Protesters saved the trees. Could they give R2DToo a new home? A recent victory in the Eastmoreland neighborhood saved three giant Sequoia trees from a local developer, prompting one Portland resident to start a petition suggesting the land should now become the new site of the city’s self-run homeless camp, Right 2 Dream Too (R2DToo). […]
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Starkys Has Closed and Will Be Demolished
Starkys Facebook Page Starkys Restaurant and Bar, a longtime fixture in Portland’s gay community, closed its doors forever on September 13 to make way for a 46-unit multifamily apartment building. According to the now-shuttered restaurant’s website, Starkys has been serving up food and drinks since 1984. The building sold in March of this year for […]
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“Bloody Trump” Artist Sarah Levy Talks About the Reaction to Her Painting
Sarah Levy and “Whatever” in all their glory Since posting “Whatever”—a portrait of misogynist racist presidential hopeful Donald Trump she painted using her own menses—to her Facebook page on Saturday, September 12, Portland artist Sarah Levy has been called “mentally ill,” a “bitch,” and “a fucking disgusting cunt pig” by online trolls. She’s also been […]
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Good Morning, News!: Tree Sitters, Rain, and Republicans
It’s Thursday, Blogtown! Let’s have some news! Word on the Twitters is that the tree sitters in SE Portland are being hassled by the Portland Police as you read this. More information coming as it’s available. Ahmed Mohamed, the Texas teen arrested for making a clock, may have been suspended from his sucky school, but […]
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As Advocates Push Displacement Fixes, Local Leaders Are Awful Quiet
Renters ask for quick fixes to housing crisis and city officials (sort of) respond.
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Commissioner Saltzman Proposes Immediate Relief Measures for Portland Renters
Short-term relief for Portland tenants! Housing Commissioner Dan Saltzman today announced he’s introducing short-term tenant protections in light of Portland’s worsening housing crisis. The proposed protections would include increasing the amount of notice a landlord must offer tenants they’re serving with no-cause eviction notices to 90 days. Currently state law requires landlords to give just […]
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Oregon’s Minimum Wage is Frozen at $9.25 in 2016
Artwork by Script and Seal No high-fives for minimum wage workers in 2016 Oregon minimum wage workers won’t see an increase in their earnings 2016, Labor Commissioner Brad Avakian announced today. This isn’t great news for the 100,000 workers earning $9.25 an hour—which translates to less than $20,000 a year—considering skyrocketing rents in the Portland […]
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Evicted: Towne Storage Building Tenants are Getting the Boot Under New Ownership
PortlandMaps.com No room at Towne Storage for artists The Towne Storage Buidldng in the Central Eastside Industrial District—a five-story building that’s been a longtime home to artists, photographers, architects, and other small businesses—has sold and is being gutted for renovation, which means yet another building-wide eviction for Portland. XRAY.fm this morning first tweeted the news […]
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Portland Rents are More than “Too Damn High”—it’s a State of Emergency
NEW WINDOWS were the first sign of trouble. The Brentwood-Pinecrest Apartments in North Portland were getting a facelift from the new owners, who were also promising other amenities, such as online bill payment. “It was after the new windows that the people in the other building all got their eviction notices. It was the beginning […]
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Good Morning, News!: Football, Wine, and Prison Riots
Happy Sunday, Blogtown! Here’s a little bit of news for you. Football isn’t my thing, but I could tell from the social medias yesterday that the state wept when the Oregon Ducks failed to win in Michigan. What’s up with those helmets, anyway? Need something to raise your spirits after yesterday’s loss? How about waterfalls […]
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Seattle Socialist Councilmember Kshama Sawant Speaking Saturday in Portland
Telegraph India Kshama Sawant at a Seattle rally to raise the minimum wage Kshama Sawant—Seattle’s rabblerousing, fist-shaking socialist councilmember who’s work played a pivotal role in getting a $15 minimum wage law enacted in the Emerald City and whose tenacity has convinced her fellow councilmembers to agree to a formal debate on housing justice—will deliver […]