COMMENTARY | A case for emergency rent control and affordable housing impact statements Do something!” yet another citizen pleaded with the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners last month, calling attention to our county’s affordable-housing crisis. Ac ...
8 Sep 2016 - Matthew Charles...
A conversation with the state lawmaker about her upcoming role on the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners If you’re a voter in East Portland, chances are your choice for Multnomah County commissioner will be an easy one. State Rep. Jessica Vega Peder ...
5 May 2016 - Ann-Derrick Gaillot
Street Roots asked Multnomah County's 2016 commissioner candidates 13 questions After graduating from the University of Portland, Eric Zimmerman entered the Army and Oregon Army National Guard as a second lieutenant. In 2009, he was deployed to Iraq ...
26 Apr 2016 - Street Roots
Street Roots asked Multnomah County's 2016 commissioner candidates 13 questions Brian Wilson is an active community leader and volunteer, and is a partner in a small multifamily housing and medical clinic development company. He is known for helping ...
26 Apr 2016 - Street Roots
Street Roots asked Multnomah County's 2016 commissioner candidates 13 questions Mel Rader is a strong progressive dedicated to social justice and defending the environment. He has a decade of experience as a political advocate championing public heal ...
26 Apr 2016 - Street Roots
Street Roots asked Multnomah County's 2016 commissioner candidates 13 questions Sharon Meieran is an emergency physician, a former lawyer, a community and public health advocate and a mother. She is also the medical director for the Oregon Foundati ...
26 Apr 2016 - Street Roots
Street Roots asked Multnomah County's 2016 commissioner candidates 13 questions Marisha Childs grew up in Troutdale in the early 1980s and has lived in District 1 for the past 11 years. She attended Oregon Institute of Technology and graduated from t ...
26 Apr 2016 - Street Roots
How would they address the housing crisis? Do they support a safe injection site? And more. Street Roots asked the 2016 Multnomah County commissioner candidates 13 questions — a mix of short answer, yes or no, and multiple choice. The following District 1 ...
21 Apr 2016 - Street Roots
COMMENTARY | A joint office would respond to the needs of people experiencing homelessness An accident brought Sara to a homeless shelter last year. Hit by a car and left unable to work, she quickly discovered that disability benefits were too little to c ...
12 Apr 2016 - Deborah Kafoury and Dan Saltzman
Commissioner Kafoury: In this economic crisis, County must make wise investments By Deborah Kafoury, Contributing Writer On a cold night last winter, I took my 10-year-old son with me to serve dinner at the Winter Warming Shelter. By the time we arrived, ...
16 May 2011 - Street Roots