Director’s Desk | However, West Coast cities shouldn’t take the same approach — here’s why: You may have caught headlines that New York City’s right-to-shelter policy is under threat. If it’s worth fighting for in New York, you might wonder, why aren’t we ...
18 Oct 2023 - Kaia Sand
Opinion | Oregon Shakespeare Festival explores homelessness while homelessness abounds nearby Juliet’s family lives in a camper beneath a bridge. Kaia Sand is the executive director of Street Roots. This column represents her views. The friar — Romeo’s co ...
11 Oct 2023 - Kaia Sand
Opinion | The Portland camping ban is dangerous and reckless Editor’s note: This column discusses power-based violence and death. There’s a separation at Street Roots that is complicated but worth it. That’s the firewall between our journalism and our adv ...
4 Oct 2023 - Kaia Sand
Opinion | Amid all the changes in policy and practice around Old Town, the Oct. 5 Morning Broadcast shows Street Roots holds steady in its mission My bus drove north when a street car passed, heading south. I glimpsed a Street Roots vendor across the way ...
27 Sep 2023 - Kaia Sand
Opinion | Kotek should steer the bus toward Oregon Health Authority fixing Medicaid rules As Gov. Tina Kotek dives into the future of Portland, she should use her clout to make sure Portland Street Response unlocks federal funding. Every month this doesn’ ...
22 Sep 2023 - Kaia Sand
Opinion | Poetry on the environments of the unhoused and displaced Grab a copy of Orion, a national magazine of nature and culture, this month to read five Street Roots poets — Bronwyn Carver, Daniel Cox, Randy Humphreys, George McCarthy and Michone Nettl ...
20 Sep 2023 - Kaia Sand
Opinion | Jo Ann Hardesty was subjected to relentless racist and sexist attacks during her tenure on City Council The map is complete, and soon, Portland City Council candidates will announce their intentions to run. Kaia Sand is the executive director of ...
23 Aug 2023 - Kaia Sand
Opinion | This new elevator will allow more access and ease for vendors You may have caught sight of the cranes inserting steel framing into a newly constructed elevator shaft in the Street Roots building under construction at Northwest 3rd Street and Bur ...
16 Aug 2023 - Kaia Sand
Opinion | Petition for PSR amasses more than 10,000 signatures Friends of Portland Street Response organizers delivered a 10,000-signatures-and-growing petition to Portland City Hall on Aug. 2 at noon, celebrating on the steps with a giant check depicting ...
9 Aug 2023 - Kaia Sand
Opinion | A new section in the guide lists services for people exiting incarceration GET YOUR ROSE CITY RESOURCE GUIDES Pick up Rose City Resource guides by visiting our office at 211 NW Davis St. in Old Town. We are open 8:30 a.m.- 2 p.m. Monday, Wednesd ...
2 Aug 2023 - Kaia Sand