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Street Roots editorial: Bold actions needed on housing emergency

Street Roots was glad to hear that Mayor Charlie Hales declared a state of emergency on housing and homelessness in our community this week. The question now becomes: Does the mayor and other elected officials have the capacity and political will to seize ...

24 Sep 2015 - SR editorial board
Director's Desk: In loving memory of Old Portland

Portland has left us with an amazing and troubled legacy I had the pleasure of being asked to read a short eulogy, along with other longtime Portlanders, this past week at a funeral for Old Portland. The funeral was held to pay respects to a Portland th ...

20 Aug 2015 - Israel Bayer
Feds: Don’t criminalize homeless for camping

The Department of Justice’s statement could  affect the future of Portland’s camping ban People experiencing homelessness and their advocates got a powerful new ally in their corner when it comes to decriminalizing sleeping outdoors — the U.S. Department ...

14 Aug 2015 - Emily Green
Stumptown redux: What to do about Portland's loss of trees

Portland is losing large healthy trees to development and street “improvements.” It needn’t and shouldn’t. Here’s what to do about it. In East Moreland neighborhood, residents organize to save three massive sequoia trees after a developer secured a permit ...

30 Jul 2015 - Jim Labbe
Portland Business Alliance: We can do better than this

The Portland Business Alliance took out a full-page ad in today’s Oregonian with the headline, “We can do better than this.” The ad goes on to say, “Our city is experiencing a crisis on our streets and in our parks. Everyday thousands of people sleep in o ...

15 Jul 2015 - Israel Bayer
Director's Desk: The streets are alive with the good, the bad and the ugly

The streets are hot, literally. It’s summertime in the city. People are everywhere. If you are a Portlander then you’re probably spending as much time as possible soaking up the sun. It’s that time. The days are longer. Our senses seem sharper. The mornin ...

18 Jun 2015 - Israel Bayer
Portland City Council stands firm in URA housing vote

It was as if some long-lost, housing-positive energy descended upon City Hall this past Wednesday. It was the vote – or rather a series of votes – that reminded onlookers that housing for all once was — and should be again — a priority for our civic lead ...

2 Apr 2015 - SR editorial board
Director's Desk: Let's not lose our funk, Portland

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
Director's Desk: Homelessness series packed with many lessons

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
TriMet Exclusions: One wrong step

Public defenders say petty criminal charges police issue to TriMet riders are wasting Portland-metro area court resources This past July, at the Tigard Transit Center, Chris Tejero was arrested and slapped with two misdemeanor charges after he boarded Tri ...

10 Mar 2015 - Emily Green