Andrea Valderrama sworn in as newest member of Oregon House
Updated Apr 01, 2021;
Posted Apr 01, 2021
Andrea Valderrama was sworn-in to represent House District 47 in the Oregon House. Beth Nakamura / The Oregonian|OregonLiveThe Oregonian
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In an outdoor ceremony Thursday at a new park in her district, Andrea Valderrama was welcomed as the newest member of the Oregon House.
She pledged to work to help the Legislature respond expeditiously to the coronavirus’s devastating health and economic impacts with a special focus on Black and Indigenous Oregonians and other people of color.
She noted that, as the daughter of a Peruvian immigrant and the mother of a kindergartner who will attend her first-ever day of in-person school on Monday, the issues of racism and the brutal impact of coronavirus on working mothers are personal as well as political.
Longtime public official Lee Moore Sr., former chairman of Home Forward board, dies
Updated Mar 06, 2021;
Posted Mar 06, 2021
Lee Moore, then chair of the Housing Authority of Portland (now Home Forward) talks about the intersection of race and gentrification as it pertains to the city s plans to make North Williams Avenue safer. The proposed project is drawing concerns from some residents and members of the Black community who say that the thoroughfare had been ignored for years, but is now a city priority because of bike advocates. Proponents of the plan say while bicyclists are spurring efforts, that doesn t mean safety is solely a white cultural value. Ross William Hamilton/The Oregonian LC- The Oregonian
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Portland park facilities, programs preparing to reopen February 19 2021
Portland Parks & Recreation will use up to $22 million in levy funds to reopen facilities and restart programs by this summer
The Portland City Council approved an inter-fund loan for Portland Parks & Recreation to begin reopening park facilities and restoring programs that were closed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
City commissioners reviewed the request, as well as a revised Parks & Rec budget Wednesday, Feb. 18.
The request seeks to leverage the five-year 2020 Parks Operating Levy that Portland voters overwhelmingly approved at the Nov. 3 general election. The levy is expected to raise $45 million in the first year and $48 million in the following years. The council promised to reopen park facilities including swimming pools and restart programs this summer if the levy passed.
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