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Newspaper Page TextA7 THE ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2020 Most Oregonians paying rent on time amid virus conducted by Apartment List, however, found that 31% of renters failed to make complete on-time rental pay- ments in the ﬁ rst week of October. Renters in Class C apart- ments, generally occupied by low-to-moderate income residents, have had a harder time keeping up with their rental payments. Only 72% of renters in Class C units made full or partial rental payments by Oct. 6 as com- pared to roughly 84% of rent- ers in Class A and Class B units, according to RealPage. Gov. Kate Brown announced at the end of Sep- tember that she was extend- ing the state’s residential eviction ban through the end of the year, citing the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic and wildﬁ res throughout the state. Her announcement came days after Multnomah County extended its own eviction moratorium to Jan. 8. In September, the Trump Administration also announced a moratorium on evictions through the end of the year. But renters in Oregon and nationwide will still be required to pay accumulated back-rent when moratori- ums expire, unless federal, state or local governments establish additional protec- tions. That could lead to a massive increase in evictions next year. In Oregon, renters will have six months to repay missed payments after the moratorium ends. Doug Bibby, president of the National Multifamily Housing Council, said that additional federal relief legis- lation is needed to help rent- ers and landlords. Congress has been unable to come to an agreement on new relief legislation that could rein- state enhanced unemploy- ment beneﬁ ts or provide direct support to Americans impacted by the pandemic. “Policymakers need to act now to forestall the health and ﬁ nancial crises we are already grappling with from evolving into a housing cri- sis which would undermine the economic recovery and destabilize the country’s housing market,” Bibby said in a statement. By JAMIE GOLDBERG The Oregonian The Oregonian photos Protesters toppled a statue of former President Theodore Roosevelt in Portland’s South Park Block on Sunday night. Protesters topple Lincoln, Roosevelt statues in Portland By JIM RYAN and SHANE DIXON KAVANAUGH The Oregonian Protesters toppled two statues of former presidents Sunday night in downtown Portland, drawing the ire of the current commander in chief and marking the lat- est such ﬁ gures to be brought down amid demonstrations against racial injustice. The protesters felled stat- ues of Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln. They also shattered the entrance to the Oregon Historical Soci- ety, broke windows and destroyed a sign at the Port- land State University Campus Public Safety ofﬁ ce, smashed storefronts and caused other destruction. Police were not visibly present while the statues fell but eventually ﬂ ooded the area and arrested three people. President Donald Trump sounded off about the event, which was declared a riot, in a series of tweets Monday morning. One of Trump’s social media messages, which included a video of the Roo- sevelt statue, referred to dem- onstrators as “animals.” Another stated: “call in the Feds!” — an apparent ref- erence to Trump’s desire for federal intervention in Port- land protests. The statues were toppled during an event billed as an “Indigenous Peoples Day of Rage,” which came ahead of Monday’s federally observed holiday of Columbus Day. Many states and cities now recognize the day instead as Indigenous Peoples Day over concerns that Christo- pher Columbus’ arrival in the Americas helped launch centuries of violence against indigenous populations. Roosevelt, for exam- ple, later expressed hostil- ity toward Native Americans, according to an Indian Coun- try Today account of his atti- tudes and policies. Protesters took down a statue of former President Abraham Lincoln in Portland’s South Park Block on Sunday night. He pushed policies that promoted assimilation into white culture including the allotment system, by which Native American land was given to those who became U.S. citizens and the remain- der was made available to white settlers. The policy also weakened tribal govern- ments — an effect reportedly cheered by Roosevelt. Spray-painted on the base of Lincoln’s statue was “Dakota 38,” a reference to 38 Dakota men executed after the Dakota-U.S. War of 1862 in the largest mass execution in a single day in American history. Lincoln commuted the same sentence, handed down by a military tribunal, for 265 others. Protesters nationwide have targeted statues as symbols of longstanding oppression — most notably the statues of Confederate leaders that still stood across the South — during racial justice protests touched off by the Minneap- olis police killing of George Floyd in late May. Portland protesters have felled two other statues of former presidents: one of Thomas Jefferson, who enslaved more than 600 peo- ple during his lifetime, and SEVENDAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA TODAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY another of George Washing- ton, who was also an owner of enslaved people. Portland Police Chief Chuck Lovell said several windows were broken at the Oregon Historical Society and that at least three lit ﬂ ares were thrown inside. Kerry Tymchuk, the his- torical society’s execu- tive director, said the ﬂ ares caused little, if any, damage. The society’s collection and exhibits are safe. A “priceless” African American heritage bicenten- nial quilt was taken, Tymchuk