COMMENTARY | The community has stepped up, but there is still much work to do I am not one to sugarcoat or gloss over the realities of what we have faced over the last several years in Portland. We have been weathering one of the most severe affordable-ho ...
15 Dec 2016 - Dan Saltzman
COMMENTARY | Please support Open and Accountable Elections The amount was $400,000. In four months. That’s what I had to raise to run for Portland City Council. Running to be the third person of color and the eighth woman ever to serve the city I love was ...
20 Oct 2016 - Serena Cruz
Commentary: We want Portland to be a place where everyone can afford a home Portland is experiencing an unprecedented housing crisis. Rents are up nearly 15 percent over last year, and low vacancy rates are making it harder to find a place to live. These ...
16 Jun 2016 - Deborah Kafoury and Dan Saltzman
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
City Council should join other progressive cities in opposing environmentally destructive trade pact Portland is a national leader in addressing climate change. City Council passed a historic resolution to oppose new fossil fuel infrastructure last year, ...
24 Mar 2016 - SR editorial board
Anti-displacement measures are already set. Council just needs to say 'Yes!' Portland’s City Council has a historic opportunity to act on its stated commitment to racial equity and to lay the foundation for a more just future for our city. The c ...
8 Oct 2015 - Marisa A. Zapata
California has one year of water left and is in a drought cycle with no end in sight. Let that sink in. Climate change is happening, and the effects are already terrifying. The pace and intensity of change are only expected to increase the longer we wait ...
3 Apr 2015 - Nick Caleb
It was as if some long-lost, housing-positive energy descended upon City Hall this past Wednesday. It was the vote – or rather a series of votes – that reminded onlookers that housing for all once was — and should be again — a priority for our civic lead ...
2 Apr 2015 - SR editorial board
Our city lacks the tools and resources to meet our various affordable housing goals. The shortage of affordable housing coupled with skyrocketing rents continue to strain our low- and middle-income families, leaving some lower-income households on the ver ...
20 Feb 2015 - Dan Saltzman
Portland’s water and sewer bureaus have an interesting year ahead of them. Alleged illegal use of ratepayer funds, controversial expenses on projects seemingly beyond the scope of the bureau’s mission, along with questionable public recourse on rate decis ...
5 Feb 2014 - SR editorial board