tuba pudding jr
@tubapuddingjunior.bsky.social
you already know, you already know. pdx.
calling wealthy donors during call time and soliciting positions on legislation is completely fine but how dare a bunch of electeds coordinate legislative positions
Oregon ethics officials will investigate whether six Portland city councilors violated public meetings law when they met for a private August retreat.
Ethics commission investigates progressive Portland city councilors over August retreat
Oregon ethics officials will investigate whether six Portland city councilors violated public meetings law when they met for a private August retreat.
www.oregonlive.com
December 14, 2025 at 1:22 AM
calling wealthy donors during call time and soliciting positions on legislation is completely fine but how dare a bunch of electeds coordinate legislative positions
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Today I filed a resolution intended to pursue Council oversight into the matter of the $21M that was found in the Portland Housing Bureau but not disclosed to Council ahead of budget discussions. I'm joined by @councilormorillo.bsky.social and @counciloravalos.bsky.social as co-sponsors.
December 13, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Today I filed a resolution intended to pursue Council oversight into the matter of the $21M that was found in the Portland Housing Bureau but not disclosed to Council ahead of budget discussions. I'm joined by @councilormorillo.bsky.social and @counciloravalos.bsky.social as co-sponsors.
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If cost has kept you from picking up There Is No Place for Us (which is totally understandable), good news: the ebook is *$1.99* today—93% off!—on Kindle, B&N, Bookshop, and elsewhere.
So grateful to everyone who's been reading and sharing the book this year. It means a lot.
So grateful to everyone who's been reading and sharing the book this year. It means a lot.
There Is No Place for Us by Brian Goldstone: 9780593237144 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES AND THE ATLANTIC’S TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR • Through the “revelatory and gut-wrenching” (Associated Press) stories of five Atlanta families, this landmark...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
December 12, 2025 at 12:28 PM
If cost has kept you from picking up There Is No Place for Us (which is totally understandable), good news: the ebook is *$1.99* today—93% off!—on Kindle, B&N, Bookshop, and elsewhere.
So grateful to everyone who's been reading and sharing the book this year. It means a lot.
So grateful to everyone who's been reading and sharing the book this year. It means a lot.
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this is happening TOMORROW! santa said he's going to chase us from house to house to make sure we have the best sleepover ever!!! all day goo crew streaming to raise money for the greater chicago food depository! starting on twitch.tv/hcjustin at 9am pacific, i'll be on at 1pm
December 8, 2025 at 7:31 PM
this is happening TOMORROW! santa said he's going to chase us from house to house to make sure we have the best sleepover ever!!! all day goo crew streaming to raise money for the greater chicago food depository! starting on twitch.tv/hcjustin at 9am pacific, i'll be on at 1pm
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Former Housing Bureau Director Hisserich’s memo raises serious flags about the transparency of administration leadership and the nature of her dismissal. 🧵
Former Housing Director Says She Was Told Not to Disclose Millions in Unspent Funds. A memo Helmi Hisserich sent to city councilors says city administration viewed unspent funds as "a big PR problem."
✍️ @jeremiahhayden.bsky.social
✍️ @jeremiahhayden.bsky.social
Former Housing Director Says She Was Told Not to Disclose Millions in Unspent Funds
The former director of the Portland Housing Bureau says she was ousted for trying to advance City Council’s social housing policy and was unfairly blamed for revenue that went unspent prior to her app...
www.portlandmercury.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Former Housing Bureau Director Hisserich’s memo raises serious flags about the transparency of administration leadership and the nature of her dismissal. 🧵
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December 4, 2025 City Council work session, Homelessness to Housing Continuum, scheduled for 2:00 p.m. is cancelled.
Mayor is a coward.
Mayor is a coward.
Councilors don't want to cancel, and have thoughts on how to address homelessness/housing beyond Wilson's strategy. (And may be wanting to get some new info on the housing bureaus unspent $$ on the record.)
TLDR: Expect some spiciness.
TLDR: Expect some spiciness.
December 4, 2025 at 7:41 PM
December 4, 2025 City Council work session, Homelessness to Housing Continuum, scheduled for 2:00 p.m. is cancelled.
Mayor is a coward.
Mayor is a coward.
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Homelessness and Housing are top issues in Portland. It would be unacceptable for the Mayor and staff to not show up to address the missing $21 MILLION dollars that Council was not informed about.
Council has subpoena powers and if the executive wants to force our hand, so be it. We will use it.
Council has subpoena powers and if the executive wants to force our hand, so be it. We will use it.
Portland City Council will meet today to discuss the "Homelessness to Housing Continuum."
The original idea was for it to be a venue for Mayor Wilson to talk about his homelessness plan. But per Wilson's office, it's not certain he'll show up.
