Opinion | Kotek’s decision to hide her new task force’s conversations from the public is opaque, unethical and counterproductive Now, I promise what follows isn’t a setup for a joke, though there’s something one could argue is comedic within the subject o ...
6 Sep 2023 - K. Rambo
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
Street Smart Economics | The narrative that downtown Portland isn't recovering as quickly as other city centers is based on a flawed study, writes economist Mary King Local news outlets are reporting downtown Portland is recovering particularly slowl ...
16 Aug 2023 - Mary King
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
Opinion | Sign the Friends of Portland Street Response petition. Volunteer. Lend your logo to the effort. “Not every crisis is a crime,” a Street Roots vendor jotted on a scrap of paper four years ago to hold up at a city council budget meeting. Kaia Sand ...
24 Jul 2023 - Kaia Sand
Transforming Justice | Parole and probation, once thought a solution to mass incarceration, increased drastically since the 1980s. A new movement seeks to make it more equitable. Hope, racial equity and success are some of the values we want at the core o ...
19 Jul 2023 - Babak Zolfaghar... and Shannon Wight
Opinion | Deaths due to fentanyl use are rising. We can, and should, use harm reduction techniques to mitigate risks. Vendor program director DeVon Pouncey and I walked through Old Town nearly every week for the past six years, but these walks changed the ...
19 Jul 2023 - Kaia Sand
Opinion | The collective strength of Old Town is a force to be reckoned with. How do we continue a campaign of hope for our neighborhood? Hope is on the rise in Old Town. Kaia Sand is the executive director of Street Roots. This column represents her view ...
12 Jul 2023 - Kaia Sand