I'm proud that Street Roots received a Portland Clean Energy Fund grant Our city is poised to make a large investment in climate change equity — and that’s a really big deal. I’m proud that Street Roots is one of 65 organizations to receive grants fr ...
3 Aug 2022 - Kaia Sand
Opinion | While projections are nowhere near last June’s heat dome, sun exposure is always a challenge for people living outside. Here’s how to support your houseless neighbors through the heat, and in many other ways: 1. Bring out the sun (and smoke) gea ...
22 Jun 2022 - Kaia Sand
OPINION | The crisis response program is designed to meet people with compassion in their greatest times of need The Portland Street Response pilot is slated to transform into a city-wide program — still with a limited scope — this spring. It’s really hap ...
19 Jan 2022 - Kaia Sand
OPINION | Most funders of the campaign strategist-led ‘People for Portland’ are anonymous Awash in mystery, there’s a new campaign afoot. Named as if it’s grassroots — People for Portland — all indications are that it’s anything but. Kaia Sand is the exec ...
1 Sep 2021 - Kaia Sand
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
Gentrification has been slowly eating away at our city for the past 20 years. Although during the past five years, with massive rental increases and the gap between the rich and the poor widening, doesn’t it feel like we are on the verge of completely los ...
2 Apr 2015 - Israel Bayer
Oregonian reporter Anna Griffin talks with Israel Bayer about her special report on homelessness in Portland Anna Griffin has been around the block. After spending 10 years at the Charlotte Observer, Griffin moved west to take a job at The Oregonian. Her ...
12 Mar 2015 - Israel Bayer
It’s official! Street Roots is changing its format to online satire. We’ve given up on the idea of reporting real news. We’ve begged and borrowed to fund our journalism department for far too long. Newspapers are changing. Profit margins are down and Stre ...
11 Apr 2013 - Street Roots Staff