May 19 2021
Senate Bill 282 allows time for renters to obtain state and federal aid, including a new $204 million fund.
Gov. Kate Brown has signed a bill that gives tenants more time to pay past-due rent stemming from the coronavirus pandemic and protects their future ability to rent.
Her announcement, issued Wednesday, May 19, also mentioned the availability of $204 million in a state fund for rental assistance.
Her statement: Everyone deserves a warm, safe, dry place to call home –– and during the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been particularly critical that Oregonians be able to stay in their homes. I d like to thank Sen. Kayse Jama and Rep. Julie Fahey for their leadership and work to pass this bill, and ensure that we are helping the Oregonians who have been hardest hit by the housing and rent impacts of the pandemic.
Voters say yes to Clackamas Sheriff s Levy May 18 2021
Levy to add maintain deputies, add mental health beds and body camera program winning by considerable margin.
Clackamas County voters approved the sheriff s levy once again, according to early election results.
As of 8 p.m. Tuesday, May 18, there were 19,774 yes votes and 15,694 no votes.
Voters first passed the Clackamas Sheriff s Levy in 2006 and have approved it every five years since.
This year though, for the first time, new Clackamas County Sheriff Angela Brandenburg raised the taxation rate on the levy by 12 cents up to 36.8 cents per $1,000 of assessed value. That amounts to a cost of approximately $8.19 per month, or $98.26 per year, on a home with an assessed value of $267,000, which is the median assessed value of a home in Clackamas County (note that assessed value is lower than market value).
Legislation bars gay panic defense in Oregon murder cases May 14 2021
House sends bill to Gov. Brown 10 months after a transgender woman is stabbed to death in Portland.
A suspect could not assert so-called gay panic as a legal defense against second-degree murder in Oregon under a bill that is headed to Gov. Kate Brown.
The Oregon House passed Senate Bill 704 without amendment on a 54-0 vote Thursday, May 13.
The bill would bar the discovery of a victim s sexual orientation or gender identity as a reasonable explanation for someone undergoing an extreme emotional disturbance as an affirmative defense to second-degree murder. A person would not be justified in using physical force against another person upon discovery of the victim s sexual orientation or gender identity.
Legislation bars gay panic defense in Oregon murder cases May 14 2021
House sends bill to Gov. Brown 10 months after a transgender woman is stabbed to death in Portland.
A suspect could not assert so-called gay panic as a legal defense against second-degree murder in Oregon under a bill that is headed to Gov. Kate Brown.
The Oregon House passed Senate Bill 704 without amendment on a 54-0 vote Thursday, May 13.
The bill would bar the discovery of a victim s sexual orientation or gender identity as a reasonable explanation for someone undergoing an extreme emotional disturbance as an affirmative defense to second-degree murder. A person would not be justified in using physical force against another person upon discovery of the victim s sexual orientation or gender identity.