[LandUse-News] Land Use News for February 19, 2015

[Carney, Sadie]

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Affordable housing plan could ease land-use rules <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://portlandtribune.com/pt/9-news/293942-171361-affordable-housing-plan-could-ease-land-use-rules&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTE0NTk5MTAxMjUyNTQ5ODMxMDYyGjAzYTAwZWQ0MzQ3ZjU2NzQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFut5iQ95xel8xWAamObCpC3kDMJw>
Portland Tribune
Another proposal to expedite urban growth boundaries more broadly across Oregon - Senate Bill 1575 - while allowing limited "inclusionary ...

Oregon minimum wage raise speeding to passage <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://nwlaborpress.org/2016/02/oregon-minimum-wage-raise-speeding-to-passage/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTE0NTk5MTAxMjUyNTQ5ODMxMDYyGjAzYTAwZWQ0MzQ3ZjU2NzQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHbTwlZvaVpt8Q2DrxiUXWwpzljBA>
Nwlaborpress
By July 2022, the minimum wage would rise to $14.75 in the Portland metro area (inside the Urban Growth Boundary), $13.50 in 16 Northwestern ...

Watch: Protest erupts outside Kate Brown's office over minimum wage, housing policy <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/02/watch_protest_erupts_outside_k.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTE0NTk5MTAxMjUyNTQ5ODA1OTEyGjJmNzcwMGUyMDliYjk2MGI6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFVxJ4oKhHIla3PXkUPEO7cSTrSHQ>
OregonLive.com
SALEM - Adding feistiness and heat to a tense hearing on the minimum wage in the Oregon House, protesters gathered outside Gov. Kate Brown's ...

SB 1573 takes wrecking ball to land-use planning system <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/opinion/readers/2016/02/14/sb-takes-wrecking-ball-land-use-planning-system/80352964/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNDAyMjcyNzE3MTgxNDczMzcwNTIaMGY3MWZhYzgwZThhZWY0Yzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNExrbYcuA6ZtRHCeuwe6ZBb1hIWag>
Statesman Journal
Senate Bill 1573, the latest special interest bill from Oregon Home Builders Association, would open the floodgate to development on countless acres ...

Battle linesdrawn on ADU tax <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://portlandtribune.com/pt/9-news/294020-170443-battle-linesdrawn-on-adu-tax&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTE0NTk5MTAxMjUyNTQ5ODA4MzQyGjQyOTI0OWNjMjRlODg2NTU6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNG2TWgWMQ5vp4Y_DtqeOM2nmA7ajw>
Portland Tribune
Under the Measure 47 and 50 property tax limitations passed by Oregon voters in 1996 and 1997, property tax assessments can rise no more than 3 ...

Did your property taxes go up more than other people's in Portland? <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.oregonlive.com/data/2016/02/how_much_did_your_property_tax.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTIzOTMxMzkyNTc5MjU4NjEyMzYyGjQyOTI0OWNjMjRlODg2NTU6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEqsOv7DE5NdUUbiKOZJ4M7k312ZA>
OregonLive.com
Oregon's unusual and complicated property tax system puts the brakes on how ... To help identify this and other trends in home prices and taxes, we ... often end up paying lower effective rates because of the Measure 50 limitation on ...

Oregon House Passes Bill To Eliminate Coal, Double Renewable Energy <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://solarindustrymag.com/oregon-house-passes-bill-to-eliminate-coal-double-renewable-energy&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTIzOTMxMzkyNTc5MjU4NjAwNDUyGmNlMGY0OWE4NTAzNTZkYWE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHVxSCKI0Fry1mhUjSmVL6OzGqr-w>
Solar Industry
A utility-backed bill aimed at eliminating coal use and doubling renewable energy in Oregon has advanced in the state legislature. On Monday, the ...

Oregon senators: Portland's toxic air is 'public health emergency' <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2016/02/oregon_senators_portlands_toxi.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNDAyMjcyNzE3MTgxNDczMjU2MjIaMGIwZjlkZTkzNmZmMGJkNTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFXa4MDYXbleQRB1nETTXGUXYf4_A>
OregonLive.com
Oregon senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley have asked for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to intervene in the discovery of toxic air hot ...

Metro studying how to raise matching funds for transit, transportation projects <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://portlandtribune.com/pt/9-news/293870-171310-metro-studying-how-to-raise-matching-funds-for-transit-transportation-projects&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTE0NTk5MTAxMjUyNTQ5ODM1MTAyGjdkMTE2ZDljMWE2MjEwMjE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNH4vSzaNZf85MWdDStXHGGiD7fpqQ>
Portland Tribune
Dirksen believes the Oregon Legislature might require such matches for some of the funds in the new transportation package expected to be ...

Moving to Oregon: How a population surge could affect you <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://katu.com/news/local/moving-to-oregon-how-a-population-surge-could-affect-you&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTE0NTk5MTAxMjUyNTQ5ODM1MTAyGjdkMTE2ZDljMWE2MjEwMjE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNE3KotBso2YErbDn06QfSyP8F7m7w>
KATU
Moving to Oregon: How a population surge could affect you ... That's where Alan Snook and the Oregon Department of Transportation come in.