(And bureau staff have been advised not to attend.)
The original idea was for it to be a venue for Mayor Wilson to talk about his homelessness plan. But per Wilson's office, it's not certain he'll show up.
(And bureau staff have been advised not to attend.)
December 4, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Homelessness and Housing are top issues in Portland. It would be unacceptable for the Mayor and staff to not show up to address the missing $21 MILLION dollars that Council was not informed about.
Council has subpoena powers and if the executive wants to force our hand, so be it. We will use it.
Council has subpoena powers and if the executive wants to force our hand, so be it. We will use it.
anyhow, my name's rowlf the dog I come for the holidays
Anyhow my name's Rowlf the dog I come for the holidays
YouTube video by wind_on_water
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December 4, 2025 at 7:09 PM
anyhow, my name's rowlf the dog I come for the holidays
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Portland City Council will meet today to discuss the "Homelessness to Housing Continuum."
The original idea was for it to be a venue for Mayor Wilson to talk about his homelessness plan. But per Wilson's office, it's not certain he'll show up.
(And bureau staff have been advised not to attend.)
The original idea was for it to be a venue for Mayor Wilson to talk about his homelessness plan. But per Wilson's office, it's not certain he'll show up.
(And bureau staff have been advised not to attend.)
December 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Portland City Council will meet today to discuss the "Homelessness to Housing Continuum."
The original idea was for it to be a venue for Mayor Wilson to talk about his homelessness plan. But per Wilson's office, it's not certain he'll show up.
(And bureau staff have been advised not to attend.)
The original idea was for it to be a venue for Mayor Wilson to talk about his homelessness plan. But per Wilson's office, it's not certain he'll show up.
(And bureau staff have been advised not to attend.)
this is the greatest joke ever written
December 4, 2025 at 3:03 AM
this is the greatest joke ever written
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The U.S. ties rents in regulated-affordable apartments to average income. So when avg incomes rise, rents in subsidized buildings do too.
Portland's rental vacancy rate has been 8% for 2 years. That's kept market rents flat.
Combine those: an affordable home is barely cheaper than a market one.
Portland's rental vacancy rate has been 8% for 2 years. That's kept market rents flat.
Combine those: an affordable home is barely cheaper than a market one.
Nearly 1,900 affordable Portland apartments sit empty while thousands need homes
“Even affordable rents are too high,” one affordable housing provider told The Oregonian/OregonLive.
www.oregonlive.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The U.S. ties rents in regulated-affordable apartments to average income. So when avg incomes rise, rents in subsidized buildings do too.
Portland's rental vacancy rate has been 8% for 2 years. That's kept market rents flat.
Combine those: an affordable home is barely cheaper than a market one.
Portland's rental vacancy rate has been 8% for 2 years. That's kept market rents flat.
Combine those: an affordable home is barely cheaper than a market one.
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Mayor Wilson pledged to end unsheltered homelessness in Portland by Dec. 1.
Today, people are still sleeping on Portland streets.
But Wilson did met one goal: He secured $$ to open his goal of 1,500 new beds. (Yet only 890 of those beds are currently open for use.)
Where we're at/what's next:
Today, people are still sleeping on Portland streets.
But Wilson did met one goal: He secured $$ to open his goal of 1,500 new beds. (Yet only 890 of those beds are currently open for use.)
Where we're at/what's next:
The state of Portland’s homelessness crisis, as mayor’s critical deadline passes
Mayor Wilson came into office with a pledge to end street sleeping by Dec. 1. Today, thousands still live outside.
www.opb.org
December 1, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Mayor Wilson pledged to end unsheltered homelessness in Portland by Dec. 1.
Today, people are still sleeping on Portland streets.
But Wilson did met one goal: He secured $$ to open his goal of 1,500 new beds. (Yet only 890 of those beds are currently open for use.)
Where we're at/what's next:
Today, people are still sleeping on Portland streets.
But Wilson did met one goal: He secured $$ to open his goal of 1,500 new beds. (Yet only 890 of those beds are currently open for use.)
Where we're at/what's next:
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I touched Jay Leno’s Tonight Show money
November 29, 2025 at 11:06 PM
I touched Jay Leno’s Tonight Show money
I don't know how I feel about this tbh. I mean, I get it, but you also can't help but wonder if he did the best job possible with a serious of bad situations and he also just seems like such a fundamentally decent guy
Portland Thorns announce that the club and Head Coach Rob Gale have agreed to part ways.
A comprehensive search for the next permanent head coach will begin immediately.
For more information: www.thorns.com/news/portlan...
A comprehensive search for the next permanent head coach will begin immediately.
