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Rational in Portland

A podcast about the people making hard decisions. From addiction, crime and public safety to leadership, politics, and culture, each episode goes beyond headlines to examine what really drives institutions—and the individuals responsible for them.

Copyright: © Kristin Olson

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Sharon Meieran for Multnomah County Chair Sep 23, 2022

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https://www.votesharon.com/

https://www.multco.us/finance/preschool-all-personal-income-tax

https://www.wweek.com/news/2020/10/14/study-shows-multnomah-county-will-have-nations-highest-income-taxes-for-high-income-people-if-preschool-measure-passes/

https://www.koin.com/local/multnomah-county/multco-judge-issued-suspects-arrest-warrant-days-before-unprovoked-attack-portland-oregon/

https://www.kgw.com/article/news/crime/portland-domestic-violence-murder-suspect-freedom-fund-bail/283-be02b1a1-19d2-4aac-b00e-f6ddc027bb2d

https://www.joinbuiltforzero.org/

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-09-15/how-care-court-program-will-work-for-mentally-ill

https://www.wweek.com/news/2021/12/02/multnomah-county-auditor-finds-joint-office-overstated-number-of-homeless-people-it-housed/

https://pamplinmedia.com/pt/9-news/553435-442933-multco-overpaid-homeless-camp-provider-525228

https://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/2022/08/the-chinese-garden-and-american-despair-steve-duin-column.html?outputType=amp

https://www.portlandparty.org/events

The Lents neighborhood and homelessness with Char Pennie and David Potts Sep 22, 2022

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https://www.lentsneighborhoodlivabilityassociation.org/

https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/homeless/we-heart-portland-works-pick-up-trash-get-homeless-residents-housing/283-31f4a002-5cb0-4ccf-b1c7-5502031b17d4

https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/190478

https://www.opb.org/news/article/portland-springwater-corridor-homeless-camp-sweeps-charlie-hales/

https://www.portland.gov/streetresponse/psr-faq

https://www.opb.org/article/2021/05/13/portland-street-response-city-budget-funding/

https://helpinghandsreentry.org/bybee-lakes-hope-center

https://www.wweek.com/news/2021/12/02/multnomah-county-auditor-finds-joint-office-overstated-number-of-homeless-people-it-housed/

https://www.multco.us/multnomah-county/news/multnomah-county-board-approves-%E2%80%98transformative%E2%80%99-33-billion-fy-2023-budget#:~:text=The%20Multnomah%20County%20Board%20of,behavioral%20health%20needs%20and%20violence.

Vadim Mozyrsky Sep 21, 2022

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https://www.votevadim.com/

https://www.commonsensegovpdx.com/

https://www.foxnews.com/media/oregon-department-of-education-doles-out-millions-in-under-enrolled-preschool-program

https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2022/09/how-best-to-distribute-political-power-in-portland-fault-lines-erupt-over-charter-ballot-proposal.html?outputType=amp

https://www.ulyssespac.com/

https://www.opb.org/article/2022/03/10/portland-clean-energy-fund-program-audit/

https://www.opb.org/article/2022/03/16/portland-clean-energy-fund-faces-lawsuit-and-outcry-from-businesses/

https://nypost.com/2021/12/14/portland-awards-11-5m-energy-contract-to-woke-firm-run-by-ex-convict/

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/14/headway/houston-homeless-people.html

https://www.koin.com/nwpolitics/mozyrsky-on-opposing-changes-proposed-to-portland-charter/

https://www.wweek.com/news/city/2022/03/06/responding-to-allegations-of-racism-city-council-candidate-files-complaint-against-two-fellow-members-of-citizen-review-committee/

The Portland Party Aug 28, 2022

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https://www.portlandparty.org/donate

https://twitter.com/portland_party?s=20&t=_QveXghzAxFcT6D-6ac81A

https://www.newsweek.com/81-black-americans-dont-want-less-police-presence-despite-protestssome-want-more-cops-poll-1523093

https://news.gallup.com/poll/316571/black-americans-police-retain-local-presence.aspx

https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/05/politics/defund-the-police-democrats/index.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/21/us/black-lives-matter-protests-tactics.html

https://www.commonsensegovpdx.com/

https://twitter.com/SensibleGovPDX?s=20&t=twXd7ReT2sJdTMovty71EQ

https://www.portland.gov/sites/default/files/2022/2022-pdx-problem-analysis-public-version.pdf

https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2022/05/which-portland-neighborhoods-voted-for-jo-ann-hardesty-and-rene-gonzalez-interactive-map.html?outputType=amp

https://twitter.com/JoAnnPDX/status/1273414384799211520

https://www.portland.gov/streetresponse/psr-faq

https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/ppa-president-reacts-weekend-violence-police-shooting/283-201b7a21-8480-47f3-b6f2-6883e349dccb

https://www.ulyssespac.com/

https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2020/12/a-sons-crimes-spurred-the-financial-problems-that-led-family-to-lose-n-portland-house-now-at-center-of-activist-occupation.html?outputType=amp

https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2020/12/familys-path-to-red-house-foreclosure-was-long-filled-with-bizarre-twists.html

https://www.opb.org/article/2020/12/11/oregon-portland-red-house-protest-kinney-family/

