HOMELESSNESS <<The number of people experiencing homelessness of all kinds in Multnomah County—unsheltered, in shelters, and in transitional housing—rose 20% in 2023, an increase that county officials attributed to “ongoing use of increasingly robust by-name lists and services data.” Put another way: County officials claim they got much better at looking for unhoused people, muddying …
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1/19/23 News Update
LESS LETHAL <<Portland and Multnomah County are paying a combined $80,000 to settle a federal lawsuit filed by a man shot with less-lethal munitions by a Portland police officer and a county sheriff’s sergeant during a declared riot downtown on July 4, 2020. The city will pay $75,000 and the county $5,000 to Erik Hoofnagle, …