Announced before holiday weekend, emergency ordinance skirts transparency, authorizes PPB to bolster shields and munitions inventory The day before Memorial Day weekend began, Portland City Council abruptly scheduled a May 29 vote to authorize Portland Po ...
27 May 2024 - Jeremiah Hayden and K. Rambo
An increasing number of older Oregonians end up on the streets while local and state initiatives seek to mend a faltering safety net The intersection of poverty and aging is a precarious place. This is the liminal space where homelessness and serious heal ...
3 Jan 2024 - Ellen Clarke
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
Fed up with the ‘tyranny of the majority,’ they are pushing for a City Council made up of district representatives in lieu of at-large commissioners. And they believe that this time, the effort stands a chance. Deborah Harris ran for mayor of Portland bec ...
6 Jul 2016 - Thomas Buell Jr.
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
Where do they stand on funding public services? What will they do for small businesses? How often do they smoke pot? And more. Street Roots asked Portland’s 2016 City Council candidates 13 questions — a mix of short answer, yes or no, and multiple choice. ...
14 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
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