Oregon
Oregon mayors demand more state help on homelessness
A coalition of 25 majors from throughout Oregon need state leaders to play a extra central function within the battle to finish homelessness.
In a letter despatched Friday, the mayors ask Oregon legislators to spend greater than $123 million a 12 months on new efforts to assist cities finish homelessness. Additionally they need state cash, on prime of the lots of of hundreds of thousands of {dollars} Oregon already spends every year on issues like rental help, psychological well being and dependancy assist and applications that flip vacant motels into housing, to assist construct shelters and transitional housing tasks.
“The primary concern all through Oregon – in each rural and concrete communities, giant and small – is homelessness. We all know this humanitarian disaster is impacting each the people immediately experiencing homelessness in addition to communities at giant,” wrote the mayors, members of an Oregon Mayors Affiliation activity pressure that has been engaged on homelessness and the housing disaster. “Many jurisdictions have developed new applications, expanded service efforts, constructed regional partnerships, and are making substantial investments of native normal fund and American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to reply to the unhoused emergency. But, this humanitarian disaster exceeds our particular person capability.”
The mayor say cities can’t remedy the issue with out extra direct assist from state authorities. Traditionally, the state has supported native efforts and served as a go-between to get federal cash to native governments.
A posting is taped close to a bunch of tents in downtown Portland, giving discover that the world shall be swept, Might 20, 2022.
Kristyna Wentz-Graff / OPB
The mayors of Portland, Beaverton, Bend and Eugene are amongst those that signed the letter. Willamette Week experiences that Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler plans to announce a future ban on unsanctioned tenting and creation of three 500-person campsites in coming days and has requested Multnomah County to pay for and construct the camps.
The concept of forcing individuals dwelling outdoor to enter a shelter or camp or face doable prison fees is controversial however gaining political momentum as elected leaders hear from constituents who’re uninterested in seeing tents and the detritus that comes with mass public tenting.
Two of the three main candidates for governor, former state Rep. Christine Drazan, a Republican, and former state Sen. Betsy Johnson, who’s working as an unaffiliated candidate, have each supported taking a harder line on homelessness, as had Rene Gonzalez, who’s difficult Portland Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty within the Nov. 8 election. All three have obtained main monetary assist from enterprise leaders who assist a harder method and have pushed Wheeler and different metropolis leaders to scrub up downtown Portland.
However forcing individuals indoors or into camps may even be costly. Federal courts have repeatedly dominated that cities can’t criminalize homelessness if they can’t present ample shelter area, and each Multnomah County and the state as a complete presently lack sufficient beds for everybody who wants one. The state additionally has a large shortfall in reasonably priced housing. Latest estimates say Oregon wants not less than 111,000 extra housing items, primarily ones that might assist lower-income households.
Another Oregon Ducks transfer has found a new home in the portal as the 2024 college football season comes closer to an end.
Per reports from On3’s Pete Nakos, the Arizona State Sun Devils have landed a commitment and ensuing signature from Oregon defensive lineman transfer My’Keil Gardner. He entered the portal on Thursday and will have four years of eligibility left.
Gardner posted one total tackle in three games last year as a freshman but did not record a statistic with the Ducks in 2024 after sitting the entire campaign due to an undisclosed injury.
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Originally a three-star recruit in the 2023 class out of Liberty High School in Peoria, AZ, Gardner received offers from programs like Texas, USC, Washington State, UCLA, Arizona, Michigan, Wisconsin, Colorado State, Arizona State, Colorado, Iowa State, Nebraska and many more.
He took official visits to Michigan, Texas, Wisconsin, Cal and Oregon before committing to the Ducks on Aug. 3, 2022.
Gardner is now the seventh Oregon transfer to commit out of the portal since it opened last month. He joins safety Tyler Turner (Baylor), quarterback Jaron Keawe Sagapolutele (Cal), cornerback Khamari Terrell (Texas State), offensive tackle JacQawn McRoy (Arkansas), edge rushers Jaxson Jones (Utah), Emar’rion Winston (Baylor) and Jaeden Moore (Pitt) and receiver Ryan Pellum (undecided) as Oregon players that have entered the portal this offseason.
Despite the departures, the Ducks have also made some portal additions in running back Makhi Hughes (Tulane), receiver Malik Benson (Florida State), offensive tackle Isaiah World (Nevada), defensive lineman Bear Alexander (USC), cornerback Theran Johnson (Northwestern), safety Dillon Thieneman (Purdue), offensive lineman Alex Harkey (Texas State) and tight end Jamari Johnson (Louisville).
Gardner will now head to Tempe, where the Sun Devils are coming off one of the best seasons in program history. Under head coach Kenny Dillingham, Arizona State finished the year with an 11-3 record that was highlighted by winning a Big 12 Championship and earning a berth in the inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff. However, the Sun Devils’ season ended in heartbreak with a 39-31 double-overtime loss to the Texas Longhorns in the CFP quarterfinals at the Peach Bowl on New Year’s Day.
Oregon coach Dan Lanning talked about the talent out of the state of Arizona before the Ducks played in last year’s Fiesta Bowl, a game Gardner saw action in. Now, he’s headed back to his home state.
“There’s great football here in Arizona and I think it’s only getting better. There are certainly some great players who play here in Arizona. We want to be able to come to the state of Arizona and get the best players consistently. Having games like this gives us that opportunity,” Lanning said.
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State economists expect Oregon will add 170,000 jobs over the next several years, bolstered by strong growth in the construction and health care industries.
The pace of job growth is slowing, though, as the state’s population ages, the post-pandemic labor boom recedes and as migration into Oregon settles into a slower pace. The Oregon Employment Department’s latest forecast anticipates just 8% more jobs during the coming decade, down from prior 10-year forecasts that predicted employment would grow by as much as 13%.
No. 9 Oregon State put on a show in its first 2025 home gymnastics meet Saturday, scoring 196.40 points to easily beat Brigham Young at Gill Coliseum.
Senior Jade Carey, performing in a home meet for the first time since winning two Olympic gold medals last summer, scored 39.725 in all-around. Carey had scores of 9.95 on bars and floor, 9.925 on beam and 9.90 on vault.
Carey had the highest score in each event on either team. The best scores by a Beaver gymnast aside from Carey were 9.85s by Natalie Briones (bars), Sage Thompson (bars), Lauren Letzsch (beam), Savannah Miller (floor) and Sophia Esposito (floor and beam).
Brigham Young scored 194.2 points. Kylie Eaquinto led the way with an all-around score of 39.050.
— Nick Daschel covers the Oregon State Beavers. Reach him at 360-607-4824 or @nickdaschel. Listen to the Beaver Banter podcast or subscribe to the Beavers Roundup newsletter.
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