The Albina district

Whitewashing Albina’s destruction (Oregonian, 5/30/23)

Historic districts in the Albina community plan (1992) Oregon Historic Preservation Office

History of the Albina Plan area (1990) Portland State University

Increase in firearm injuries

Firearm injuries in Oregon are now twice as common, according to emergency room data (OPB, 10/21/2022)

Firearm injury emergency department visits in Oregon, 2018-2021 : an Oregon FASTER project data report (2022) OHSU Portland State University School of Public Health

Addiction treatment and recovery system

Report: Oregon’s Addiction Services System Is Half The Size It Should Be (Lund Report, 9/30/2022)

Oregon substance use disorder services inventory and gap analysis : estimating the need and capacity for services in Oregon across the continuum of care (2022) OHSU-PSU School of Public Health

Oregon statewide strategic plan (2020) Oregon Alcohol and Drug Policy Commission

Help for child care in central Oregon

Business development program helps expand child care in central Oregon (Oregonian, 8/4/2022)

Oregon early learning workforce: seven years beyond baseline comparison of 2012 and 2019 (2021) Portland State University

Oregon’s child care deserts (2019) Oregon Early Learning Division

Pretrial release

How Senate Bill 48 could impact law enforcement (Fox 26, 6/16/22)

Final report on examining pretrial detention in Oregon: a qualitative analysis of decision making (2021) Portland State University

Final report on pretrial processes & sentencing outcomes in Oregon : integrating quantitative & qualitative findings (2022) Portland State University

Oregon Public Safety Task Force report per House Bill 2238 (serial) Oregon Criminal Justice Commission

Cost-benefit analysis of pretrial release in Oregon (2020) Oregon Criminal Justice Commission

Report on tiny home villages

Research out of Portland finds promise in pod villages for unhoused people (OPB, 4/9/22)

Village research & how-to guide (2022) Portland State University

Wasted food

How to save money, help the planet by cutting back on food waste (Register Guard, 4/7/2022)

Oregon wasted food study (2019) Portland State University

Oregon’s population boom

Oregon’s population is booming. Not so for kids (Oregonian, 12/11/2021)

Oregon population report (annual) Portland State University, Center for Population Research and Census

Food waste and carbon emissions

Brown returns from international climate summit energized to push Oregon’s plans ahead (Oregon Capital Chronicle, 12/3/2021)

Don’t let good food go bad! (2021) Oregon Department of Environmental Quality

Oregon wasted food study : summary of findings (2019) Portland State University

Oregon water infrastructure

A recent report has found that water infrastructure across Oregon is becoming too expensive for local governments to afford (Jefferson Public Radio, 6/1/21)

2021 infrastructure survey report (2021) Portland State University