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The reversal comes as other high-profile liberal jurisdictions are also getting tougher on drugs and crime. And on Super Tuesday, San Francisco voters approved ballot measures that expand police powers and impose mandatory drug-screening and treatment requirements for welfare recipients. San Francisco had more than 800 motor vehicle thefts per 100,000 residents and – though a decline from 2022 – more than 20,000 car break-ins, according to The San Francisco Standard . In 2019, the year before voters approved the decriminalization measure, Oregon saw 280 accidental opioid overdose deaths, according to state public health authorities . “If you were to ask the public at large I think there’s a perception that it hasn’t worked,” says Hansen.
Persons: ” Kassandra Frederique, , ” Leo Beletsky, , Bob Lee, Henry Cuellar, Democrat –, Mayor London Breed, It’s, ” Beletsky, Tina Kotek, George Floyd’s, , Ben Hansen, hasn’t, Hansen Organizations: Drug Policy Alliance, Washington , D.C, San Francisco, Northeastern University, D.C, San Francisco Standard, Republican, Democrat, Mayor London, University of Oregon Locations: Oregon, Washington ,, Washington, carjackings, San Francisco, downtown San Francisco, Portland, Portland –, West Coast
The situation was so dire last year at one Walgreens store in San Francisco, employees resorted to padlocking frozen foods. The effort to undo some aspects of Prop 47 comes amid a broader check on some other liberal crime enforcement policies in America. Police data shows that larceny theft, which includes retail theft and car break-ins, is down 37% from this time last year. On Tuesday, San Francisco voters approved two ballot measures spearheaded by Breed. Last September, the state announced it would be sending $267 million to law enforcement agencies throughout the state to tackle organized retail theft.
Persons: Gavin Newsom, It’s, , Jason Henry, , Marlene Harden’s, Harden, Chloe, , ” Harden, Marlene Harden's, Thanh Tran, Tran, Ella Baker, CNN Lenore Anderson, ” Anderson, Richard Bailey of Coronado, Breed, Tayfun, , Miracle, don’t, We’re, Newsom, He’s Organizations: San Francisco CNN —, Republican, Democratic, Democratic Gov, CNN, Public, Institute of California, state’s Department of Justice, Walgreens, Walmart, ” Walmart, Westfield San Francisco Centre, New York Times, “ Walgreens, , National Retail Federation, Target, Ella Baker Center for Human, Attorneys, San Francisco Mayor London, San Francisco Mayor London Breed, Anadolu Agency, San Francisco Chronicle, Police, , San Francisco, Breed Locations: San, California, San Francisco, America, Oregon’s, San Diego County, Francisco, Texas, South Carolina
The Great Compression
  + stars: | 2024-02-17 | by ( Conor Dougherty | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
Robert Lanter lives in a 600-square-foot house that can be traversed in five seconds and vacuumed from a single outlet. When relatives come to visit, Mr. Lanter says jokingly, but only partly, they have to tour one at time. Each of these details amounts to something bigger, for Mr. Lanter’s life and the U.S. housing market: a house under $300,000, something increasingly hard to find. Mr. Lanter’s house could easily fit on a flatbed truck, and is dwarfed by the two-story suburban homes that prevail on the blocks around him. For Mr. Lanter and his neighbors, it’s a chance to hold on to ownership.
Persons: Robert Lanter, Lanter, Lanter’s, Hayden, it’s Locations: Redmond , Ore, Cinder
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A federal agency is offering a $50,000 reward for information about the deaths of three endangered gray wolves from the same pack in southern Oregon. The collars from two gray wolves sent a mortality signal Dec. 29. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife said it is aware of seven wolves remaining in the pack, including a breeding male. Photos You Should See View All 21 ImagesGray wolves are protected by federal law under the Endangered Species Act. In Oregon, gray wolves are listed as endangered in the western two-thirds of the state.
Persons: Gray Organizations: , U.S . Fish, Wildlife Service, The Oregon Department of Fish, Wildlife, Oregon - Locations: PORTLAND, Oregon, U.S, Bly, Oregon’s Klamath County, Portland, Klamath, Lake counties, Oregon - California
In February 2021, Oregon decriminalized possession of small amounts of all drugs, via a ballot initiative known as Measure 110. The idea was to treat addiction as a public health problem, based on overwhelming evidence that jailing people for having small amounts of drugs for personal use is both ineffective and counterproductive. This spike was far greater than the 14 percent rise in the nation’s overall overdose deaths during the same period. Although Measure 110 passed with nearly 59 percent support, many Oregon voters are now calling for drugs to be recriminalized, citing these worsening conditions. But rampant misinformation — often being spread for political gain — means that the legislature is likely to return to its old-school drug war approach.
Organizations: Oregon voters Locations: Oregon
Oregon Leaders Declare Drug Emergency in Portland
  + stars: | 2024-01-30 | by ( Michael Corkery | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +2 min
Portland used to be known as one of the most desirable places to live in the United States. The emergency declaration is part of a broader plan announced late last year by Oregon’s governor, Tina Kotek, to curb public drug use and crime in Portland and re-establish a sense of security for workers and visitors. Kotek cited the “economic and reputational harm” that the fentanyl problem was inflicting on Portland and the state. Background: Oregon decriminalized most public drug use in 2020. State officials said a “command center” would be set up in central Portland, where various agencies from the state, city and county would coordinate their responses to the fentanyl problem.
Persons: REI, Oregon’s, Tina Kotek, Kotek Locations: Portland, United States, , Oregon
Oregon changed its isolation policy in May when the Covid-19 public health emergency lifted, and California followed suit earlier this month. The recent order from the California health department notes that the potential infectious period spans from two days before through 10 days after symptoms or a positive test. Less restrictive isolation policies could allow people to feel more comfortable with testing, which could prompt them to get treatment or feel more comfortable taking other protective measures. Dr. Dean Sidelinger, Oregon’s state health officer, said that equity was a key factor considered in the decision to change isolation policy in the state. Public health policy decisions are rarely black-and-white, experts say, and weighing tradeoffs can be more of an art than a perfect science.
Persons: Tomás Aragón, , Jennifer Nuzzo, we’re, Dan Barouch, Sarita Shah, Dean Sidelinger, ” Barouch, , ” Nuzzo, Shah, Dr, Sanjay Gupta, you’re, ” Shah, Organizations: CNN —, US Centers for Disease Control, California Department of Public Health, CDC, Pandemic, Brown University School of Public Health, Center, Virology, Vaccine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical, Emory University, Get CNN, CNN Health Locations: California, Oregon, COVID, hospitalizations, Covid
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon jury awarded $85 million Tuesday to nine victims of wildfires that ravaged the state in 2020, the latest verdict in a series of legal proceedings that are expected to put the utility PacifiCorp on the hook for billions of dollars over its liability for the deadly blazes. “The 2020 wildfires were undeniably tragic,” it said. “PacifiCorp has settled and will continue to settle all reasonable claims for actual damages under Oregon law. The damages awarded Tuesday were the first in cases brought by that broader class, with additional trials expected in February and April. PacifiCorp also agreed last month to pay $299 million to settle a lawsuit brought by 463 plaintiffs who were harmed by separate devastating wildfires in southern Oregon over Labor Day 2020.
Persons: ” Nick Rosinia, PacifiCorp, “ PacifiCorp, PacifCorp Organizations: Labor Locations: PORTLAND, An Oregon, Oregon
Storms have walloped the Pacific Northwest, Midwest, Plains, South and Northeast with low temperatures, heavy snow, ice storms, freezing rain and high winds for the past two weeks. Tina Kotek on Thursday declared a statewide emergency following deadly ice storms. Trees and power lines already coated with ice could topple if they get more, the National Weather Service warned. “Stay safe out there over the next several days as our region tries to thaw out,” the weather service said. The National Weather Service said there could be a thaw next week, when the forecast calls for above-average temperatures across almost the whole country.
Persons: Bob Johnson, ” Johnson, Doug McGowen, Joe Biden, Tina Kotek, Jonathan Mattise, Kristin M, Claire Rush, Carolyn Thompson, Jeffrey Collins, Colleen Long Organizations: Midwest, D.C, National Weather Service, Tennessee, Sheriff’s, Memphis, Water, Blood Assurance, The West Virginia Legislature, Capitol, Washington D.C, U.S . Capitol, White House, U.S . Conference of Mayors, Buffalo Bills, Kansas City Chiefs, Michigan, West Coast , Oregon Gov, Associated Press, Hall Locations: MEMPHIS, Tenn, Memphis, U.S, Canada, New York City, Baltimore, Washington, Pacific Northwest, Midwest, Plains, South, Arkansas , Mississippi , Missouri , Tennessee , Kentucky, Kansas, Lewisburg, Marshall, Memphis , Tennessee, Chattanooga , Tennessee, West Virginia, The, In Buffalo , New York, Michigan City , Indiana, West Coast , Oregon, Columbia, Willamette Valley, Nashville , Tennessee, Portland , Oregon, Buffalo , New York, Columbia , South Carolina
On Thursday, an American Airlines plane slid off a snowy taxiway in Rochester, New York, after a flight from Philadelphia. Thousands of residents have been without power since Saturday in parts of Oregon’s Willamette Valley after an ice storm caused extensive damage. “We do have a generator that we got last year, and right now it’s running an oil plug-in heater," she said. In Mississippi’s capital city, an estimated 12,000 customers were dealing with low water pressure Thursday, another setback for Jackson’s long-troubled water system. ___Associated Press journalists Jonathan Mattise and Kristin M. Hall in Nashville and Adrian Sainz in Memphis contributed.
