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County commissioners appeared unfazed by public commenters who warned the resolution would endanger people with drug addictions.

Judge Adrian Brown, the only incumbent facing a challenger, has had a tough time on the campaign trail.

“The idea that a repeal was really going to drive turnout? A lot of the angst was unnecessary.”

The Homeless Services Department pushed back on the notion that shoddy oversight resulted in Sunstone Way’s downfall.

Some advocates say the county proposal, as it stands, lacks a strong enforcement mechanism.

Sen. Lisa Reynolds might seem a surprising backer, given that many in Northwest Portland blame her for killing Senate Bill 1573.

The unanimous string of endorsements for Brim-Edwards are notable because county chairs past have had at best delicate, and at worst tumultuous, relationships with Multnomah County’s mayors.

The county had planned to fill the gap with another hotel conversion, but a former Days Inn & Suites in Gresham faces financial hurdles to becoming a shelter.

After WW broke the news of the nonprofit’s closure, several readers wrote in about billboards around town that tout Sunstone Way’s services.

Sunstone Way, the nonprofit shelter provider sued by a whistleblower alleging profligate spending, is under review by Multnomah County’s Fiscal Compliance Unit.

Buried in a whistleblower’s 22-page complaint against Sunstone Way are details about bar tabs that could bring scrutiny from one of the nonprofit shelter provider’s largest customers: Multnomah County’s Department of Homeless Services.

Multnomah County Commissioner Julia Brim-Edwards today declared her candidacy for county chair, taking on fellow Commissioner Shannon Singleton in a contest to succeed Jessica Vega Pederson, who decided late last year not to seek a second term.