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CLATSOP COUNTY
HILLSBORO
Vacation-rental battle
could be headed to voters
Cop sues U.S.
immigration
over stop
Both sides want
ballot title changed
BY ERICK BENGEL
The Astorian
Supporters and opponents
of a prospective ballot mea-
sure that could decide the
fate of vacation rentals in un-
incorporated Clatsop County
are petitioning to get the bal-
lot title changed.
In June, the County Com-
mission passed an ordinance
that makes vacation rentals
of 30 or fewer days an out-
right use in 16 unincorpo-
rated zones, both commer-
cial and residential, in the
development code. About
180 units are already licensed
to operate in unincorporated
areas. The county currently
has a moratorium on new li-
censes.
A referendum to repeal
the ordinance is underway,
which could lead to the dis-
appearance of more than 100
vacation rentals as licenses
expire, according to the
county.
It is the latest move in a
contest over who gets to en-
joy the Oregon Coast, and
where, and how. Short-term
rentals offer getaways to
tourists, who put money into
the local economy and lodg-
ing tax revenue in county
coffers.
But some residents worry
that the growth of the tour-
ism industry is eroding the
quality of life in their neigh-
borhoods and straining the
coastal environment.
Cities on the North Coast
have taken steps to restrict
vacation rentals. At the
county level, the debate has
mostly been dominated by
the concerns of people in
wealthy enclaves where part-
Lawsuit: ICE agents
detained him,
questioned him
about citizenship
BY MAXINE BERNSTEIN
The Oregonian
Lydia Ely/The Astorian
A house displays a sign advertising vacation rentals in Arch Cape,
an unincorporated area in Clatsop County.
time residents and second
homes are common.
The referendum’s chief
petitioner, Charles Dice, of
Cove Beach, is challenging
the way District Attorney
Ron Brown prepared the
ballot title.
Dice’s Portland land use
attorney, Daniel Kearns, ar-
gues that the ballot title, as
worded, is not impartial, fails
to describe the purpose of
the measure and contains
emotionally loaded language
designed to persuade voters
to reject the measure, accord-
ing to the petition for judicial
review in Circuit Court.
Kearns asks the court to
invalidate the proposed bal-
lot title and certify an alter-
native one that he believes
more clearly spells out the
primary effect of the mea-
sure, which would be to “re-
instate the prior land use reg-
ulations,” he wrote.
the opposite direction.
Marie Gwydir-Moore,
who works in the vacation
rental industry and owns a
rental, wrote in a petition
that the projected $700,000
loss, far from irrelevant, un-
derstates the “substantial eco-
nomic and social disruption
that will be caused to the en-
tirety of Clatsop County” if
voters approve the measure.
Gwydir-Moore, who lives
on the North Coast part
time, elaborated in an in-
terview: “This is more than
$700,000 that’s just going
to the county. Short-term
rentals bring in millions of
dollars that trickle (down)
to the business owners, the
retail shops, the contractors,
the housekeepers. These
are real people that are liv-
ing in the community, and if
they’re struggling now, what
the hell’s going to happen to
A Hillsboro Police offi-
cer has filed a federal lawsuit
against U.S. Immigration and
Customs Enforcement after
federal immigration agents
ordered him out of his vehicle
during a traffic stop, placed his
arms behind his back and be-
gan questioning him about his
citizenship.
Edgar Garcia Garfias was
on his way home from work
when he was pulled over on
the Tualatin Valley Highway,
according to a lawsuit he filed
Wednesday in U.S. District
Court in Portland.
His suit against ICE alleges
its agents unlawfully arrested,
detained and seized him with-
out probable cause on Aug. 5,
2020.
David Yost, a spokesper-
son for the federal immigra-
tion enforcement agency, said,
“U.S. Immigration and Cus-
toms Enforcement does not
provide comment on pending
or ongoing litigation.”
Garcia Garfias has lived in
Washington County his entire
life, 29 years, and has worked
as a police officer in Hillsboro
since 2018. State records show
he has completed law-en-
forcement training on courses
including “fair and impartial
policing” and “advanced vehi-
cle stops.”
After the federal officers
eventually realized they had
the wrong man, they released
Garcia Garfias’ arms. They
told him they had been fol-
lowing him and his family
for several days and knew his
work schedule, according to
the suit.
Apparently noticing he was
distressed by the stop, one of
the federal agents asked, “Are
you alright? You look pale,”
Garcia Garfias’ lawyer David
C. Higgs wrote in the suit.
The Hillsboro officer feared
he’d be wrongfully arrested
and deported by the federal
agents, and, as a result, suf-
fered significant stress, trauma
and sleepless nights, according
to the suit.
Due to his training and ex-
perience as a police officer,
Garcia Garfias “knew that he
was close to being sent to a
federal detention center with
no means to communicate
with his family,” Higgs wrote.
Garcia Garfias also suffered
humiliation for having to tell
his supervisors and command
staff at Hillsboro police about
what had happened, his suit
said.
Garcia Garfias is seeking
unspecified noneconomic
damages and coverage of his
attorney fees.
A separate challenge to the
ballot title criticizes it from
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COVID-19 community
levels for Central Oregon
The Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention mon-
itors levels of COVID-19 to
help communities decide what
prevention steps to take based
on the latest data. Levels can
be low, medium or high and
are determined by looking at
hospital beds being used, hos-
pital admissions and the total
number of new COVID-19
cases in an area.
On Thursday, the CDC
ranked 12 Oregon counties
at high levels of community
spread, 16 at medium and
eight at low.
On July 28, the agency
ranked 11 Oregon counties
at high levels of community
spread, 20 at medium and five
at low.
The agency listed the fol-
lowing levels for Central Or-
egon, unchanged from last
week:
Deschutes County: Me-
dium
Crook County: Medium
Jefferson County: Medium
Precautions the CDC rec-
ommends for communities
with medium levels:
• If you are at high risk for se-
vere illness, talk to your health
care provider about whether
you need to wear a mask and
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