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Three people were killed when a power line fell on a car in Portland, Ore., Wednesday morning as parts of the Northwest continued to suffer from a brutal weather pattern this week, officials said. In one fatal episode, Rick Graves, a spokesman for Portland Fire and Rescue, said that a tree branch had knocked the power line onto an S.U.V. in Portland. The three occupants who died, two adults and a teenager, are believed to have been electrocuted when they got out of the vehicle, the spokesman said. A baby who had been in the vehicle survived, and was taken to the hospital for evaluation, he added.
Persons: Rick Graves Organizations: Portland Fire Locations: Portland ,, Portland
The eggs and overall nest construction closely resemble the eggs and pods of modern grasshopper species. Insect eggs are extremely rare in the fossil record, and intact egg cases are even rarer. This wasn’t just a cluster of eggs — it was a type of subterranean egg pod called an ootheca, with the eggs cradled by a protective layer that had mineralized into a stony rind. So Lee consulted a global insect egg database, containing more than 6,700 living species, to identify the eggs in the fossil pod. The virtually pristine specimen also speaks to the level of preservation in the national park site’s fossil beds, Famoso added.
Persons: , Jaemin Lee, Nick Famoso, Famoso, Ricardo Pérez, la Fuente, Christopher Schierup, Schierup, , Lee, Angela Lin, ” Famoso, ” Lee, ” Mindy Weisberger Organizations: CNN, Parks Stewardship, University of California, National Parks Service, University of Oxford’s, University of Oregon’s, Imaging, Scientific Locations: Oregon, Berkeley, Mitchell , Oregon, United Kingdom, Eugene
The climber “slid and tumbled down the mountain for approximately 300-400 feet,” Brian McCall, a spokesperson with the sheriff’s office, told CNN. The brutal fall was witnessed by members of Portland Mountain Rescue, a nonprofit volunteer organization focused on helping people in mountainous areas. The climber, Leah Brown, told CNN in an email she doesn’t know what caused her fall. Portland Mountain RescueIn a Facebook post, Portland Mountain Rescue wrote the woman’s injuries “prevented self-rescue,” adding their members worked with the Crag Rats group, also an all-volunteer, nonprofit organization. “I owe them my life.”In a statement after the rescue, Portland Mountain Rescue warned of the dangerous winter conditions at the mountain.
Persons: , Brian McCall, Leah Brown, ” Brown, Ross, Brown Organizations: CNN, Clackamas County Sheriff’s, Authorities, Rescue, Ross Clemson, Locations: Mt . Hood, Portland, Clackamas County, Mt, Hood, Oregon
The Secrets to Charlie Munger’s Success
  + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( Jason Zweig | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Charlie Munger in 2019 at his home in Los Angeles. Photo: Michael Lewis for The Wall Street JournalBusiness and financial leaders made frequent pilgrimages to Los Angeles to hear Charlie Munger ’s thoughts as he held court while peering through thick eyeglasses over high, rosy cheekbones. Among the attendees at his weekly “Friday lunch club” and periodic dinners were John and Patrick Collison , founders of the online payment firm Stripe; Bobby Kotick , chief executive of videogame company Activision Blizzard ; Pradeep Khosla , chancellor of the University of California, San Diego; Maria Pope , chief executive of Portland General Electric , Oregon’s largest utility; and Howard Marks , co-founder of investment firm Oaktree Capital Management.
Persons: Charlie Munger, Michael Lewis, Charlie Munger ’, John, Patrick Collison, Bobby Kotick, Pradeep Khosla, Maria Pope, Howard Marks Organizations: The Wall Street Journal, Activision Blizzard, University of California, Portland General Electric, Oaktree Capital Management Locations: Los Angeles, San Diego, Portland
Portland Public Schools students missed 11 days of school before the district began its weeklong Thanksgiving break. “This contract is a watershed moment for Portland students, families, and educators” said Portland Teachers Association President Angela Bonilla. The Portland Association of Teachers, which represents more than 4,000 educators, said it was the first teachers strike in the school district. Portland Public Schools repeatedly said it didn’t have the money to meet the union’s demands. Oregon lawmakers approved in June a record $10.2 billion K-12 budget for the next two years, but school district representatives said that wasn’t enough.
