by Alex Zielinski • Feb 26, 2021 at 3:01 pm
A pathway through Hazelnut Grove. Alex Zielinski
After a week of mixed messaging from City Hall, Hazelnut Grove residents have received some good news: The city will not be cutting its current services to the North Portland tiny home village in the foreseeable future.
That means the city will continue to provide trash pickup, porta-potty services, and an on-site storage unit to the village, which occupies a triangle of city-owned land between N Greeley and Interstate. Perhaps of most importance to the 17 formerly houseless residents who call Hazelnut Grove home, this also means the city will not be removing the chainlink fence that runs along the perimeter of the property and provides a sense of security to the villagers.
By Don McIntosh
Seven Portland Police Bureau internal affairs investigators joined AFSCME Local 189 on Jan. 25 a vanguard that could swell to several hundred city employees in the months ahead.
An effort to win a union among non-represented City of Portland employees erupted last year when workers began to organize themselves, but their legal path to official union recognition was paved by an earlier battle. City attorneys and HR managers, trying to oppose an effort by three analysts in the Portland Housing Bureau to unionize, ended up opening the door to unionizing non-represented workers across the city.
At the City of Portland, most employees are already union-represented, members of one of 11 separate unions. But at least 942 city employees are not represented. Not all of those have the right to unionize under state law. Some are considered managers because they have the power to hire, fire, and discipline other workers. Others like administrative assistants for top bureau man
Alternative homeless shelter providers sought
Portland and Multnomah County leaders are offering $3 million for new shelter options.
Portland and Multnomah County leaders want to expand sanctioned shelter options for the homeless to include a wider range of solutions, such as outdoor villages, safe vehicle parking programs, modular shelters and more.
The city-county Joint Office of Homeless Service began soliciting qualified operators for such alternatives on Wednesday, Feb. 17. Responses to the Request for Programmatic Qualifications or RFPQ for short must be submitted by March 9.
Anyone can apply, not just nonprofit organizations.
City Commissioner Dan Ryan is the City Council s liaison to the city-county Joint Office of Homeless Services, which is funding the new $3 million program. Although prepared by staff, Ryan said he advocated for program during a series of meetings in recent months with Multnomah County Chair Deborah Kafoury, County Commissioner Sharon Me
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