Tax dollars should not support the exploitation of reforestation workers Two workforces coexist in Oregon: one that enjoys the protection of labor and safety laws, and one that does not. For three decades, thousands of Latin American immigrant and guest ...
18 Feb 2016 - SR editorial board
Efforts center on inclusionary zoning and renters’ rights Talk of addressing the region’s housing crisis has taken the form of several bills heading through the Oregon State Legislature this short session. Among them are several that raise the issue of in ...
4 Feb 2016 - SR editorial board
Governor, lawmakers should work to standardize investments in affordable housing It’s not just Portland experiencing a housing crisis. Many communities throughout Oregon are facing a severe affordable housing shortage. Add this to rising rents and stagnat ...
14 Jan 2016 - SR editorial board
Siting a mass shelter at the vacant jail would be nothing short of warehousing the poor far, far away When one advocate brought a petition to Street Roots and others in the community hoping to gather public support for the Wapato Jail, an empty facility i ...
7 Jan 2016 - SR editorial board
That will only come if the housing crisis is addressed on multiple fronts. This week, Oregon’s House Democrats joined the chorus of elected officials calling for relief to the housing crisis facing the region. We trust, as with the emergency declarations ...
19 Nov 2015 - SR editorial board
Invest in a solution that works, even if it's controversial This past year, there were 122 heroin-related deaths in Oregon, with 80 in Portland’s tri-county area. According to county officials, heroin use in our city has increased steadily over the p ...
27 Aug 2015 - SR editorial board
Oregon lawmakers made a bold statement this session when they decided that all law enforcement agencies in the state must establish policies that prohibit profiling. This is less of an impact on Portland, where such a policy is already on the books, but i ...
10 Jul 2015 - SR editorial board
This month, a seldom-quoted document called the Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness got a bit of a makeover. It’s only five years old, but the nation’s only comprehensive policy for addressing homelessness was falling behind the times. ...
29 Jun 2015 - SR editorial board
For many years, the budget process for Multnomah County was a painful study in having to do more with less. That is not the case for now. This year, Chair Deborah Kafoury’s 2016 proposed budget is $1.7 billion, with more than $90 million in expected new ...
12 Jun 2015 - SR editorial board
Homeless camp sweeps in Portland illustrate dearth of services available now Every year about this time, like clockwork, the City of Portland conducts annual camp sweeps in inner Southeast Portland, and eventually parts of downtown right before the Rose F ...
28 May 2015 - SR editorial board