said, but police found it sev- eral blocks away. The quilt was wet, but Tymchuk hopes it can be displayed again. Portland State’s Campus Public Safety ofﬁ ce sustained shattered windows and dam- age to its front door, according to university spokeswoman Christina Williams. No one was hurt, and the damage was cleaned up Monday. Shots were also ﬁ red through a restaurant window, Lovell said, and two bullets became lodged in the back of the business, which he didn’t identify. Windows were also bro- ken at other restaurants, a jewelry store, a bank and a FRIDAY SATURDAY coffee shop, Lovell said. A shooting was also reported in southeast Portland during the protest, Lovell said, and police were redi- rected from downtown to deal with the incident. The suspect ﬂ ed on foot and was ultimately taken into custody. Oregonian writer Kale Williams contributed to this report. The bulk of Oregon ten- ants once again paid their rent on time in October, but debt is piling up for those who are struggling to keep up during the coronavirus pandemic. Last month, the Port- land Housing Bureau esti- mated that Portland rent- ers would have collectively fallen behind on rent by over $120 million by the end of September. Multnomah County, the state of Oregon and the fed- eral government have all adopted eviction moratori- ums to prevent people from losing their homes if they can’t pay rent. But none of those measures include rent forgiveness, which means renters still owe the money and may be expected to pay it when the moratoriums expire. The vast majority of rent- ers aren’t in that situation yet. According to data compiled by RealPage, a company that provides property manage- ment software, 87% of rent- ers in Oregon and 85% of renters in the Portland area made full or partial rental payments by Oct. 6. Those numbers are down roughly 5 percentage points from the same date last year when about 92% of Ore- gon and Portland renters had made full or partial rental payments. Data compiled by Mul- tifamily NW, a rental indus- try group whose members include landlords and prop- erty managers, shows that between 12% and 15% of renters in Oregon have been unable to keep up with their rental payments during the pandemic. Nationwide, more than 79% of renters made a full or partial rental payment on time in October, the same percentage who paid their rent on time a year earlier, according to a nationwide survey of 11.4 million pro- fessionally managed apart- ment units conducted by the National Multifamily Hous- ing Council, a trade orga- nization representing apart- ment owners. A separate survey of 4,000 renters nationwide APPLIANCE PACKAGE DEALS APPLIANCE AND HOME FURNISHINGS 529 SE MARLIN, WARRENTON 503-861-0929 Over Mattresses, Furniture & More! 30 Y E A R S IN C L AT S O P COUNT Y SUNDAY MONDAY HOURS OPEN: MON-FRI 8-6 * SATURDAY * SUNDAY 10-4 We Service What We Sell REGIONAL FORECAST Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. Seattle 63 50 62 46 64 48 Rain tapering Cloudy, showers off around Sunny 64 50 65 44 Periods of sun A shower possible 65 49 58 46 Rather cloudy Clouds and sun Aberdeen Olympia 61/48 61/49 Wenatchee Tacoma Moses Lake 61/45 ALMANAC UNDER THE SKY TODAY'S TIDES Astoria through Sunday Tonight’s Sky: Tuesday, before sunrise, waning crescent moon near Venus. Astoria / Port Docks Temperatures High/low ................................ 60/51 Normal high/low .................. 62/45 Record high .................. 78 in 1987 Record low .................... 32 in 2008 Precipitation Sunday ..................................... 1.07” Month to date ........................ 2.10” Normal month to date ......... 1.47” Year to date .......................... 43.97” Normal year to date ........... 41.96” Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2020 Time 11:37 a.m. 7.1 5:14 a.m. 11:20 p.m. 7.5 5:33 p.m. Cape Disappointment 11:13 a.m. 7.0 4:24 a.m. 10:57 p.m. 7.4 4:50 p.m. Source: Jim Todd, OMSI Sunrise today .................. 7:30 a.m. Sunset tonight ............... 6:32 p.m. Moonrise today .............. 3:08 a.m. Moonset today .............. 5:32 p.m. First Full 0.1 2.0 Hammond SUN AND MOON New 0.0 1.7 Last 11:25 a.m. 7.3 4:44 a.m. -0.1 11:08 p.m. 7.8 5:08 p.m. 1.9 Warrenton 11:32 a.m. 7.5 4:58 a.m. 11:15 p.m. 7.9 5:17 p.m. Knappa 12:14 p.m. 7.3 6:15 a.m. 11:57 p.m. 7.7 6:34 p.m. Depoe Bay Oct 16 Oct 23 Oct 31 Nov 8 10:29 a.m. 7.4 3:53 a.m. 10:09 p.m. 7.8 4:17 p.m. 0.1 1.8 0.0 1.5 0.1 2.3 City Atlanta Boston Chicago Dallas Denver Honolulu Houston Los Angeles Miami New York City Phoenix San Francisco Wash., DC Today Hi/Lo/W Wed. Hi/Lo/W 78/56/s 60/52/r 71/47/s 83/59/pc 79/53/s 88/73/pc 88/65/pc 94/68/s 89/75/pc 69/52/r 101/69/s 80/60/s 73/52/pc 79/62/s 67/50/pc 73/49/s 89/66/s 79/34/pc 87/73/pc 88/69/pc 95/64/s 88/76/s 69/56/s 101/70/s 82/63/s 73/55/s Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow ﬂ urries, sn-snow, i-ice. 64/45 Hermiston The Dalles 70/50 Enterprise Pendleton 58/37 67/46 66/48 La Grande 61/40 64/44 NATIONAL CITIES High (ft.) Time Low (ft.) 58/40 Kennewick Walla Walla 64/45 Lewiston 71/48 63/47 Salem Pullman 65/38 Longview 63/50 Portland 64/49 58/39 Yakima 65/44 60/44 Astoria Spokane 56/44 Corvallis 64/44 Albany 63/44 John Day Eugene Bend 64/46 65/37 67/41 Ontario 66/46 Caldwell Burns 68/33 72/47 Medford 73/49 Klamath Falls 69/39 City Baker City Brookings Ilwaco Newberg Newport Today Hi/Lo/W 61/38/sh 63/53/pc 62/51/r 64/44/r 61/50/r Wed. Hi/Lo/W 59/27/pc 69/57/s 60/48/sh 62/42/sh 61/47/sh City North Bend Roseburg Seaside Springﬁ eld Vancouver Today Hi/Lo/W 64/51/sh 66/49/sh 63/49/r 63/48/sh 64/48/r Wed. Hi/Lo/W 66/49/pc 68/44/c 62/46/sh 64/40/pc 62/43/sh