Persons: , Guadalupe Guerrero, , Angela Bonilla, ABC's, , haven't Organizations: , Portland Public Schools, Portland, Portland Teachers, , Educators, Oregon Public Broadcasting, “ Abbott, Facebook, Portland Association of Teachers Locations: PORTLAND, Oregon
The NewsThe union representing teachers, counselors and other school employees in Portland, Ore., reached a tentative deal with the city's public school district on Sunday, ending a strike that has kept nearly 45,000 students out of classes for more than three weeks in Oregon’s largest district. That is about in the middle of what the district had offered and what the union had asked for at the start of the strike. The strike has drawn attention to public school funding in Oregon. (Minneapolis students missed 14 school days during a strike last year.) The strike, which kept students out of school for nearly the entire month of November, could risk amplifying that message in Portland.
Persons: , Thomas Dee, , Dr, Dee Organizations: Hollywood, Portland Public Schools, Oregonian, Veterans, Minneapolis, Public Schools, Stanford University, Students Locations: Portland ,, Oregon’s, Oregon, Portland
6 Oregon a spot in the Pac-12 championship game with a 31-7 victory Friday night over No. 15 Oregon State in the final scheduled matchup between the in-state rivals. 16 CFP), which is one of two teams not to leave the Pac-12, along with Washington State. Washington hosts Washington State on Saturday. Oregon: It was Oregon’s ninth straight win over Oregon State at Autzen.
Persons: — Bo Nix, Nix, Troy Franklin, DJ Uiagalelei, Bucky Irving, Silas Bolden, Camden Lewis, Jordan James, Jonathan Smith's, Smith, Scott Barnes, , Donna Moore, ___ Organizations: Oregon State, The Ducks, Washington, Football, Washington State, Big, Apple, Ducks, Beavers, The Huskies, Beavers . Washington, Oregon, Michigan State, Wednesday, . . Oregon, Wildcats, Arizona State, 127th, AP Locations: EUGENE, Oregon, Las Vegas, Washington State . Oregon, Washington, Corvallis . Oregon, Autzen, . ., . Arizona, Willamette Valley
Possession of under a gram of heroin, for example, is only subject to a ticket and a maximum fine of $100. Some lawmakers have suggested focusing on criminalizing public drug use rather than possession. Backers of Oregon’s approach say decriminalization isn’t necessarily to blame, as many other states with stricter drug laws have also reported increases in fentanyl deaths. Despite public perception, the law has made some progress by directing $265 million dollars of cannabis tax revenue toward standing up the state’s new addiction treatment infrastructure. Horvick, the pollster, said public support for expanding treatment remains high despite pushback against the law.
Persons: — Oregon's, , John Horvick, Sen, Kate Lieber, Tina Kotek, Kotek, Jason Edmiston, Alex Kreit, Lily Morgan, Heather Jefferis, ” Lieber, , Geoff Mulvihill, ___ Claire Rush Organizations: DHM Research, Democratic, Democratic Gov, Republican, Survey, Northern Kentucky University, Addiction Law, U.S . Centers for Disease Control, Health, Networks, Oregon Council, Behavioral Health, Associated Press, America Statehouse News Initiative, America Locations: PORTLAND, Oregon, Portland, Hermiston, California, Washington, U.S, Portugal, Philadelphia
Known for donning a bow tie and bicycle pin, Blumenauer, 75, has served roughly five decades in public office at the local, state and federal level. “I spent a career working to make Portland the most livable city in the country. He would go on to serve as a commissioner in Multnomah County, home to Portland, and on the Portland City Council before being elected to the U.S. House in 1996. His legacy remains visible today — a bike and pedestrian bridge that opened in the city last year bears his name. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues.
Persons: Earl Blumenauer, We’ve, , ” Blumenauer, Kevin McCarthy, that's, , Jonathan Maus, Blumenauer, Hakeem Jeffries, “ Earl, ” ___ Claire Rush Organizations: — U.S . Rep, Associated Press, Oregon House, Portland City Council, U.S . House, Congressional, Caucus, Rep, Washington D.C, Congress, quicken, Congressional Cannabis Caucus, Congressional Progressive Caucus, America Statehouse News Initiative, America Locations: PORTLAND, Oregon, Portland, City Hall, Multnomah County, Mount Hood, Columbia, America, , Washington
The average salary for a Portland teacher is $87,000, according to Portland Public Schools, slightly above the area median income for a single person and below the median for a family of four. Portland Public Schools has offered raises of 4.5 percent for the first year, and 3 percent in subsequent years of the contract. The strike in Portland may set the tone for other districts in Oregon that are also struggling to finalize new labor agreements. The union has encouraged parents to make plans for child care while 81 schools in the district are closed. Portland Public Schools is making meals available for pick up at certain schools.
