Lauren Armony
@larmony.bsky.social
Idea Guy™️ | Former Baby | Aspiring Swoletariat AuDHD Baddie - opinions are my own-
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📍 Oregon
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📍 Oregon
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2700 families were evicted in Oregon last month.
Last month set an all time record for the number of evictions in the state of Oregon. This is an emergency, and this legislative session I'm asking my colleagues to add back $10 million to the state's eviction prevention fund to help keep families in stable housing. #orleg https://loom.ly/4Fgb5vs
Record evictions in Oregon highlight urgent housing crisis
Oregon experienced a record high in court-ordered evictions in January, driven by reduced state funding for eviction prevention and rising living costs, prompting urgent calls for solutions to keep families
www.kezi.com
February 10, 2026 at 6:52 PM
2700 families were evicted in Oregon last month.
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Southeast Division's cherished western watering hole (and Mercury staff favorite) the Landmark Saloon has announced they will be closing their doors for the final time Friday, February 13.
The Landmark Saloon has Announced That It’s Closing Friday the 13th
Bri Brey and Nolan Parker
www.portlandmercury.com
February 11, 2026 at 5:02 AM
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Petition to carve "This is not a venue for belligerent behavior" in the marble walls of council chambers.
Portland Council President Dunphy has released a draft plan for new council committees/leadership this year. For those who were closely following the council president’s vote, you may be interested to see this is part of the plan:
February 10, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Petition to carve "This is not a venue for belligerent behavior" in the marble walls of council chambers.
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isn't being "pro-growth" and anti-regulation just being a republican?
Ezra Klein's Abundance movement is getting some backup: A new political group is urging Democrats to embrace "pro-growth," deregulatory policies with an eye toward 2028, according to plans first shared with Axios.
Exclusive: Centrist Dems strike back with new group
It's the latest effort by moderate Democrats to shape national politics and expand their influence.
www.axios.com
February 10, 2026 at 7:47 AM
isn't being "pro-growth" and anti-regulation just being a republican?
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📢 What you need to know about mitigating Oregon's budget crisis: Senate Bill 1507 explained.
📢 Learn more here: https://bit.ly/4a1ByqS
📢 Learn more here: https://bit.ly/4a1ByqS
February 6, 2026 at 6:34 PM
📢 What you need to know about mitigating Oregon's budget crisis: Senate Bill 1507 explained.
📢 Learn more here: https://bit.ly/4a1ByqS
📢 Learn more here: https://bit.ly/4a1ByqS
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We are co-hosting a virtual community workshop on the current energy utility disconnection moratorium and other recently strengthened disconnection protections. Join us on Thursday, February 19 to learn more about utility protections in Multnomah County!
RSVP at: tinyurl.com/DisconnectionWorkshop
RSVP at: tinyurl.com/DisconnectionWorkshop
February 9, 2026 at 10:36 PM
We are co-hosting a virtual community workshop on the current energy utility disconnection moratorium and other recently strengthened disconnection protections. Join us on Thursday, February 19 to learn more about utility protections in Multnomah County!
RSVP at: tinyurl.com/DisconnectionWorkshop
RSVP at: tinyurl.com/DisconnectionWorkshop
Love that you’re between the progressives and T Swift fans, seems accurate!! 😅
February 9, 2026 at 9:25 AM
Love that you’re between the progressives and T Swift fans, seems accurate!! 😅
Now I want to do a poll of how many think there was only Paul brother 😂😂😂
February 9, 2026 at 5:18 AM
Now I want to do a poll of how many think there was only Paul brother 😂😂😂
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Former Washington Post journalists have launched a GoFundMe to help repatriate fired staff members who are effectively stranded in foreign countries.
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
Donate to Support for Washington Post international employees, organized by Michelle Lee
Among the hundreds of journalists laid off by The Washington Post on … Michelle Lee needs your support for Support for Washington Post international employees
www.gofundme.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:37 AM
Former Washington Post journalists have launched a GoFundMe to help repatriate fired staff members who are effectively stranded in foreign countries.
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
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Multnomah County would be inarguably better off in this moment were Mike Schmidt still the DA
I also talked to former MCDA Mike Schmidt, who had a different take.
February 6, 2026 at 1:04 AM
Multnomah County would be inarguably better off in this moment were Mike Schmidt still the DA
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The oversight resolution from me, Councilor Green, and Councilor Avalos passes!
