From sadie.carney at state.or.us Fri Feb 26 13:53:59 2016 From: sadie.carney at state.or.us (Carney, Sadie) Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2016 21:53:59 +0000 Subject: [LandUse-News] Land Use News for February 26, 2015 Message-ID: <5BFC63B298A82F4F9C841F27468D2DF02AE094D0@DLCDSXCH05.dlcd.state.or.us> Welcome to this week's roundup of the Land Use News! The Land Use News is an electronic news clipping service provided by the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD). Land Use News emphasizes local reporting and commentary on land use in Oregon and other states. The links to copyrighted news stories in Land Use News are not archived by DLCD, and the archiving policies of these sources vary. The stories, if available, reside on the site of the original news source. Please direct requests for archived stories, or permission to reprint them, to the original news source. Past Land Use News weekly e-mails may be found here: http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/pipermail/landuse-news Anyone may subscribe, unsubscribe, or change their subscription to the free service by visiting this site: http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/mailman/listinfo/landuse-news. ________________________________ Oregon lawmakers approve protections for renters The Register-Guard Another key policy under consideration would establish two pilot projects where cities of different sizes could expand their urban growth boundary by ... Proposal to ban sudden rent hikes clears Oregon House KTVZ SALEM, Ore. (AP) - A bill that aims to address Oregon's housing affordability crisis by boosting protections for renters has cleared the state House of ... Housing Measures Move Forward In Oregon Legislature NW News Network Inclusionary zoning is when governments require developers to include low-income housing options in new developments. Oregon law prevents local ... A Look At The Wealth And Income Gap, By ZIP Code NPR The most prosperous parts of the U.S. have recovered nicely from the 2008 financial crisis, but many other places remain mired in high ... $3.3 million and counting: The cost of the Malheur occupation OregonLive.com The cost to Oregon State Police alone stands at more than $1.2 million, the ... The number doesn't factor in the cost of putting off projects, said land ... New Google Earth Engine tool maps threats to sage grouse habitat Blue Mountain Eagle In Oregon, more than 100 ranchers have worked with NRCS to restore 200,000 acres of key sage grouse habitat since 2010. This work has addressed ... A new 'Sagebrush Rebellion'? The Register-Guard About 52 percent of the land in Oregon, or more than 32 million acres, is owned by the federal government. About half of the federally owned land is ... Ted Cruz Attacks Donald Trump on Federal Land Ownership Wall Street Journal (blog) The U.S. owns roughly 640 million acres of U.S. land -including the majority of Utah, Oregon and Nevada-and some in those states believe the ... As Oregon pot grows proliferate, so do complaints about plants' odor The Register-Guard As Oregon pot grows proliferate, so do complaints about plants' odor ... which is in charge of rulemaking for Oregon's recreational marijuana rollout, ... Economic growth continues in Central Oregon Bend Bulletin Editor's note: The Bulletin has partnered with the University of Oregon's College ... "Housing maintained its impressive momentum in the fourth quarter. 5 lessons from Los Angeles on transforming transportation (and coming after Portland) Metro newsfeed But Denny Zane thinks that long-held notion of LA as a transit-poor, gridlocked tangle of highways needs some revision. And maybe even Oregon can ... Oregon Introduces New Scenic Bikeway PR Newswire (press release) The Oregon Tourism Commission, dba Travel Oregon, works to enhance visitors' experience by providing information, resources and trip planning ... Fight the proposed vehicle trail in Ochoco National Forest Statesman Journal ... trail system for vehicles in the Ochoco National Forest did not mention that this system goes through some of the finest wildlife habitat in Oregon. Sorry, Multnomah Falls is not the second tallest waterfall in the U.S. (it's not even close) OregonLive.com But that love has led some enthusiasts, from Travel Oregon to the U.S. Forest Service, to claim that Multnomah Falls is the second highest waterfall in ... Halfway to 2021 The Register-Guard The increased tax revenue will flow to Travel Oregon, the state's tourism marketing organization. Travel Oregon will determine whether financial ... Stable housing critical for domestic violence survivors Statesman Journal Advocates all over the state see the serious impact that Oregon's statewide housing crisis is having on victims of domestic violence and their children. Letter: Inclusionary zoning is not right for Bend Bend Bulletin Letter: Inclusionary zoning is not right for Bend ... spent over 10 years working with and representing the general Central Oregon building industry. Editorial: What lawmakers don't know will hurt us Daily Astorian Beyond a minimum wage hike's impact on small business in rural Oregon, the barely explored impact will be on local governments and school districts ... Lawsuit Alleges Oregon Has Neglected Curb Cuts For 25 Years OPB News A lawsuit filed Monday alleges that the Oregon Department of Transportation has failed to install and improve curb cuts on key state highways for more ... Don't give Oregon's utilities monopoly authority over EV charging Portland Business Journal (blog) With just days left in the state's 2016 legislative session, Oregon's elected officials face a pivotal decision to enable cleaner transportation. Will we rely ... Oregon Has More Electric-Car Fast Charging Sites Per Person Than Germany Green Car Reports According to the U.S. Census and the Oregon Department of Transportation, the northwestern state has about 4 million people, and 3.4 million ... New Map Looks at Likely Landslide Areas in Oregon KEZI TV "Oregon is prone to landslides," says Bill Burns, engineering geologist for the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries (DOGAMI). NMFS Designates Critical Habitat for Two Salmonid Populations in Pacific Northwest Lexology (registration) NMFS designated approximately 2,300 stream miles of freshwater and estuarine habitat in Oregon and Washington for the lower Columbia River coho ... Boulder and Denver Faced With Steady Loss of Affordable Housing Planetizen Boulder is a poster child for the housing crisis, according to The Denver Post. Cities around the Front Range serve as examples of the housing crisis, ... Sunday Service: New York Considers Church Parking Lots for Affordable Housing Planetizen The de Blasio Administration is getting creative in looking for sites to develop affordable housing. One potential idea: church parking lots. "Mayor Bill ... Tinkering With Seattle's Microhousing Rules Continues Planetizen A local writer evaluates the results of a 2014 ordinance that updated regulations regarding the development of microhousing. The Seattle City Council ... Bernie Asked at Town Hall If He Will Protect Native Lands Indian Country Today Media Network He had grazed his cattle on these public lands but refuses to pay $1 million in grazing fees in protest of federal land management practices claiming ... How Gentrification Is Forcing Californians Out Of Their Communities Huffington Post "I have two degrees, [including] a master's in education," says the 45-year-old teacher, who grew up in Portland, Oregon and has been living in ... Sadie K Carney | Rural Policy Analyst/Communications Manager Director's Office Oregon Dept. of Land Conservation and Development 635 Capitol Street NE, Suite 150 | Salem, OR 97301-2540 Direct: (503) 934-0036 | Cell: (503) 383-6648 | Main: (503) 373-0050 sadie.carney at state.or.us | www.oregon.gov/LCD/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: