OREGON
A8 — THE OBSERVER
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2021
Brown weighs special session
Oregon Legislature could consider
extending legal protections for tenants
By PETER WONG
Oregon Capital Bureau
sun and the moon, casting a
shadow over the full moon.
The red color is an eff ect of
refracted sunlight.
Oregonians will be able
to see the eclipse between
10 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 18,
and 7 a.m. Nov. 19, Todd
said. The best time to view
it will be during its par-
tial eclipse phase, between
11:19 p.m. and 2:47 a.m.,
with the maximum eclipse
taking place just after
1 a.m.
The Leonid meteor
shower is considered a
minor meteor shower with
occasional bursts of big
activity. Oregonians might
be able to see meteors any-
time during the event,
which started Nov. 6 and
will continue until Nov.
30. The best time to look
for meteors is just before
dawn after the moon has
set, Todd said, as the bright
moon may drown out any
meteors.
He said those who want
to catch the meteor shower
should get away from city
lights and fi nd a dark area
to look skyward.
By JAMIE HALE
The Oregonian
PORTLAND — Sky
watchers will get a treat
this week, with two astro-
nomical events forecast for
Pacifi c Northwest skies.
A partial lunar eclipse
will take place early Nov.
19, according to NASA
forecasts, coming on the
heels of the Leonid meteor
shower, which is expected
to peak on the nights of
Nov. 16 and Nov. 17.
Jim Todd, director of
space science education
at the Oregon Museum of
Science and Industry, said
that means there’s a possi-
bility of seeing meteors fl y
by during the lunar eclipse,
which would be a truly
remarkable sight.
All of this is contingent
upon the weather, which
could bring clouds that
would obscure both events.
The partial lunar eclipse
will shadow 97% of the
moon’s surface, turning it a
deep shade of red. A lunar
eclipse takes place when the
Earth moves between the
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The U.S. Drought Mon-
itor reported Nov. 11 that
almost the entire West is
still in drought or at least
abnormally dry. The only
exceptions are most of
Western Washington and
Clatsop and Tillamook
counties in Oregon.
Cool sea-surface tem-
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torial Pacifi c trigger a La
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By DON JENKINS
Capital Press
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The agency has received
more than 48,000 applica-
tions, 20,000 of which are
still under review; both
fi gures exclude 12,000
applications deemed
incomplete because ten-
ants or landlords have
not supplied adequate
information.
An estimated 13,000
households have exceeded
the grace periods from
evictions allowed for ten-
ants who show proof
they have applied for
rental assistance. State
law passed during the
last days of the 2021 ses-
sion set a deadline of 60
days; actions by commis-
sioners in Multnomah and
Washington counties, plus
Beaverton, set 90 days.
(The Washington County
action applies only to
areas outside cities,
although Beaverton acted
on its own.)
“There must be an
immediate action to
ensure no one who has
applied for help gets
evicted while their appli-
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A partial lunar eclipse will take place early Friday, Nov. 19, 2021,
according to NASA forecasts, coming after the Leonid meteor
shower, which is expected to peak on Nov. 16 and Nov. 17.
SALEM — Gov. Kate
Brown said Friday, Nov.
12, she is considering
calling a special session
of the Oregon Legisla-
ture to extend legal pro-
tections for tenants at risk
of eviction while they
wait for emergency rental
assistance.
Brown also said law-
makers may be asked to
consider approving addi-
tional state aid if more
federal money does not
come through.
“But it will be impos-
sible to serve every
Oregon family that is
struggling with rent with
state resources alone,”
Brown said in her state-
ment. “Those conversa-
tions will continue, with
the goal of bringing for-
ward a proposal for the
Legislature to consider
in a special session in the
upcoming weeks.”
Brown didn’t specify
when she might call law-
makers back to Salem.
The Legislature met for
a special session on legis-
lative and congressional
redistricting Sept. 20-27.
The 35-day session in
2022 is scheduled to start
Feb. 1; lawmakers will
conduct committee meet-
ings Jan. 11-13.
Brown issued her state-
ment after the Oregon
Department of Housing
and Community Services
announced that pending
applications are likely to
claim the rest of Oregon’s
federal money for emer-
gency rental assistance —
and that new applications
would be put on hold for
at least six weeks, starting
just before midnight on
Wednesday, Dec. 1.
Department Director
Margaret Salazar said
her agency was on the
verge of committing all
of the $289 million it has
received from the U.S.
Treasury, on top of the
$200 million that the Leg-
islature approved in state
funds back on Dec. 21. All
of the state money was
spent by the end of June.
“We want to make sure
we are keeping our com-
mitments to every Oregon
renter who has applied
for assistance to date,”
Salazar told reporters
during a conference call.
“We do not yet know
whether we will receive
additional dollars from the
Treasury.”
Oregon was among the
states that committed at
least 65% of their fi rst-
round allocations of fed-
eral rental assistance by
the initial deadline of
Sept. 30. The Treasury
will reallocate unused
money, which Salazar said
the agency should know in
the next few weeks.
Brown said she has
asked Deputy Secre-
tary Wally Adeyemo, the
No. 2 offi cial at the Trea-
sury, for direct help. “It is
not likely, however, that
the U.S. Treasury will be
able to deploy additional
resources for rental assis-
tance immediately,” she
said.
Portland and Mult-
nomah, Washington and
Clackamas counties also
received money from the
Treasury for their own
emergency rental assis-
tance payments.
As of Nov. 10,
according to the agency’s
dashboard, it has paid or
obligated rental assistance
for 23,409 households.
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