Oregon Removes Residency Obstacles for Participation in Legal Cannabis <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.marijuana.com/blog/news/2016/02/oregon-removes-residency-obstacles-for-participation-in-legal-cannabis/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTUxNjA0NjYyOTIwODAyMjc3NDYyGjg5OTdkMjdiNmE0OTEzMGE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNH5x9s9U7hyXb26Is0tw8GdOwKYog>
Marijuana.com (blog)
Oregon has officially eased the barriers for entry for businesses looking to get involved in the world of legal weed. Prior to yesterday, Oregon required ...

Oregon Kicks Off Tsunami Blue Line Project <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.kezi.com/news/Oregon_Kicks_Off_Tsunami_Blue_Line_Project.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTIzOTMxMzkyNTc5MjU4NTc0MDQyGjUzNDlkYWQ0Y2E1Y2JlODU6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHHTxf9Ei8MjW3I8MyR9cxKYPxXAg>
KEZI TV
OREGON -- Oregon is leading the way on preparing people for a tsunami in a first ... The Oregon pilot project will work with the communities of Florence, ... Tohoku subduction earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan in 2011.

Preparing for The Big One takes broad effort <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://registerguard.com/rg/opinion/34063161-78/preparing-for-the-big-one-takes-broad-effort.html.csp&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTIzOTMxMzkyNTc5MjU4NTc0MDQyGjUzNDlkYWQ0Y2E1Y2JlODU6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHbIeavx_W39679o0-ra7MvR1ryGw>
The Register-Guard
... geologic evidence with Japanese historical records noting an "orphan tsunami." ... The UO is upgrading the sensors to meet the earthquake early warning ... as part of the Oregon operation of the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network.

Families march for $15 mil. to improve safe routes to schools <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://katu.com/news/local/families-march-for-15-mil-to-improve-safe-routes-to-schools&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTE0NTk5MTAxMjUyNTQ5ODE3NjUyGmUwNWU1Zjc3NWRhNTQxY2M6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHKNj1cmSCFRFM0enKH1hK-YeIj3g>
KATU
PORTLAND, Ore. - Families called for $15 million in funding to make safer school routes for students by marching Thursday in front of the Metro ...

Local soil and water conservation district receive $4.8 million in funding <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.lagrandeobserver.com/2016021783228/News/Local-News/Local-soil-and-water-conservation-district-receive-48-million-in-funding&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTE0NTk5MTAxMjUyNTQ5Nzk3MzkyGjQzYTdmZjdhYTE2YjJlMzE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNH2DeyqCVnkAFyNTXtEJ7ZOXBzZUg>
La Grande Observer
... given a piece of a large pie from the United States Department of Agriculture. ... Most notably for these projects, Oregon conservation partners have ...

SEE IT: Massive rockslide blocks rural Oregon road <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.dailynewsx.com/news/see-it-massive-rockslide-blocks-rural-oregon-road-31389.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTE0NTk5MTAxMjUyNTQ5ODA3MTEyGmIzZTMxYTA0Mzg5YWY4ZTY6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFZljIKs7wUvOkI9Bni6OXHf1iU7g>
Daily News
A massive rockslide has closed access to a rural Oregon road, the state's department of transportation said Wednesday. Images of the scene show the ...

Dam overhaul gets feds' eye <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://pamplinmedia.com/ht/117-hillsboro-tribune-news/294079-171213-dam-overhaul-gets-feds-eye&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTE0NTk5MTAxMjUyNTQ5ODAyNjYyGjUzNDlkYWQ0Y2E1Y2JlODU6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHrJmEXeZVBuqqxC22MXu44nXSI_Q>
Pamplin Media Group
Scoggins Dam and two smaller dams in Southern Oregon are high on the list for ... given the predictions for a severe earthquake off the Oregon coast.

Klamath County drought designation eases <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.heraldandnews.com/news/local_news/klamath-county-drought-designation-eases/article_2fb04c8c-5a6d-5f3b-afb5-a16797f452b5.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTE0NTk5MTAxMjUyNTQ5ODExOTcyGmVkODRjNjYyMzViYjc1YTg6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHhwW90-TWulBg1jYnjY_DYAjIJsQ>
Herald and News
She said the county has declared a county drought disaster for the past four years. Under the declaration, agencies such as the Oregon Water ...

Water Rights <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.bendsource.com/bend/water-rights/Content%3Foid%3D2597408&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTUxNjA0NjYyOTIwODAyMjkyODgyGjJkMGFiM2Q5Yzk5NWVmYTE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHruaJVr1vxGsZvEJ1oS6qOoMB0MA>
The Source Weekly
Lawsuits filed by environmental groups against the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and multiple Central Oregon water districts, including the Central ...

Suit seeks federal funds for counties <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.currypilot.com/News/Local-News/Suit-seeks-federal-funds-for-counties&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTIzOTMxMzkyNTc5MjU4NjA5NzAyGmMxZjEwN2QxZDg5YzdjMWE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEGJIbUCjWXEC1UsuLD1KZ9d9kKzg>
Curry Coastal Pilot
Curry County has about 67,000 acres of BLM land within its boundaries, and ... The 1937 Act requires that "O&C Lands that have heretofore ... been ...

