to dominate legislative session

    Gov. Tina Kotek laid the groundwork when she declared homelessness a state of emergency, but advocates and homeless Oregonians remain skeptical of lawmakers as legislative session starts Norman Lee LeDuff lives less than a mile from the Oregon State Capit ...

    1 Feb 2023 - Tom Henderson

  2. Portland business interests walk a murky line with lobbying

    Emails with city officials raise questions about what is and isn’t lobbying Sam Adams, then-director of strategy and innovation for Mayor Ted Wheeler, professed optimism in an interview with the newly minted Revitalize Portland Coalition, or RPC, publishe ...

    25 Jan 2023 - Piper McDaniel

  3. Opinion l Mental Health Association of Portland tells City Council its plan for mass encampments is costly, inhumane and ineffective

    The Mental Health Association of Portland opposes city of Portland’s camps for people who are homeless, as described in five resolutions passed by four of five City Council members The Mental Health Association of Portland opposes the city of Portland’s c ...

    16 Nov 2022 - Mental Health A...

  4. Medford City Council candidate stirs up anti-poor politics with environmentalism

    As fire danger escalates in Southern Oregon, Medford City Council candidate Matt Roberts seeks to criminalize those living on the frontlines of climate change On a sweltering October day in Medford, Oregon, five Medford police officers approached a tent n ...

    19 Oct 2022 - Sam Becker

  5. Opinion | Street Roots endorsements for 2022 measures

    Where SR stands on amendments to the state constitution, city and county charter reforms Charter reform measure  (Measure 26-228) This measure promises to bring Portland’s city government into the modern era, improve representation on City Council, rein i ...

    19 Oct 2022 - SR editorial board

  6. Homeless people are more likely to be victims of violence than housed people

    For many housed people, there is a tendency to conflate unhoused populations with violent crime and danger, but crime rates tell a different story. Editor's note: This story contains graphic descriptions of violence. In May, Willamette Week reported ...

    13 Jul 2022 - Piper McDaniel

  7. Secretary of State investigating People for Portland for possible election law violations

    A complaint argues the nonprofit acts as a political committee The Oregon Secretary of State’s Office is investigating People for Portland for possible election law violations. The controversial nonprofit organization became an influential voice in the lo ...

    30 Jun 2022 - Piper McDaniel

  8. Kaia Sand | Central City Concern transformed a hotel into housing

    Opinion | Portland should build a local Project Turnkey Program The Comfort Inn sign is now wrapped in black plastic, but plenty of hotel amenities remain at River Haven, a housing program for people in early recovery run by Central City Concern. The hote ...

    15 Jun 2022 - Kaia Sand

  9. Independent homebuyers can’t compete with investors

    Amid tight housing market, investors snap up homes in record numbers. Portland renters and prospective non-investment homebuyers are feeling the impact. Like most major metropolitan areas in the United States, the Portland metro is experiencing inflation ...

    13 Apr 2022 - Melanie Henshaw

  10. Law enforcement coin related to Portland protests under review by sheriff’s office

    An illustration of a burning Multnomah County Justice Center and a secretive abbreviation are among the content of a law enforcement challenge coin now being reviewed by the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office Professional Standards Unit.  Several 2020 Port ...

    13 Apr 2022 - K. Rambo

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