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Jessica Vega Pederson Won’t Run for Re-Election As Multnomah County Chair
Vega Pederson had a tumultuous first—and last—term.
CEO of Sunstone Way, a Key Homeless Shelter Contractor, Takes Leave
Andy Goebel, chief executive officer at Sunstone Way, a nonprofit that operates homeless shelters for the city of Portland and Multnomah County, is taking a six-week sabbatical to deal with the stress of his job.
Developer Lauren Noecker, Once a Huge Fan, Says Portland Is Toxic to Real Estate Investors
“You say `Portland’ and people want to run,” she says in an interview.
Preschool for All Seats Will Double Next Year, Multnomah County Says
Multhomah County says it will almost double the number of taxpayer-funded Preschool for All seats available to students in the 2026-27 school year. But declining birthrates and migration indicate that the program won’t have as many kids to serve at the end of the decade.
Seller of Electric Leaf Blowers Sees Opportunity in Portland Policy
Complaining about business conditions in Stumptown is de rigueur. Kevin Cardoza is mining one law for profits.
Bill in Salem Would Put the Squeeze on Speculative Ticketers
Metro, which manages five Portland venues, will decide next month on backing the legislation.
Best Things I Ate All Month: Tostada de Atún and Churrasco at Palomar
A staffer shares their favorite meal from November.
The Sacred Mushroom, Once Portland’s Biggest Shroom Room, Shuts Down
Its parent company is moving on to crypto, just as that market cools.
Multnomah County Gets More Bang for Homeless Bucks Relative to Other Metro Counties
It also shoulders much more of the burden because supply of cash, not demand for services, determined funding ratios.
In Eugene, Drug-Crime Deflection Comes With a Place to Stay and Get Clean. Not in Portland.
Rent costs Lane County just $577,304 a year, but the rooms do something a $3.2 million deflection center can’t: house people while they wait for drug treatment.