Aye - Avalos, Smith, Pirtle Guiney, Kanal, Green, Morillo, Koyama Lane, Dunphy
Nay - Ryan, Clark, Novick, Zimmerman
Portlanders deserve transparency about public dollars, I hope this is the beginning.
Aye - Avalos, Smith, Pirtle Guiney, Kanal, Green, Morillo, Koyama Lane, Dunphy
Nay - Ryan, Clark, Novick, Zimmerman
Portlanders deserve transparency about public dollars, I hope this is the beginning.
If City Council does not have an accurate an reliable accounting of funds to make decisions for what services we save and cut, we cannot do our jobs.
Council must exercise our oversight powers to prevent this from happening again, and I will strongly support Councilor Green’s oversight resolution.
Council must exercise our oversight powers to prevent this from happening again, and I will strongly support Councilor Green’s oversight resolution.
February 4, 2026 at 9:10 PM
The oversight resolution from me, Councilor Green, and Councilor Avalos passes!
Aye - Avalos, Smith, Pirtle Guiney, Kanal, Green, Morillo, Koyama Lane, Dunphy
Nay - Ryan, Clark, Novick, Zimmerman
Portlanders deserve transparency about public dollars, I hope this is the beginning.
Aye - Avalos, Smith, Pirtle Guiney, Kanal, Green, Morillo, Koyama Lane, Dunphy
Nay - Ryan, Clark, Novick, Zimmerman
Portlanders deserve transparency about public dollars, I hope this is the beginning.
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We’re thankful that majority of our council colleagues voted for accountability and transparency today.
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February 4, 2026 at 10:50 PM
We’re thankful that majority of our council colleagues voted for accountability and transparency today.
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There is a meeting of the Portland Committee on Community Engaged Policing (PCCEP)'s Policy & Reform Subcommittee this evening, February 4, 2026, at 6 pm.
www.portland.gov/pccep/events...
www.portland.gov/pccep/events...
PCCEP Policy & Reform Subcommittee Meeting 2.4.26
www.portland.gov
February 4, 2026 at 11:17 PM
There is a meeting of the Portland Committee on Community Engaged Policing (PCCEP)'s Policy & Reform Subcommittee this evening, February 4, 2026, at 6 pm.
www.portland.gov/pccep/events...
www.portland.gov/pccep/events...
Wild that accountability at the City of Portland is being posed as a punitive measure and a threat to job security when the biggest threat to job security is likely Mayor Wilson. How may department directors have been ousted by him again?
February 4, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Wild that accountability at the City of Portland is being posed as a punitive measure and a threat to job security when the biggest threat to job security is likely Mayor Wilson. How may department directors have been ousted by him again?
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Nathan Vasquez could’ve said this, and he didn’t, and that was a choice
Philidelphia DA Larry Krasner warns ICE: If an agent commits crimes in Philly, I will charge you. You will be arrested. You will stand trial, and you will be convicted in state or federal court and you will do your time. Donald Trump can't pardon you for a state court conviction.
February 4, 2026 at 5:13 AM
Nathan Vasquez could’ve said this, and he didn’t, and that was a choice
Thankfully there are many examples and tools we can glean from all over the world: limited equity cooperatives, municipal housing, community land trusts, heavily regulated low profit private development, neighborhood design contests… and more. Smart urban planning benefits everyone.
February 4, 2026 at 5:46 AM
Thankfully there are many examples and tools we can glean from all over the world: limited equity cooperatives, municipal housing, community land trusts, heavily regulated low profit private development, neighborhood design contests… and more. Smart urban planning benefits everyone.
Even though we will always need emergency shelters, we cannot shelter our way out of homelessness.
Even though we will always need to develop, we can’t develop our way out of homelessness unless we develop (or acquire) AND maintain deeply, and permanently, affordable rental and homeownership opps.
Even though we will always need to develop, we can’t develop our way out of homelessness unless we develop (or acquire) AND maintain deeply, and permanently, affordable rental and homeownership opps.
February 4, 2026 at 5:46 AM
Even though we will always need emergency shelters, we cannot shelter our way out of homelessness.
Even though we will always need to develop, we can’t develop our way out of homelessness unless we develop (or acquire) AND maintain deeply, and permanently, affordable rental and homeownership opps.
Even though we will always need to develop, we can’t develop our way out of homelessness unless we develop (or acquire) AND maintain deeply, and permanently, affordable rental and homeownership opps.