For more information: www.thorns.com/news/portlan...
November 26, 2025 at 2:21 AM
I don't know how I feel about this tbh. I mean, I get it, but you also can't help but wonder if he did the best job possible with a serious of bad situations and he also just seems like such a fundamentally decent guy
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The campaign hoping to refer Oregon's newly passed gas tax increase to next year's ballot now says it has more than 150,000 signatures -- roughly double of what it needs. #orpol
November 25, 2025 at 11:37 PM
The campaign hoping to refer Oregon's newly passed gas tax increase to next year's ballot now says it has more than 150,000 signatures -- roughly double of what it needs. #orpol
oh that's really bad
With a pipeline that provides 90% of Oregon's transportation fuel shut down with a leak, Gov. Tina Kotek declared a fuel supply emergency.
Fuel leak in BP pipeline drives Oregon to state of emergency over fuel supply • Oregon Capital Chronicle
Gov. Tina Kotek declared a state of emergency through Dec. 24 in light of potential disruptions and higher-than-expected gas prices.
buff.ly
November 25, 2025 at 8:46 PM
oh that's really bad
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It’s ok you can say it
November 22, 2025 at 1:20 AM
It’s ok you can say it
sighing and crossing out "ted wheeler" and writing "keith wilson" on an old "fuck ted wheeler" protest sign
November 20, 2025 at 8:46 PM
sighing and crossing out "ted wheeler" and writing "keith wilson" on an old "fuck ted wheeler" protest sign
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Portland Housing Director Helmi Hisserich has resigned after being "asked to step down without notice that my work was unsatisfactory.”
Her resignation letter, shared with OPB, points to a divide between how the city addresses its housing and homelessness crises.
Her resignation letter, shared with OPB, points to a divide between how the city addresses its housing and homelessness crises.
Portland housing director resigns after placed on leave by mayor
Helmi Hisserich, the head of Portland’s housing department, has resigned after abruptly being placed on leave by Mayor Keith Wilson.
www.opb.org
November 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Portland Housing Director Helmi Hisserich has resigned after being "asked to step down without notice that my work was unsatisfactory.”
Her resignation letter, shared with OPB, points to a divide between how the city addresses its housing and homelessness crises.
Her resignation letter, shared with OPB, points to a divide between how the city addresses its housing and homelessness crises.
another thing we don't talk about as much as we should re: rent increases is how social services that provide rent increases have to dedicate increasingly larger and increasingly unsustainable amounts of their budgets on increases, which creates a lot of potentialial for financial collapse longterm
November 20, 2025 at 6:16 PM
another thing we don't talk about as much as we should re: rent increases is how social services that provide rent increases have to dedicate increasingly larger and increasingly unsustainable amounts of their budgets on increases, which creates a lot of potentialial for financial collapse longterm
dan ryan, a guy who has spent 5 years making personal attacks against every other elected official in the city every chance he makes, would really like it if people would just focus on policy and not personal attacks
November 20, 2025 at 2:43 AM
dan ryan, a guy who has spent 5 years making personal attacks against every other elected official in the city every chance he makes, would really like it if people would just focus on policy and not personal attacks
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It seems likely that City Council will pass legislation banning AI rental price-fixing at tonight's meeting. But the Council's conversation about the ban has raised interesting questions (and caused some drama, too). For example, do renter protections necessarily mean reduced housing development?
Portland City Council to Vote on AI Rental Price-Fixing Software Ban
After months of uncertainty, a policy to ban the sale or use of algorithmic rental price-fixing software in Portland is back on the table. The proposed ordinance, brought to Portland City Council by C...
www.portlandmercury.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:26 PM
It seems likely that City Council will pass legislation banning AI rental price-fixing at tonight's meeting. But the Council's conversation about the ban has raised interesting questions (and caused some drama, too). For example, do renter protections necessarily mean reduced housing development?
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Like putting on an old winter coat and pulling a surprise $20 from the pocket, Oregon's $373 million budget deficit is shrinking, for now, due to what state economists call “found money." But lack of labor statistics means revenue forecast tenuous. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/11/19/f...
‘Found money,’ economic resilience dramatically shrink Oregon’s budget deficit • Oregon Capital Chronicle
Adjusted corporate income tax receipts, mild revenue increases have modestly improved state’s budget outlook, economists said.
oregoncapitalchronicle.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Like putting on an old winter coat and pulling a surprise $20 from the pocket, Oregon's $373 million budget deficit is shrinking, for now, due to what state economists call “found money." But lack of labor statistics means revenue forecast tenuous. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/11/19/f...
oooo OHSU staff just voted to authorize a strike
November 18, 2025 at 4:03 AM
oooo OHSU staff just voted to authorize a strike