Salem City Council to vote on accepting $180K from businesses for Homeless Services Team

Salem City Council will vote on Oct. 27 on whether to accept a $180,000 donation to fund two police officers for the Homeless ...
Colts Wire

Salem mayor, business group join as petitioners to repeal Oregon homeless camping law

Mayor Julie Hoy joined a statewide business advocacy group and a Portland lawyer in an effort to repeat a 2021 Oregon law on ...
Des Moines Register

3 tactics city leaders are exploring to improve safety in downtown and northeast Salem

Salem leaders are exploring tactics like reviving the disbanded downtown police bike team, expanding the team that responds to encampments and creating a non-police response to homelessness to improve ...
Oregon Capital Chronicle

Salem mayor leads effort to expand local ability to sweep homeless encampments

A coalition of the state’s largest employers seek to make it easier for cities and counties to remove homeless people from ...
Yahoo

Salem City Council to hold discussion on downtown safety in July: What to know

A nearly five-hour-long Salem City Council meeting saw the approval of the city's Fiscal Year 2026 budget and also touched on downtown safety and the city's contracts with Avelo Airlines. New Ward 6 ...
USA Today

Salem City Council to hold discussion on downtown safety in July: What to know

The Salem City Council approved the Fiscal Year 2026 budget and swore in new Ward 6 Councilor Mai Vang. A work session will be held July 21 to discuss downtown safety concerns. Residents urged the ...