A handful of local advocacy and nonprofit groups are denouncing a recent budget increase for the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office to pay for an anticipated uptick in criminal prosecutions of drug crimes. A letter signed by Safety and Justice Oregon, Portland for All, Next Up Action Fund, Unite Oregon, Partners for a Hunger-Free Oregon, and the Oregon Food Bank was sent to County Chair Jessica Vega Pederson on Thursday. It addresses a quiet move.
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