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21 Feb 2024, 1:04 pm by Hannah Zhao
In the wake of the killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, the Multnomah County Department of Community Justice found that the EM had a disproportionate impact on communities of color. [read post]
20 Feb 2024, 3:49 pm by Jack Bogdanski
I read that creepy Sam Adams is going to run for the Multnomah County commission, in my district no less. [read post]
19 Feb 2024, 9:02 am by Jack Bogdanski
With two members of the Multnomah County commission actually talking sense, we're just one seat away from getting somewhere on the horrible tragedy playing out on the streets of Portland and Gresham. [read post]
12 Feb 2024, 6:18 am by Jack Bogdanski
The former chief information officer for the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission, Slobodan Subasic, filed a lawsuit against the state of Oregon, the OLCC and several state agency managers on Feb. 4.The lawsuit, filed in Multnomah County Circuit Court, alleges that the OLCC wrongfully terminated Subasic, deprived him of due process and medical leave, inflicted emotional distress on him, and retaliated against him for whistleblowing.Subasic was one of a half-dozen senior managers… [read post]
30 Jan 2024, 4:24 am by Jack Bogdanski
The head of the Multnomah County commission, Jessica Chevy Vega, is about to declare a 90-day fentanyl emergency. [read post]
23 Jan 2024, 5:24 pm by Jack Bogdanski
Recent events have made it clear, even to dense people, that the City of Portland and Multnomah County need to be merged.A consolidated city-county government would solve this (and a lot of our other problems). https://t.co/BJXVUckvVS— sarah iannarone (she/her) (@sarahforpdx) January 22, 2024 [read post]
19 Jan 2024, 1:40 pm by Jack Bogdanski
We had the chair of the Multnomah County commission, Chevy Vega, on Twitter all weekend long pleading for volunteers so that the emergency shelters in Portland could stay open. [read post]
10 Jan 2024, 11:09 am by Jack Bogdanski
That nonprofit, which has no track record in Multnomah County, is based in Seattle, where Sushi's sister and near twin, Pramila Jayapal, is the representative in Congress. [read post]
9 Jan 2024, 6:25 pm by Jack Bogdanski
I don't think there's any stronger evidence of the utter failure of Multnomah County government than the fact that you can't get an ambulance in Portland when you need one. [read post]
5 Jan 2024, 4:52 pm by Jack Bogdanski
Multnomah County is putting in a new residential drug treatment facility at East Burnside and 16th in Portland (run by a nonprofit, of course), in what's currently the relatively new and seemingly hip Lolo Pass Hotel. [read post]
5 Jan 2024, 11:02 am by Jack Bogdanski
 Here in Portland, as best I can tell, the "community action agency" is the Multnomah County government. [read post]
27 Dec 2023, 12:05 pm by Jack Bogdanski
GPI's service area includes Clark County and Skamania County in Washington, and Multnomah County, Washington County, Clackamas County, Columbia County and Yamhill County in Oregon. [read post]
21 Dec 2023, 6:08 am by Jack Bogdanski
They don’t manage the shelter’s day-to-day operations; Multnomah County's Joint Office of Homeless Services hired Transition Projects to run it. [read post]
20 Dec 2023, 5:24 pm by Jack Bogdanski
People experiencing homelessness were nearly 37 times more likely to die from a drug overdose compared to the overall Multnomah County population. [read post]
15 Dec 2023, 5:43 pm by Matthew D. Kaplan
Locally, Multnomah County has reported seven deaths this year, which is more than the previous five years combined. [read post]
13 Dec 2023, 2:16 am by Jack Bogdanski
These billboards condemn the city’s crime and homelessness issues, placing the blame squarely on Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt and County Chair Jessica Vega Pederson. [read post]
11 Dec 2023, 6:25 am by Jack Bogdanski
” But, he “was released by [the Multnomah County Department of Community Justice] before the new charges could be filed, however. [read post]
8 Dec 2023, 6:26 am by Jack Bogdanski
I see that Multnomah County Library workers don't feel safe on the job. [read post]