Salem mayor, business group join as petitioners to repeal Oregon homeless camping law

Mayor Julie Hoy joined a statewide business advocacy group and a Portland lawyer in an effort to repeal a 2021 Oregon law on ...

Salem City Council to vote on accepting $180K from businesses for Homeless Services Team

Salem City Council will vote on Oct. 27 on whether to accept a $180,000 donation to fund two police officers for the Homeless ...

Salem City Council approves $626K to address homelessness, downtown safety

Salem City Council voted to allocate $626,200 in funding for expanding police response to encampments and adding a mental health response team.

Oregon Pastor's Son Let A 'Homeless Woman' Stay In Their Shed—She Took Over The Master Bedroom, Knew Every Law, And Got Paid $2,500 To Finally Leave

Jennifer and John Chamberlain thought they were doing the right thing. A good deed. The kind of thing you'd expect from an Oregon pastor and his wife with a garage apartment and a little faith in ...

Salem City Council accepts $180k donation from businesses to fund police team

Salem City Council voted to accept a $180,000 donation to fund two police officers for the city's Homeless Services Team for ...
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Oregon Gov. Kotek signs bill for statewide homeless shelter program

SALEM, Ore. — Gov. Tina Kotek on Thursday signed legislation to establish a permanent, statewide homeless shelter program. House Bill 3644 was introduced in this year's legislative session, which will ...
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Proposed Oregon ballot measure would make it easier for cities to sweep homeless camps

Kristyna Wentz-Graff / OPB Oregon cities have railed for the better part of a year against a law that limits when they can sweep homeless camps. Now the state’s largest business group will ask voters ...