Crater Lake, Painted Hills see record visits in 2015 <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/2016/02/18/crater-lake-painted-hills-set-attendance-records-2015/80576590/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTE0NTk5MTAxMjUyNTQ5ODExNTkyGjIxYWM4ODFhODA1ZjlkMTI6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEQIUtz28qaiTcnKjf1cjeawEGoKA>
Statesman Journal
Officials at both sites credited sunny and warm weather that began early and lasted all summer, along with efforts by Travel Oregon, the state's tourism ...

Japan looks to Portland as urban model <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://portlandtribune.com/pt/9-news/293515-169323-japan-looks-to-portland-as-urban-model&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTIzOTMxMzkyNTc5MjU4NjAxODAyGjAzYTAwZWQ0MzQ3ZjU2NzQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNE2VBiypFQ_OfED8INy37igq_bqkw>
Portland Tribune
Now they want to learn from Portland's urban planning efforts, too. ... charity concert last Thursday to support Oregon's sister city of Minamisoma, ... the two together, but that's a result of the urban growth boundary," Yamazaki says.

Main Street: Private Land, Public Land in the Wallowas <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.wallowa.com/main_street/20160215/main-street-private-land-public-land-in-the-wallowas&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTIzOTMxMzkyNTc5MjU4NTk1MTkyGjFlNTVhYjMzZWU3YjM2ZDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEFV4CNvlD9tbUW0E9LOXqpqCVVnA>
Wallowa County Cheiftain
The Harney County occupation and land controversies have me thinking about the whole notion of land ownership. Oregon came late as a state and ...

In the takeover aftermath, producers hope for real change <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.capitalpress.com/Nation_World/Nation/20160217/in-the-takeover-aftermath-producers-hope-for-real-change&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTUxNjA0NjYyOTIwODAyMjc2NDIyGjQzYTdmZjdhYTE2YjJlMzE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGI2x7wfJAbhF2jeodoqyfDZUWGbQ>
Capital Press
Greg Walden, whose congressional district covers Eastern Oregon, ... Bruce Andrews, retired director of the Oregon Department of Agriculture, said ...

How the Oregon and Nevada standoffs are linked <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/energy-environment/how-the-oregon-and-nevada-standoffs-are-linked/2016/02/18/11b428d8-d68a-11e5-a65b-587e721fb231_story.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTE0NTk5MTAxMjUyNTQ5ODM2MzAyGmZhZTc2OTM5MWJhODIxZjk6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFinbsNXKRfiIpRXF3poWoDJJt-sw>
Washington Post
HOW IS THAT CONNECTED TO THE OREGON STANDOFF? ... lit fires on federal land in 2001 and 2006 to protect their property from wildfires and ...



So, About That Anti-Inclusionary 'Study' <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.planetizen.com/node/84202/so-about-anti-inclusionary-study&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTE0NTk5MTAxMjUyNTQ5ODM0NjkyGmEyOGUyZGFlY2VkMDE3OGU6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHoEN35mIOSzPT0okuKJX3N0CF_lQ>
Planetizen
Last week, I submitted the following letter to the editor of the Los Angeles Times in response to a vicious, and more importantly, extremely misleading ...

Op-Ed: Let's Build Homes, Not Ideology <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.planetizen.com/node/84211/op-ed-lets-build-homes-not-idealogy&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTE0NTk5MTAxMjUyNTQ5ODM0NjkyGmEyOGUyZGFlY2VkMDE3OGU6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFYAXPdyBGv6uolSgBso_HpaKDBvw>
Planetizen
Tony Roshan Samara's recent Salon piece attempts to absolve "left-leaning, anti-growth, NIMBY homeowners" of their role in the current housing crisis ...

Metrostudy's Home Building Outlook: 4Q2015 <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.builderonline.com/building/metrostudys-home-building-outlook-4q2015_o&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTIzOTMxMzkyNTc5MjU4NjEyMzcyGjA5MGRjZDI1YzEwMDQ5NzI6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEbLVVYFMST5BRym9DNKppZqMtcpA>
Builder Magazine
The Home Building Outlook is the platform for Metrostudy's national and local forecasts, spotlighting the Top 100 Housing Markets across the United ...

Toronto is lagging behind in its transit and road planning Sprawl Brawl forum hears; but what's new ... <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.insidetoronto.com/news-story/6324989-toronto-is-lagging-behind-in-its-transit-and-road-planning-sprawl-brawl-forum-hears-but-what-s-new/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTE0NTk5MTAxMjUyNTQ5ODI2MTcyGmI2NDkzZjAwZThhZWVhNjc6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFjhLmdilSIQgP7pEg6k1Pyx-bATw>
insideTORONTO.com
Toronto is lagging behind in its transit and road planning Sprawl Brawl ... He said more large employers are re-locating from the suburbs to areas of ...



Sadie K Carney | Rural Policy Analyst/Communications Manager
Director's Office
Oregon Dept. of Land Conservation and Development
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