Andy Miller

Kennedy School Theater - The Power of Place Roadshow - McMenamins. Come join @Ourjustfuture for this special screening and panel discussion that asks Portland the urgent question: Where we goin'? mcmenamins.com/event.aspx?id=…

@sophiegreenleaf It felt like a cynical election-timed move from the beginning. I appreciate having one less piece of chaos to fear and show up for during a busy and challenging week.

City commissioners Gonzalez, Ryan and Mapps are no longer going to take a vote on pulling the city out of the Joint Office, via email this morning. They spent the last month talking almost only of that.

@alex_zee Timing of this and the JOHS contract withdrawal vote does feel reminiscent of the Amy Coney Barrett Supreme Court nomination - jammed in on the eve of a pivotal election.

As someone who has covered the ups and downs of the Clean & Safe district for years, I was surprised by the amount of new voices in opposition this time around. Council votes on Nov 13. opb.org/article/2024/1…

Sometimes sports are just great because . . . what an interception!

If your main source of news is our local big-City newspaper - the Oregonian - you would have no idea there is a global crisis in Israel or an historic leadership vacancy in Congress - but you would know where to find Pumpkin spice mead in Portland.

@andersem Doesn't feel like this to most renters we work with in Multnomah County. Still cannot afford their housing. wonder also if this data is just for the small portion of the housing universe that is turning over - no LL has lowered rents for existing renters that I am aware of?

Rent price trends, after inflation, in larger counties in WA & OR, since 2019 Zoomtowns (Bend, Spokane, west Puget Sound): returning to earth Burbs (Hillsboro, Snohomish, Vancouver): leveled off Big cities (Seattle, Portland): cheaper The boonies (Albany, Moses Lake): yikes

WV has higher rates of overdose and addiction than OR but far lower rates of homelessness and the lowest rents in the country. Everyone who wants it should have access to treatment. But we won't solve homelessness without solving for housing. bitly.ws/Xdbh

@tapogna @alex_zee Hoping this inspires us to invest more deeply and intentionally into what works. Great series - thanks for your participation in it @tapogna

@alex_zee If more of the housing we create went first and unconditionally to the folks outside - we could obviate some of the wasteful interim measures. We create a lot of affordable housing - but not enough of it aligned to the circumstances of those sleeping unsheltered.

In short, govts might need to invest in programs that don't really end homelessness (camp removals) to get the necessary support they really need to invest in programs that do (PSH).

What stood out to me in this reporting: All experts I spoke w/ agreed that permanent supportive housing is THE answer to homelessness, but that PSH wouldn't get public buy-in unless govts removed campsites at the same time, so ppl see visual proof that homelessness is going away.

@alex_zee It is our achilles heel here: we lack a plan/system that prioritizes people currently sleeping unsheltered for at least some of the housing we are creating. We also lack a clear commitment to Housing First - an approach that ensures the housing is provided unconditionally.

@GoodLuckUNeedIt @alex_zee @pdxpragmatist The definition here is one most in the Housing Sector rely on: csh.org/supportive-hou…

@alex_zee @pdxpragmatist The person profiled in the article did not have disabilities preventing them from working… In fact, they are heading to school to be a nurse… Yet she qualified for permanent, supportive housing.

Thank you @alex_zee for this great reporting on the origins of Oregon's homeless crisis. If you think homelessness in Oregon is just an outgrowth of our opioid crisis and that housing is not our most urgent solution, take a read. opb.org/article/2023/1…

Solutions that address the root cause and that build a systemic response take time and take sustained investment. Where are the folks benefiting from sobering and treatment services supposed to live? Where should the folks not ready to benefit from those services sleep?

I appreciate that our behavioral health systems are underfunded and need help. But using supportive housing dollars to operate encampments as shelter and to fund sobering services do reappropriates investments away from supportive housing.

A bit of a politically composed patchwork here. We still lack a shared theory of change and timelined approach to end our homeless crisis. These investments continue a trend toward short term approaches to manage homeless and away from treating homelessness as a housing problem.

@LRubinson What is to lose by signing him to practice squad and giving him a chance? In transparency, I love his politics and respected his play, though the duration of his absence means a lot of catch up (but also a degree of health - he hasn't been taking the hits).

Look - I know that signing Colin to the practice squad would create a media circus for a few weeks. But does anyone think Zach Wilson gives the Jets a better chance to win than Colin Kaelernick? And it’s a good letter. Could Kaep be better than Siemian?

@sisterspdx We could use this to put some focus and light on our policy and budget choices: Does this investment end homelessness for the people experiencing it or is this an investment or policy aimed at making the reality of homelessness more pleasant for those of us lucky enough not to?

The visibility of a homelessness crisis forces a moral question upon us. It did in 1987, and it still does. How do we balance caring and concern with the desire to live in a pleasant environment?

@lt4kicks Interesting idea. But while Fields has shown SOME limited signs of potential, Wilson has shown none. Fields may well be a bust, but Wilson is for sure.

Random idea: Would Jets/Bears fans trade player for player, Zach Wilson for Justin Fields? #Jets #Bears Maybe a fresh start for both gets them going in the right direction.

@Ecosozialismus Our political system rewards the rage of the privileged more than ideas or real change (See 2016 election). Rage coming from understandable frustration that investments have not yet done what they promised and that consequences of gross inequity have landed back on all of us.

@Keith_McPherson This series is microcosm of season. Came in hot, must win, 1 run in 18 innings, no heart, didn't show up to play,Boone theatrics, meant nothing, season over.

Yankees pretty much have to win the 2024 World Series now. Only way to make up for this. Can't wait. End the szn