OPINION | The Behavioral Health Resource Center adds drop-in, showers, laundry and shelter It’s easy to spot the new Behavioral Health Resource Center downtown at Southwest Park Avenue and Oak Street because it’s adorned with a three-story mural by artist ...
23 Nov 2022 - Kaia Sand
OPINION | Wheeler, Ryan proposal joins a long line of city actions countered by protests and lawsuits On Oct. 21, Mayor Ted Wheeler and Commissioner Dan Ryan proposed “a citywide ban on self-sited unsanctioned encampments coupled with designated alternati ...
2 Nov 2022 - Kaia Sand
OPINION | It is the best of plans, it is the worst of plans: Talk to those impacted before voting to change their lives The mayor’s office, along with Commissioner Dan Ryan, unleashed the best of the plans and the worst of plans, with no evidence that unh ...
26 Oct 2022 - Kaia Sand
OPINION | Two cycling events show how simple it is to be considerate, inclusive of unhoused neighbors The sun was low in Old Town as bikers pulled up to the corner of West Burnside Street and Northwest Third Avenue. Soon, the corner was bustling with cycl ...
31 Aug 2022 - Kaia Sand
Opinion | Spurred by need and creativity, Street Roots' growth demands more space Jason found Street Roots its new organizational home. It was February of 2021, and I was biking around Old Town, a map of properties printed from Portland Maps clutched ...
17 Aug 2022 - Kaia Sand
I'm proud that Street Roots received a Portland Clean Energy Fund grant Our city is poised to make a large investment in climate change equity — and that’s a really big deal. I’m proud that Street Roots is one of 65 organizations to receive grants fr ...
3 Aug 2022 - Kaia Sand
Opinion | While projections are nowhere near last June’s heat dome, sun exposure is always a challenge for people living outside. Here’s how to support your houseless neighbors through the heat, and in many other ways: 1. Bring out the sun (and smoke) gea ...
22 Jun 2022 - Kaia Sand
OPINION | The crisis response program is designed to meet people with compassion in their greatest times of need The Portland Street Response pilot is slated to transform into a city-wide program — still with a limited scope — this spring. It’s really hap ...
19 Jan 2022 - Kaia Sand
OPINION | Most funders of the campaign strategist-led ‘People for Portland’ are anonymous Awash in mystery, there’s a new campaign afoot. Named as if it’s grassroots — People for Portland — all indications are that it’s anything but. Kaia Sand is the exec ...
1 Sep 2021 - Kaia Sand
No other mayor in my tenure has done more for the homeless than Hales We are only weeks away from Donald Trump taking over as the new leader of the free world. People are both scared and angry. We see the dark clouds gathering on the horizon. We know a st ...
27 Nov 2016 - Israel Bayer