OPINION | County Chair Jessica Vega Pederson announces plan to begin housing homeless Multnomah County residents Multnomah County Chair Jessica Vega Pederson announced a planned $14 million investment to begin housing homeless Multnomah County residents F ...
8 Feb 2023 - Kaia Sand
Peopled with business representatives, the groups give recommendations to the mayor In late January, the mayor’s office announced a new plan to restore the Central Eastside Industrial District neighborhood. “My office has partnered with the Central Eastsi ...
8 Feb 2023 - Piper McDaniel
Gov. Tina Kotek laid the groundwork when she declared homelessness a state of emergency, but advocates and homeless Oregonians remain skeptical of lawmakers as legislative session starts Norman Lee LeDuff lives less than a mile from the Oregon State Capit ...
1 Feb 2023 - Tom Henderson
Emails with city officials raise questions about what is and isn’t lobbying Sam Adams, then-director of strategy and innovation for Mayor Ted Wheeler, professed optimism in an interview with the newly minted Revitalize Portland Coalition, or RPC, publishe ...
25 Jan 2023 - Piper McDaniel
The Mental Health Association of Portland opposes city of Portland’s camps for people who are homeless, as described in five resolutions passed by four of five City Council members The Mental Health Association of Portland opposes the city of Portland’s c ...
16 Nov 2022 - Mental Health A...
As fire danger escalates in Southern Oregon, Medford City Council candidate Matt Roberts seeks to criminalize those living on the frontlines of climate change On a sweltering October day in Medford, Oregon, five Medford police officers approached a tent n ...
19 Oct 2022 - Sam Becker
Where SR stands on amendments to the state constitution, city and county charter reforms Charter reform measure (Measure 26-228) This measure promises to bring Portland’s city government into the modern era, improve representation on City Council, rein i ...
19 Oct 2022 - SR editorial board
For many housed people, there is a tendency to conflate unhoused populations with violent crime and danger, but crime rates tell a different story. Editor's note: This story contains graphic descriptions of violence. In May, Willamette Week reported ...
13 Jul 2022 - Piper McDaniel
A complaint argues the nonprofit acts as a political committee The Oregon Secretary of State’s Office is investigating People for Portland for possible election law violations. The controversial nonprofit organization became an influential voice in the lo ...
30 Jun 2022 - Piper McDaniel
Opinion | Portland should build a local Project Turnkey Program The Comfort Inn sign is now wrapped in black plastic, but plenty of hotel amenities remain at River Haven, a housing program for people in early recovery run by Central City Concern. The hote ...
15 Jun 2022 - Kaia Sand