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 ...
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Proposed Oregon ballot measure would make it easier for cities to sweep homeless camps

Oregon Business & Industry is behind a prospective ballot measure filed last week that seeks to give cities more authority to ...
Celtics 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 ...
KOIN

Additional spending approved for addressing Salem’s mental health crises, homelessness

A community satisfaction survey found that 59% of Salem residents believe the city is heading down the “wrong track.” ...
AZ Central

Salem City Council approves $626K to address homelessness, downtown safety

With homelessness and public safety ranking as residents' top concerns, Salem City Council voted Oct. 13 to allocate $626,200 in funding for expanding police response to encampments, adding a mental ...
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Salem City Council approves $626K to address homelessness, downtown safety

(This story has been updated to clarify the amount of new funding) With homelessness and public safety ranking as residents' top concerns, Salem City Council voted Oct. 13 to allocate $626,200 in ...