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• Good news! After successfully lowering their COVID-19 case count, 13 Oregon counties are moving into safer categories, which means fewer restrictions for businesses. Multnomah County will move into the moderate risk category this Friday, allowing restaurants to start operating at 50 percent capacity. Keep up the good work, Oregon! Woot! Woot!
• The Joint Office of Homeless Services (JOHS) has released its ideas on how Multnomah County should spend an expected $55 million in new tax revenue reserved for homeless services. So what are the recommendations? Obviously a lot is going into keeping people housed and rent assistance, but there s a lot more involved and our Alex Zielinski explains it all for you!
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Updated March 10 The Portland City Council will vote soon on a proposal that would make it easier to site homeless shelters but East Portlanders worry they will bear the brunt of the policy shift. East Portland doesn t trust the city, says community advocate Donal Mac Uileagoid. It feels like all the problems of the city are being shoved to the eastside. The Shelter to Housing Continuum Project would make it easier for anyone property owners, nonprofits and the city to open homeless shelters and would make other changes to city zoning code, such as legalizing RV occupancy on residential property and adding outdoor shelters as a new use type in the code language.
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