I love this woman. It's like she's saying the Emperor has no clothes.

(Basically, Multnomah county is Portland, with some extra bits here and there. They are only part of the metropolitan area.)

"PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Multnomah County Commissioner Sharon Meieran says the Joint Office of Homeless Services — a partnership between Multnomah County and the City of Portland — has no plan to address homelessness, citing a lack of coordination
between the government agencies and lawmakers focusing on talking points rather than solutions to the crisis.

In late May, The City of Portland said it will extend its contract with Multnomah County to fund the Joint Office of Homeless Services, which aims to provide housing, shelter, health and job placement services for people facing homelessness.

The one-year contract extension comes after talk of splitting up the joint office. However, city leaders said they would give $43 million to the county, with strings attached — including guidelines in the contract for how that money would be spent and
proof that homelessness is reduced.

Multnomah County runs the joint office while the City of Portland supplies the funding.

Commissioner Meieran is calling for the county and the city to come up with a coordinated plan to address homelessness and unspent funds that could be going towards homeless services.

“A lot of people would reasonably expect the Joint Office of Homeless Services to truly be a Joint Office of Homeless Services. In reality, the Joint Office of Homeless Services is a county department — the county chair oversees it, and the city just
gives a bunch of money without any authority to the joint office,” Meieran said.

“So, these decisions being made are not prioritizing a lot of the city’s priorities and that’s been since its inception. So, there’s a contract that governs the joint office, don’t know why the city signed on to it in the first place, but that
contract is up for renewal, it’s been pushed back a couple of times. But the city is rightfully angry because they’re paying the money but don’t have the authority,” Meieran said."
[snip]

https://www.koin.com/local/multnomah-county/commissioner-multco-portland-have-no-actual-plan-to-address-homelessness/

TB

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Technobarbarian wrote:

I love this woman. It's like she's saying the Emperor has no
clothes.

(Basically, Multnomah county is Portland, with some extra bits here
and there. They are only part of the metropolitan area.)

"PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Multnomah County Commissioner Sharon
Meieran says the Joint Office of Homeless Services — a
partnership between Multnomah County and the City of Portland —
has no plan to address homelessness, citing a lack of coordination
between the government agencies and lawmakers focusing on talking
points rather than solutions to the crisis.

In late May, The City of Portland said it will extend its contract
with Multnomah County to fund the Joint Office of Homeless
Services, which aims to provide housing, shelter, health and job
placement services for people facing homelessness.

The one-year contract extension comes after talk of splitting up
the joint office. However, city leaders said they would give $43
million to the county, with strings attached — including
guidelines in the contract for how that money would be spent and
proof that homelessness is reduced.

Multnomah County runs the joint office while the City of Portland
supplies the funding.

Commissioner Meieran is calling for the county and the city to come
up with a coordinated plan to address homelessness and unspent
funds that could be going towards homeless services.

“A lot of people would reasonably expect the Joint Office of
Homeless Services to truly be a Joint Office of Homeless Services.
In reality, the Joint Office of Homeless Services is a county
department — the county chair oversees it, and the city just
gives a bunch of money without any authority to the joint
office,” Meieran said.

“So, these decisions being made are not prioritizing a lot of the city’s priorities and that’s been since its inception. So, there’s a contract that governs the joint office, don’t know why the city signed on to it in the first place, but that contract
is up for renewal, it’s been pushed back a couple of times. But
the city is rightfully angry because they’re paying the money but don’t have the authority,” Meieran said." [snip]

https://www.koin.com/local/multnomah-county/commissioner-multco-portland-have-no-actual-plan-to-address-homelessness/

HawHawHaw! Of course they have no plan. They're dumbasses.
Hire the alchemists. If they can transmogrify bullshit into gold, they
can certainly rehome the unhomed.
HawHawHaw!

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Technobarbarian <technobarbarian@gmail.com> wrote:

I love this woman. It's like she's saying the Emperor has no clothes.

(Basically, Multnomah county is Portland, with some extra bits
here and there. They are only part of the metropolitan area.)

"PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Multnomah County Commissioner Sharon Meieran
says the Joint Office of Homeless Services — a partnership between Multnomah County and the City of Portland — has no plan to address homelessness, citing a lack of coordination between the government
agencies and lawmakers focusing on talking points rather than solutions to the crisis.

In late May, The City of Portland said it will extend its contract with Multnomah County to fund the Joint Office of Homeless Services, which
aims to provide housing, shelter, health and job placement services for people facing homelessness.

The one-year contract extension comes after talk of splitting up the
joint office. However, city leaders said they would give $43 million to
the county, with strings attached — including guidelines in the contract for how that money would be spent and proof that homelessness is reduced.

Multnomah County runs the joint office while the City of Portland supplies the funding.

Commissioner Meieran is calling for the county and the city to come up
with a coordinated plan to address homelessness and unspent funds that
could be going towards homeless services.

“A lot of people would reasonably expect the Joint Office of Homeless Services to truly be a Joint Office of Homeless Services. In reality, the Joint Office of Homeless Services is a county department — the county
chair oversees it, and the city just gives a bunch of money without any authority to the joint office,” Meieran said.

“So, these decisions being made are not prioritizing a lot of the city’s priorities and that’s been since its inception. So, there’s a contract that governs the joint office, don’t know why the city signed on to it in the first place, but that contract is up for renewal, it’s been pushed
back a couple of times. But the city is rightfully angry because they’re paying the money but don’t have the authority,” Meieran said."
[snip]

https://www.koin.com/local/multnomah-county/commissioner-multco-portland-have-no-actual-plan-to-address-homelessness/

TB

House them under the waterfall.

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