Bev: What is it like to be a trans woman of color? Aug 23, 2022

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https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/homeless/portland-mayor-camping-ban-schools/283-df00dfaf-feaf-465e-b382-72d75cc14179

https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/homeless/portland-mayor-camping-ban-schools/283-df00dfaf-feaf-465e-b382-72d75cc14179

https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/homeless/homeless-camp-cleveland-high/283-4da0bf95-f6bf-4c24-8dd5-f4dcbdf43da4#:~:text=Over%20the%20summer%2C%20the%20Portland,apart%2C%20was%20not%20a%20factor

https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/190478

https://katu.com/news/local/portlands-gun-violence-crisis-impacting-homeless-community-she-didnt-deserve-this

https://www.koin.com/news/crime/ppb-2-arrested-after-88-shots-fired-in-old-town/

https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/homeless/portland-mayor-camping-ban-schools/283-df00dfaf-feaf-465e-b382-72d75cc14179

https://www.kgw.com/article/news/investigations/portland-gun-violence-increasingly-impacting-homeless/283-22837453-80bf-4d99-927e-6ec07469af5b

https://opa.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/2022-03/gender-affirming-care-young-people-march-2022.pdf

https://cascadiahealth.org/services/mental-health-treatment/#AS

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/04/18/pence-buttigieg-debate-over-conversion-therapy/

https://www.newsweek.com/biden-admin-replaces-mothers-birthing-people-maternal-health-guidance-1598343

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/27/us/aclu-apologizes-ginsburg-quote.html

https://outsidein.org

https://www.netflix.com/title/81625055

https://buckangel.com

Fleeing Portland, with Bruce Garrett Aug 18, 2022

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https://www.wweek.com/news/2022/05/04/two-metro-councilors-employers-get-money-from-metro-a-candidate-cries-foul/

https://www.multco.us/justiceagenda/budget-priorities

https://www.multco.us/justiceagenda/budget-priorities#investments

https://www.lentsneighborhoodlivabilityassociation.org/projects

https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/homeless/north-portland-families-sell-homes-to-escape-crime/283-7057c2ec-980d-42ac-90ae-80e00ab7ed8f

https://www.thefire.org/fire-warns-university-of-illinois-at-chicago-over-investigation-into-law-professors-exam-question/

https://peterattiamd.com/covid-part2/

https://www.nytimes.com/1996/06/30/magazine/recycling-is-garbage.html

https://peterattiamd.com/garytaubes/

https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/arizona-s-kyrsten-sinema-bad-bisexual-americans-ncna1282401

https://www.pdxmonthly.com/news-and-city-life/2022/08/portland-voters-tax-increases-bonds-ballot-measures

https://twitter.com/mallisonKATU/status/1559245397939613697?s=20&t=ex3wNg1tyO-RtkPcGOcLJA

The Lents neighborhood and homelessness with Juanita Swartwood and Todd Littlefield Aug 10, 2022

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https://www.lentsneighborhoodlivabilityassociation.org/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/LentsNeighborhoodLivabilityAssoc/

https://helpinghandsreentry.org/bybee-lakes-hope-center

https://www.familyshelter.org/

https://www.koin.com/news/springwater-corridor-avenue-of-terror/

https://katu.com/news/local/wweek-springwater-corridor-may-be-home-to-largest-homeless-camp-in-us#:~:text=WWeek%3A%20Springwater%20Corridor%20may%20be%20home%20to%20largest%20homeless%20camp%20in%20US,-by%20Joe%20English&text=PORTLAND%2C%20Ore.,partners%20at%20the%20Willamette%20Week

https://www.kgw.com/article/news/crime/homeless-woman-kidnapped-6-year-old-near-springwater-corridor-court-docs/283-588125460

https://www.oregonlive.com/data/2021/10/gary-oconnor-lived-and-died-on-the-springwater-corridor-one-of-3-homeless-people-killed-in-gun-violence-this-year.html

https://www.koin.com/news/crime/social-media-video-circulating-of-deadly-lents-shooting/

https://www.koin.com/news/crime/alleged-lents-neighborhood-shooter-identified-faces-4-felony-charges/

https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/16/us/portland-protest/index.html

https://www.portland.gov/ryan/funding-safe-rest-villages

https://www.wweek.com/news/city/2022/03/01/helping-hands-withdraws-from-discussions-to-run-safe-rest-village-in-southwest-portland/

https://www.wweek.com/news/city/2021/05/19/portlands-mayor-asks-downtown-law-firms-for-help-with-a-plan-to-relocate-people-sleeping-in-front-of-their-offices/

