January 9, 2019
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Multnomah County on Thursday swore in Susheela Jayapal as the Board of Commissioners’ first
Indian-American member. She succeeds Loretta Smith who was prevented by term limits for running
for re-election and then lost an elect ion for Portland City Council.
Jayapal Takes Oath
County board seats first Indian-American
The Multnomah County Com-
mission opened the New Year by
seating its first Indian-American
member.
Born in India, the former gen-
eral counsel for adidas America,
Susheela Jayapal said running for
office was never her life-long plan.
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ENTERTAINMENT
But after witnessing her Portland
community become unlivable for
too many people left behind by the
region’s soaring economy — noting
that the rising tide wasn’t lifting all
boats — she couldn’t sit idly by.
Jayapal succeeds Loretta Smith
to represent north and northeast
Portland on the five-member
governing board from District
2. Smith was prevented by term
limits for running for re-election
and then lost an election for City
Council against Jo Ann Hardesty
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Opposition Grows on Warnings
NAACP, music
venues say new
rules will bring
displacement
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The Portland NAACP has new
allies in opposition to a recent city
policy requiring owners of un-
reinforced masonry buildings to
post warnings signs on structures
deemed to be at risk of collapse
during an earthquake.
Local NAACP President Pastor
E.D. Mondainé was joined Sat-
urday by other community mem-
bers and groups impacted by the
placarding requirement, including
a coalition of music venue own-
ers—Music Portland, for a rally
A new placard warning for unreinforced masonry buildings.
in front of City Hall, demanding long history of white supremacy
the mandate affecting some 1,600 and where black people were dis-
buildings be halted.
placed when urban renewal and
The Portland NAACP likens
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the requirement to Portland’s