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Good policy, not politics, expected from Portland’s declaration

We know we can be successful given the right resources and tools Someone asked me this week: Is the homeless and housing crisis really something that should be declared a state of emergency, or was it just politics? I don’t know. You tell me. Is having th ...

8 Oct 2015 - Israel Bayer
City, county looking for landlords to house homeless veterans

Despite veterans’ access to vouchers and funding, finding landlords willing to rent to them has been a challenge With approximately 360 Portland-area veterans still in need of housing, city and county officials are pleading with landlords to consider taki ...

24 Jul 2015 - Emily Green
City of Portland’s Climate Action Plan avoids region’s biggest climate issue

Last week, Portland City Council approved an update to the Climate Action Plan. As a candidate for City Council, I would like to weigh in with some ideas for how we can achieve a sustainable and equitable community. For context, I have worked closely with ...

7 Jul 2015 - Nick Caleb
It's up to City Hall

Federal government isn’t solving big-picture problems, so maybe… The seasons are changing here in Portland. The sun is finally starting to shine with some consistency, the days are getting longer, the darkness is fading into winter’s past, conversations o ...

1 Jun 2015 - M. Nels Johnson
Editorial: solutions, not sweeps, will end homelessness

Homeless camp sweeps in Portland illustrate dearth of services available now Every year about this time, like clockwork, the City of Portland conducts annual camp sweeps in inner Southeast Portland, and eventually parts of downtown right before the Rose F ...

28 May 2015 - SR editorial board
Portland, the DOJ and the slow moving gears of mental health services

In 2013, the city agreed to create a mental health center in its settlement with the Department of Justice over police use of force. Two years later, what that would look like is all still a matter of perspective. Local hospitals are going full steam ahea ...

7 May 2015 - Christen McCurdy
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
It’s time to turn the urgency around housing into action

The Home For Everyone board recently submitted recommendations to the City of Portland and Multnomah County. Home For Everyone is a plan to bring the community together to oversee an array of complex services to deliver the best outcomes for ending indivi ...

26 Mar 2015 - Israel Bayer
Housing initiatives a step toward ‘righting the ship’

In his State of the City address, delivered last week before City Club of Portland, Mayor Charlie Hales talked about spending the past two years “righting the ship.” Financially, the city is stronger than it has been for several years, with commissioners ...

6 Feb 2015 - SR editorial board
How understanding the neurobiology of trauma helps Portland police work with domestic violence survivors

"Becky” was in a state of disbelief. One week ago she told her boyfriend she was pregnant. Now he was handing her a hat, insisting, Becky says, that she cover up the bleeding wound he had allegedly inflicted to the back of her head only moments earli ...

20 Jan 2015 - Emily Green