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Employees at Portland’s Largest Shelter Provider Want Police Off Board, Among Other Changes Transition Projects Inc. faces demands to shift toward social and racial justice. Walking near Pioneer Place in downtown Portland. (Brian Burk) Updated March 3 Since last summer, dozens of employees at Transition Projects Inc., the $20 million Portland nonprofit that runs 10 local homeless shelters, have pushed to expel two board members: Multnomah County Sheriff Mike Reese and Portland Police Bureau Assistant Chief Jami Resch.
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Murmurs: Turmoil Over Cops at Transition Projects In other news: Rumblings in the next governor s race. Rukaiyah Adams (Christine Dong) Updated March 3
TURMOIL OVER COPS AT TRANSITION PROJECTS: Since last summer, dozens of employees at Transition Projects Inc., the Portland nonprofit that runs 10 local homeless shelters with a budget of about $20 million, have pushed to expel two board members: Multnomah County Sheriff Mike Reese and Portland Police Bureau Assistant Chief Jami Resch. The employees objections were not personal but rather a reflection of the negative interactions many homeless people and TPI staff have had with police. TPI executive director George Devendorf says the board took the requests very seriously, brought in an outside consultant, and held a series of meetings with employees, but ult
Sergio Olmos
Originally published on February 25, 2021 2:58 pm
A bill that would allow local governments, school districts and universities to prohibit handguns in public buildings is on its way to the Senate floor, following a tense committee hearing Thursday.
Senate Bill 554 is the first gun control bill of the 2021 legislative session to move toward a floor vote. And in normal fashion, the measure drew intense opposition from gun owners.
Currently, anyone with a concealed handgun license in Oregon can legally bring their weapon into buildings such as city halls, public university buildings, or public schools. SB 554 would not change that, but it
Oregon: Have A Gun License, Go To Prison, 300,000 Oregonians Would Be Felons Ammoland Inc. Posted on
Oregon: Have A Gun License, Go To Prison, 300,000 Oregonians Would Be Felons
Oregon – -(AmmoLand.com)- This week the Oregon Senate Judiciary Committee took 4 hours of testimony on SB 554, a bill designed to turn 300,000 law-abiding Oregonians into felons so that Ginny Burdick can leave the Senate happy.
From the bill:
“Authorizes city, county, metropolitan service district, port operating commercial airport, school district, college or university to adopt ordinance or policy limiting or precluding affirmative defense for possession of firearms in public buildings by concealed handgun licensees.”