TJ Browning: The Laurelhurst neighborhood and homelessness Jul 20, 2022

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https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/11/the-new-meth/620174/

https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2022-06-21/portland-liberal-support-lags-homeless-services-drugs?_amp=true

https://idahonews.com/neighborhood-response-team-gutted-after-15-million-budget-cut-to-portland-police

https://pamplinmedia.com/pt/516721-412940-gun-assault-crimes-reported-at-laurelhurst-homeless-camp

https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2021/07/portland-officials-plan-to-sweep-encampment-at-laurelhurst-park-after-monthslong-standoff.html

https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2021/07/portland-officials-plan-to-sweep-encampment-at-laurelhurst-park-after-monthslong-standoff.html

https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2016/08/community_members_say_proposed.html

https://www.columbian.com/news/2010/sep/09/portland-mayor-dismisses-police-advisory-committee/

https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2010/05/portland_mayor_sam_adams_names_1.html

https://thecrimereport.org/2010/09/09/portland-mayor-fires-panel-that-criticized-him-over-police-budget/

https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2021/04/longtime-portland-park-ranger-we-are-not-the-police-of-the-parks-period-and-were-not-going-to-be-period.html?outputType=amp

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/14/headway/houston-homeless-people.html

https://pamplinmedia.com/pt/9-news/528451-422494-portland-to-build-23m-60-unit-housing-project-for-homeless

https://www.wweek.com/news/2021/10/06/critics-question-the-close-relationships-between-nonprofits-and-the-county-office-that-battles-homelessness/

Mark: What's it like to be a gay conservative in Portland? Jun 17, 2022

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https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/meet-oregons-tina-kotek-hopes-americas-first-lesbian-governor-rcna30628

https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/28/politics/diamond-silk-fox-news-donald-trump/index.html

https://quillette.com/2019/11/16/thorstein-veblens-theory-of-the-leisure-class-a-status-update/

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/honestly-with-bari-weiss/id1570872415?i=1000537717849

https://www.outsports.com/out-gay-athletes/2022/3/25/22995565/track-athlete-ty-wright-gay-mormon-byu

https://www.christinefororegon.com

https://www.opb.org/article/2022/05/03/oregon-republican-governor-candidates-stand-on-abortion-restrictions-roe-v-wade/

https://pamplinmedia.com/pt/9-news/545000-436287-status-of-abortion-in-oregon-no-legal-restrictions

https://www.buzzfeed.com/regajha/how-privileged-are-you

The homeless industrial complex, with Kevin Dahlgren and Andrea Suarez Jun 12, 2022

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https://weheartseattle.org

https://twitter.com/weheartfounder?s=20&t=oi0lJGeschL3eHyPDBNbUQ

https://twitter.com/weheartprez?s=20&t=oi0lJGeschL3eHyPDBNbUQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbAXduYdjpE

https://www.facebook.com/groups/weheartseattle/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/weheartportland

https://twitter.com/weheartprez/status/1528883499293241344?s=20&t=Q9ccpYRDkMZoFsTVzTknOQ

https://www.wweek.com/news/2022/05/25/an-embattled-seattle-trash-pickup-nonprofit-parachutes-into-the-pearl-district/

https://nwexaminer.com/f/cleaning-up-with-kindness

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCybLpWPMjw

https://www.koin.com/local/multnomah-county/gresham-helps-homeless-get-back-on-their-feet-for-good/

https://www.koin.com/local/multnomah-county/greshams-stance-on-homelessness-paying-off/

https://komonews.com/news/project-seattle/man-at-odds-with-ballard-neighbors-leaves-neighborhood-with-help-from-non-profit

https://www.amazon.com/San-Fransicko-Progressives-Ruin-Cities

https://al-anon.org

https://www.nar-anon.org

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWEd55CXxxk&list=PLuEaiegl_xFmAlBSidT5beeO2ApQP084Q&index=26&t=1s

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