Persons: , Angela Bonilla, Tina Kotek, , Long Organizations: Portland Association of Teachers, Portland Public Schools, Gov, Democrat Locations: Portland, Oregon, Salem
With both the ball and the lead late in Oregon’s Top 10 showdown against Washington on Saturday, the Ducks gambled on the trendiest call in football these days: They went for it on fourth down with the ball near midfield and just over two minutes to play.
Organizations: Oregon’s, Washington, Ducks
Emily's mother, Andrea Halnon, was also afraid to jump out of a plane, but she "met her fear with joy and determination," her daughter says. The door slid open, the plane was moving 100 miles per hour, and a torrent of wind rushed in. On this big grief day, when I didn’t know how to cope with feeling too far away from my mom, I’d found the answer. I carried every emotion with me as I let go of the plane — fear, joy, grief, longing, love. My eyes were wide open, and I could see I was exactly where I wanted to be.
Persons: CNN —, Toshi, We’d, , Eugene Skydivers, Andrea, Andrea Halnon, Ole Thomsen, I’d, I’ve, Emily Halnon, hadn’t, Toshi gestured, ” Toshi, They’re Organizations: CNN, Guardian, Washington Post Locations: Willamette, Maine, Oregon, Eugene, Toshi, Eugene , Oregon,
A German company is building a constellation of satellites to detect fires from space. “They’re trained very specifically to detect smoke or not, and we train them with images of smoke and images of not smoke,” CEO Sonia Kastner said. The cameras help detect fires quicker and get teams on the ground faster, shaving up to two hours off response times. German startup OroraTech analyzes satellite images with artificial intelligence. "There are algorithms on the satellite, very efficient ones to detect fires even faster," CEO Thomas Gruebler said.
Persons: Phillip SeLegue, SeLegue, It's, “ They’re, Sonia Kastner, ” Kastner, , Larry Bekkedahl, Bekkedahl, , ” Bekkedahl, Juan Lavista Ferres, Ferres, “ It’s, OroraTech, Thomas Gruebler, Gruebler, Barbara Ortutay Organizations: Firefighters, Microsoft, California Department of Forestry, Portland General Electric, PGE, AP Technology Locations: Maui, San Diego, Francisco, Oregon, Canada, Munich, Chile, Alberta, San Francisco
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Bo Nix threw three touchdown passes and No. 10 Oregon emphatically slammed the brakes on Coach Prime's “Cinderella story,” routing No. But the Ducks' defense sacked Shedeur Sanders on third down, pushing him back 16 years, and Colorado again was forced to punt. Colorado avoided the shutout with Shedeur Sanders' a 6-yard pass to Michael Harrison. Colorado had minus-33 rushing yards in the half — due in part by Oregon’s four sacks on Shedeur Sanders — and just 35 for the game.
Persons: — Bo Nix, Prime's, Dan Lanning, Deion Sanders, ” Lanning, Troy Franklin, Sanders, Phil Knight, Terrell Owens, Nix, Shedeur Sanders, , Noah Wittington, Casey Kelly, Franklin, Jordan James, Michael Harrison, Travis Hunter, Hunter, Shedeur Sanders — Organizations: Ducks, Oregon, TCU, Colorado State, Nike, NFL, Autzen, Colorado, The Buffaloes, Buffaloes, Southern California, Stanford, AP Locations: EUGENE, Oregon, Colorado, TCU , Nebraska, . Oregon
Epic Healing Eugene — Oregon’s first licensed psilocybin service center — opened in June, marking the state’s unprecedented step in offering the mind-bending drug to the public. The clients can't buy mushrooms to go, and they must stay at the service center until the drug wears off. Oregon Psilocybin Services spent two years establishing regulations and began accepting license applications in January. She expects Oregon’s psilocybin program, currently receiving millions in taxpayer dollars, to be fully supported by licensing fees by mid-2025. Little, brown psychedelic mushrooms can be found growing in fields or in the woods, but they can closely resemble poisonous varieties.
Persons: Eugene — Oregon’s, Angela Allbee, , ” Allbee, It’s, Eugene, Brian Lindley, Jeanette Small, Allbee, Cathy Jonas, Jonas, , Gared Hansen, Hansen, " Hansen, that’s Organizations: Food and Drug Administration, FDA, Oregon Psychiatric Physicians Association, Services, Ashland, Service Locations: EUGENE, Eugene, Colorado, Oregon, United States, Bend, San Francisco, Springfield , Oregon, Pink Buffalo
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