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More information:  About Zenger Farm East Portland's History of Disinvestment: Watch:   "The Numbers" - young people living in East Portland on their hopes and concerns for their community [OR Humanities, This Land, May 2017] Read:   The Forgotten Portland: How East Portland Was Born... and Ignored [P ortland Mercury, Joe Streckert, Sept 2014] Listen:  What's the Deal With East Portland's Infrastr...

More information:  More about the tenant organizing at The Russell Apartments [Abe Asher, Portland Mercury, 10/21/24] Text of the Tenants' Right to Organize Act  [U.S. Congress, Introduced by Sen. Fetterman, 9/18/24] Past episode on eviction representation and lack of legal recourse for Oregon tenants [ Evicted by Default: What's Happening in Multonmah County Eviction Courts?,  Nina Dabit & Piper...

More information:  This episode is a follow up to past reporting. See the original episode  from March 27th, 2024 and the corresponding Street Roots article  from Jeremiah.  ProPublica's September 2024 Investigation into NW Natural's greenwashing campaign: " Oregon's Largest Natural Gas Company Said It Was Going Green. It Sells As Much Fossil Fuel As Before. To get a physical copy of the issue rel...

To get a physical copy of the issue released each Wednesday,  locate your nearest vendor here  or read more online at  streetroots.org .  More information:  Street Roots'  breakdown on how Portland's Ranked Choice Voting System works XRAY's Know Your Candidate Video Interviews & Podcast Feed Portland is Possible Initiative [XRAY Election Coverage Partnership] Update your voter registration or regi...

To get a physical copy of the issue released each Wednesday,  locate your nearest vendor here  or read more online at  streetroots.org . More Information: About the ProPublica Local Reporting Network The Great Portland Crime Ripple 8/21/24 Episode & Written Story   (referenced by K. as an example of investigative reporting they'd like to do more of with this partnership) Former Executive Editor Jo...

To get a physical copy of the issue released each Wednesday,  locate your nearest vendor here  or read more online at  streetroots.org .  Related Episodes:  9/4/2024: " Grants Pass Scrambles to Meet Humanitarian Standards at New Outdoor Homeless Sites " (the original episode this week's reporting is built on) 7/3/2024: " 6-3 Supreme Court Decides Criminalizing Homeless Residents for Sleeping Outsi...

To get a physical copy of the issue released each Wednesday,  locate your nearest vendor here  or read more online at  streetroots.org .  Related Episodes:  7/3/2024: " 6-3 Supreme Court Decides Criminalizing Homeless Residents for Sleeping Outside Isn't Cruel and Unusual " (decision given to Grants Pass at Supreme Court leading to these events) 5/8/2024:  U.S. Supreme Court Hears Grants Pass v. J...

To get a physical copy of the issue released each Wednesday,  locate your nearest vendor here  or read more online at  streetroots.org . Episode Credits: Reporting & Interview:  K. Rambo, Street Roots Editor-in-Chief  &  Jeremiah Hayden, Street Roots Reporter Host & Producer:  Nina Dabit, XRAY.FM Development Director Post-Production & Editing:   Kyle Gilmer, Residual Audio

To get a physical copy of the issue released each Wednesday,  locate your nearest vendor here  or read more online at  streetroots.org .  Related Episodes:  8/7/24: "Did the City of Portland Call Us All Poor?" on Portland Housing Bureau's affordable housing blunders  7/3/24: "6-3 Supreme Court Decides Criminalizing Homeless Residents for Sleeping Outside Isn't Cruel and Unusual" on Grants Pass v....

What is "affordable" housing? Probably different than what you think under the City of Portland's 'Inclusionary Housing' program.  To get a physical copy of the issue released each Wednesday,  locate your nearest vendor here  or read more online at  streetroots.org .  Further Information: Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro Median Family Income Value Chart  [Portland Housing Bureau] More about the Inclus...

This episode is a follow up to the reporting in the May 29th episode: " PDX Police Request 'Emergency' Purchase of 'Less-Lethal' Munitions Often Used Against Protestors ." ----- To get a physical copy of the issue released each Wednesday,  locate your nearest vendor here  or read more online at  streetroots.org .  Further Information: City Council Records of this ordinance 's sole hearing/passage ...

To get a physical copy of the issue released each Wednesday,  locate your nearest vendor here  or read more online at  streetroots.org .  Further Information: City of Portland Campsite Removal Policy & Process Mayor Wheeler's State of Emergency Due to Extreme Heat  [July 3rd, 2024] City Portland's Extreme Heat Policies + Info Past Street Roots Reporting: Former employees, homeless Portlanders cite...

To get a physical copy of the issue released each Wednesday,  locate your nearest vendor here  or read more online at  streetroots.org .  Reporting/Episodes Referenced:  6/26/24: Portland, Multnomah County Seek to Avoid 'Messy Divorce' on Homelessness Approach 2/15/23: Oregon Evictions Surging After Pandemic Protections Expire Further Information: About the Homelessness Response Action Plan  (HRAP...

