Portland Cannot Ignore “Low-Impact” Camps
A proposed ordinance aims to deprioritize some homeless camps considered “low impact” By…
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Travelers, Please Come to Portland … After We Clean Up the Place
By Eric Fruits, Ph.D. If you get the Sunday New York Times, your…
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The PERS Crisis at 21: The PERS Board Must Act
By adopting a near-zero assumed rate of return, PERS can become solvent in…
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PDX to Invest $150,000 in Failed Housing Policy
Portland’s policy of Inclusionary Zoning makes housing less affordable for families. By Vlad…
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The Deadly Consequences of Catch-and-Release
By Eric Fruits, Ph.D. On Saturday, police responded to a call that a…
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Time to Put the Brakes on Kate Brown’s Electric Vehicle Goal
By John A. Charles, Jr. President Biden is proposing to spend $174 billion…
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Zero Out Oregon’s PERS Crisis
By adopting a near-zero assumed rate of return, PERS can become solvent in…
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The Results of the Motel Program for the Homeless
How the Housing First approach keeps failing to support homeless reentry into independent…
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Homeless Programs are Promising Excuses
By Vlad Yurlov The Portland region’s top homelessness officials delivered another set of…
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