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March 6, 2019
Rent Control
Law Signed
by Governor
Historic victory for
housing advocates
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown signed the na-
tion’s first statewide mandatory rent control
measure on Thursday, giving a victory to
housing advocates who say spiraling rent
costs in the economically booming state have
fueled widespread homelessness and hous-
ing insecurity.
Brown, a Democrat, said the legislation
will provide “some immediate relief to Or-
egonians struggling to keep up with rising
rents and a tight rental market.”
Landlords are now limited to increases
once per year that cannot exceed 7 percent
plus the change in the consumer price in-
dex, which is used to calculate inflation.
The law prohibits them serving no-
cause evictions after a tenant’s first year of
occupancy, a provision designed to protect
those who are living paycheck to paycheck
and who affordable housing advocates
say are often most vulnerable to sudden
rent hikes and abrupt lease terminations.
It takes effect immediately. Democrats
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Solidarity for Women’s Rights
Thousands of protestors march down Southeast 10th Avenue in the heart of Portland State University’s
urban campus Sunday in a display of solidarity and equal rights for women. The 2019 Womxn’s March,
a much smaller but significant sequel to the massive women’s march that followed Donald Trump’s
election, put a new focus on indigenous, people of color, and LGBTQ women after new leadership took
the reins to organize this year’s march.
Earthquake Building Warnings Delayed
The Portland City Council agreed last week to a nearly
two year delay on requirements that owners of unrein-
forced brick and stone buildings post signs warning the
buildings may be unsafe in an earthquake. Commission-
er Jo Ann Hardesty pushed for the change after the en-
forcement drew much ire among African American church
leaders, those who own music venues, and other commu-
nity members.
Stroke Claims Actor at 52
Riverdale and Beverly Hills,
90210 star Luke Perry died
Monday after suffering a mas-
sive stroke last week. He was
52. Tributes on social media, in-
cluded stories about how much
of a gentleman the former heart-
throb was.
Oregon Sues over Title X Gag Rule
Oregon Gov. Brown and Attorney General Rosenblum
filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging the constitutionality of
the Trump Administration’s new Title X “gag rule” to re-
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Norma Paulus Broke Polticial Barriers
Norma Paulus, a pioneering Oregon Republican who was
the first woman elected to statewide office in Oregon, died
Thursday at age 85. Paulus was a member of the Legisla-
ture, Oregon’s secretary of state from 1977 to 1985, her
party’s nominee for governor in 1986 and the state’s elect-
ed superintendent of schools for two terms in the 1990s.
Washington’s Inslee Running for President
strict access to reproductive health services and informa-
tion about abortion. The lawsuit was joined by 21 states’
Attorneys General. The American Medical Association
and Planned Parenthood also filed suit to block the rule.
Washington’s Democratic Governor, Jay Inslee, empha-
sizing the “existential threat” of climate change to the
safety of the United States, officially announced his can-
didacy for president Friday, joining a field of Democrats
that’s already swelled to more than a dozen candidates.
State Leader Dead at 69
Portland Teen Charged with Murder
Dennis Richardson, 69, died last
week after a battle with brain
cancer. The Oregon Republican
Secretary of State was remem-
bered for his integrity, warmth,
kindness and perseverance. A
state funeral was scheduled for
Wednesday at the State Capitol.
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A 15-year-old boy is facing murder charges after he
shot and killed an 18-year-old at a Portland Motel 6 last
December, police say. Jeremiah Hannon is also accused
with another teen of beating up a man aboard a MAX
train just five days after the shooting. That victim in
that case told police he had asked the teens to turn down
the music they were playing on the train before they
attacked him.
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