Had the pleasure of speaking with Wesley Vaughn about the homelessness and housing landscape in the Portland Metro area, and I think they conveyed the nuances well here.
Homelessness is rising because we are not addressing the core cause of homelessness: cost of housing.
Homelessness is rising because we are not addressing the core cause of homelessness: cost of housing.
February 4, 2026 at 5:46 AM
Had the pleasure of speaking with Wesley Vaughn about the homelessness and housing landscape in the Portland Metro area, and I think they conveyed the nuances well here.
Homelessness is rising because we are not addressing the core cause of homelessness: cost of housing.
Homelessness is rising because we are not addressing the core cause of homelessness: cost of housing.
Lauren Armony… wrote that “our local [governments] have broadly reflected the priorities of Trump’s administration in housing and homeless services funding simply by adopting a shelter-first strategy to homelessness, as opposed to [a] Housing First [strategy].”
shelterforce.org/2026/01/27/p...
shelterforce.org/2026/01/27/p...
Portland's Mayor Went All in on Overnight-Only Shelters. Homelessness Is Still Rising
Ending homelessness was a big campaign promise for Portland's mayor. Homelessness service providers say he chose methods that don't work.
shelterforce.org
February 4, 2026 at 5:46 AM
Lauren Armony… wrote that “our local [governments] have broadly reflected the priorities of Trump’s administration in housing and homeless services funding simply by adopting a shelter-first strategy to homelessness, as opposed to [a] Housing First [strategy].”
shelterforce.org/2026/01/27/p...
shelterforce.org/2026/01/27/p...
Questions are:
- who led this incompetence?
- and how are our local leaders going to make sure this NEVER happens again?
This money could have kept people stably housed the last two years. This undermine’s trust in government and hurts the chances for all local taxes that go to public services.
- who led this incompetence?
- and how are our local leaders going to make sure this NEVER happens again?
This money could have kept people stably housed the last two years. This undermine’s trust in government and hurts the chances for all local taxes that go to public services.
The Portland Housing Bureau has found additional unspent dollars in its coffers, adding to the previous $21 million it found through an audit last year. The uncovered funds could impact two pieces of Council business this week.
February 3, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Questions are:
- who led this incompetence?
- and how are our local leaders going to make sure this NEVER happens again?
This money could have kept people stably housed the last two years. This undermine’s trust in government and hurts the chances for all local taxes that go to public services.
- who led this incompetence?
- and how are our local leaders going to make sure this NEVER happens again?
This money could have kept people stably housed the last two years. This undermine’s trust in government and hurts the chances for all local taxes that go to public services.
Yup! Well aware. Another way to pressure Vasquez to act is through pushing on Oregon’s AG Dan Rayfield: mailto:AttorneyGeneral@doj.oregon.gov or 503-378-6002
February 2, 2026 at 3:15 AM
Yup! Well aware. Another way to pressure Vasquez to act is through pushing on Oregon’s AG Dan Rayfield: mailto:AttorneyGeneral@doj.oregon.gov or 503-378-6002
Throwing my two cents in by saying that Jillian Schoene was a huge reason why Rubio sucked, and now she is our “Multnomah county homeless czar” - the damage is still being done by Rubio’s choices.
February 1, 2026 at 11:36 PM
Throwing my two cents in by saying that Jillian Schoene was a huge reason why Rubio sucked, and now she is our “Multnomah county homeless czar” - the damage is still being done by Rubio’s choices.
The letter from Councilors Morillo and Green was sent, and this article written, before yesterday’s protest:
www.opb.org/article/2026...
www.opb.org/article/2026...
Portland councilors urge Mayor Wilson to carry out new penalties on ICE facility
A pair of Portland city councilors want Mayor Keith Wilson to speed up an effort to fine the landlord of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building for his tenants’ chemical munition use on p...
www.opb.org
February 1, 2026 at 11:33 PM
The letter from Councilors Morillo and Green was sent, and this article written, before yesterday’s protest:
www.opb.org/article/2026...
www.opb.org/article/2026...
Just want to say in this thread that Portland Mayor Wilson, and Multnomah County DA Vasquez, are currently dragging their feet in investigating the ICE detention center for violations of their contract with the city. Words are only words. If you have the time, advocating for action would help us!
February 1, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Just want to say in this thread that Portland Mayor Wilson, and Multnomah County DA Vasquez, are currently dragging their feet in investigating the ICE detention center for violations of their contract with the city. Words are only words. If you have the time, advocating for action would help us!