To get a physical copy of the issue released each Wednesday,  locate your nearest vendor here  or read more online at  streetroots.org .  Street Roots is currently running a supply drive to keep vendors safe during the Heatwave. Help via their Amazon wishlist.  Further Info:  The Sentencing Project's Research on Incarcerated LGBTQ+ Adults and Youth  (referenced in story) True Colors Recovery (inte...

To get a physical copy of the issue released each Wednesday,  locate your nearest vendor here  or read more online at  streetroots.org .  Further Information Full Supreme Court Opinion in Grants Pass v. Johnson  Transcript + Audio of Supreme Court Oral Arguments in Grants Pass v. Johnson ORS 195.530   (2021 statewide legislation that cancels out SCOTUS ruling in Oregon) Key Precedent:  9th Circuit...

To get a physical copy of the issue released each Wednesday,  locate your nearest vendor here  or read more online at  streetroots.org .  Further Information: About the Homelessness Response Action Plan (HRAP) June 26th City Council Agenda & Livestream (HRAP to be discussed and decided in morning session 6/26/24) About the Supportive Housing Services Tax (major funder of Multnomah County's homeles...

To get a physical copy of the issue released each Wednesday,  locate your nearest vendor here  or read more online at  streetroots.org .  Further Information: Oregon's Project Turnkey  Reports & Impact [Oregon Community Foundation] H.R. 8297 - Project Turnkey Act [United States Congress] 2023 National Homelessness Data [National Alliance to End Homelessness] National Property Vacancy Rates [USA Fa...

To get a physical copy of the issue released each Wednesday,  locate your nearest vendor here  or read more online at  streetroots.org .  Further Information: Black Futures Farm Black Food Sovereignty Coalition Oregon Black Pioneers Imagine Black Oregon's History of Black Exclusion Laws   [Oregon Encyclopedia] Environmental Racism and Justice in Oregon   [Here is Oregon / OR Humanities, Feb 2023]...

To get a physical copy of the issue released each Wednesday,  locate your nearest vendor here  or read more online at  streetroots.org .  Further Information: Oregon Senate Bill 496 Portland Animal Welfare (PAW) Team Oregon Humane Society Testifies on SB 496 and partnership with Blanchet House National Dog Inclusive Rental Database Episode Credits: Reporting & Interview: Ellen Clarke, Street Roots...

To get a physical copy of the issue released each Wednesday,  locate your nearest vendor here  or read more online at  streetroots.org .  Further Information: Most recent quarterly report of PPB stockpile  of 'less-lethal' munitions and crowd-control equipment (included at top of this week's article) Emergency Ordinance Request from PPB for Munitions and Shields Purchase  [5/27/24] City of Portlan...

To get a physical copy of the issue released each Wednesday,  locate your nearest vendor here  or read more online at  streetroots.org .  Further Information: Street Roots Coverage of Rapid Response Bio Clean's lawsuits, concerns, & complaints [5/15/24, Terah Bennett] City of Portland Weekly Campsite Reports  prior to being renamed ' Weekly Street Service Reports ' in 2020 Media Coverage of Debby...

To get a physical copy of the issue released each Wednesday,  locate your nearest vendor here  or read more online at  streetroots.org .  Related Episodes:  6/7/2023:  Mayor Wheeler's Proposed Daytime Camping Ban Fines & Jails Homeless Portlanders  + In Depth Reporting (Editor-in-Chief K. Rambo's reporting on the original passing of Portland's daytime camping ban--which is very similar to the Gran...

To get a physical copy of the issue released each Wednesday,  locate your nearest vendor here  or read more online at  streetroots.org .  Related Episodes:  4/3/2024: Uncomfortable Enough? Grants Pass v. Johnson (Jeremiah's in-depth reporting speaking to stakeholders in Grants Pass pre-Supreme Court oral arguments, including service providers, home builders, homeless residents, those involved in t...

To get a physical copy of the issue released each Wednesday,  locate your nearest vendor here  or read more online at  streetroots.org .  Further Info Anthology Part 1 Past Episodes (discussed in intro): [11/30/22 - episode covering SCOTUS case upheld in June 2023] Protecting Native Children: Brackeen v. Haaland's Challenge to the Indian Child Welfare Act [6/14/23] Exploring the History of Two-Spi...

To get a physical copy of the issue released each Wednesday,  locate your nearest vendor here  or read more online at  streetroots.org .  Find out more about  Street Roots' Vendor Program . Episode Credits: Interview:  Kanani Cortez, Street Roots Digital Producer Host & Producer:  Nina Dabit, XRAY.FM Development Manager Post-Production & Editing:   Kyle Gilmer, Residual Audio