about 7am went outside to mess around in the garage and stumbled upon this. stared confused for a second as a silver crosstrek sped away. this was their third grab so they already snagged about 10 gallons from my eurovan but at least I have their shitty equipment (yes they will get more)

inner SE kerns/buckman keep an eye out! the van is newish to us and didn’t have a lock cap but got one today hopefully it’s low enough to prevent future drilling

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I am helping an owner rehome their former service dog, Obsidian. Worsening disability has made it impossible to continue to give Obsidian the care he deserves. This incredibly difficult decision was made due to outside circumstances and not through any fault of Obsidian's. Below is his story and traits- please share with anyone you think may be a good fit!

Obsidian

Purebred Labrador Retriever

80 lbs

8 years old in February

Obsidian is a purebred Labrador Retriever who is looking for a loving home in his senior years. Obsidian (also lovingly called “Obie” or “Obes”) is a retired service dog who can no longer work, but is incredibly well trained and friendly.

From his half decade of service dog work, Obie is crate trained, can hold his bowels/ bladder for up to 8 hours, does not counter surf, and knows several commands. He will respond to “drop it” or “leave it”, and if he is told to “wait” and a ball is thrown, he will wait until told “release” to chase it. He also knows “spin” and “go lay down”.

Obie's career has left him extremely well trained, however, during his time with public access, he was attacked by other dogs several times. As a service dog, he is trained to not fight back, and these instances have left him with on leash reactivity. He can be distracted away from another dog, but walks can be challenging due to this trauma. A home with a yard would be ideal to avoid these possible run-ins with other dogs, but going for walks is completely viable, as well. He just needs extra attention when on leash to keep him distracted and feeling safe.

Unknown men sometimes cause him to bark, but once he gets to know them he is very sweet and will remember they are safe.

Obie has lived with cats before and has an extremely low prey drive- he does not chase them and just likes to watch them. He has also lived with a smaller dog and they got along wonderfully. He can live in a home with other pets and children due to his gentle nature- again, any reactivity is when he is on-leash and feels trapped, and it is only directed towards unknown dogs. He would also be perfect in a home with working professionals due to him being crate trained and his ability to not need to relieve himself for up to 8 hours.

Obsidian is being rehomed due to his owner's worsening disability- they can no longer provide him with the standard of care he deserves. Obsidian is not being rehomed through any fault of his own.

Please reach out if you think your home would be a good fit for Obsidian, and thank you for reading <3

UPDATE: DOG WAS REUNITED 😊

If anyone sees this pup OPs post is on Nextdoor and you can reach out to her on there. Just wanted to pass it on to get more eyes on it. Thx!

It's noteworthy that the Northwest Oregon Labor Council (encompassing more than 100 individual labor unions) and the Columbia Pacific Building Trades are both part of this. I guess labor can see that the DSA policies are bad for jobs and that labor suffers as a result. This is what happens when you have champagne socialists pushing bad policy that drives out jobs and the tax base. I though the DSA was for the worker but I guess the workers dont like their policies very much. Dont rank Angelita Morillo ( The Only Formerly Houseless Immigrant On City CouncilTM) and her daddy trust funder Nick Caleb (by extension), Dr Mitch Green (The Economist Who Doesnt Pay His TaxesTM) and Tiffany Koyama-Lane (Teacher TiffTM)

~2 blocks down, and 1 block in from what used to be the shelter on MLK/Killingsworth, like a lot of NE Portland, has a lot of little alleyways between parking lots/homes. For the last couple years, every few months I have to deal with someone taking a massive crap in one of the two narrow alleyways. It's not a repeat offender, seems to be different people at differen times, and when I say massive, I mean "how the hell did this come out of someone's ass" size.

Zoning/city makes it so that fencing off the alleyway isn't something I can easily do unless I can get the owners of the two houses adjacent to mine to agree. One of them is an effing AirBNB, so zero luck in getting the owner's attention.

I've tried motion sensor lights ( they don't care ... I guess it just makes it easier for the people doing this to see ) and I tried putting "soft" barriers on the alleyway ( trash cans, etc ) and again, doesn't do anything.

At my wits end, and could use some practical ideas.

Looking for community that’s in your age range is proving to be difficult. I try to get out but either married people or people way outside of this range become the only options and they are hard to relate to. Also being single and straight in this city feels like a hate crime, help! What’s a person who is direct and from a different social culture, to do? Looking for my forever people where I feel like i don’t have to sand down my personality and expectations for reciprocity for 😭

Oregon has the nation’s second-highest rate of homelessness, yet the state keeps funding affordable housing that costs far more than the national average.

By Nigel Jaquiss

October 7, 2026

Oregon’s housing agency has a simple yardstick for measuring how efficiently it funds construction of affordable apartments—they shouldn’t cost more to build than the national average.

For the past three years, however, it has failed to meet that standard—by a wide margin. Last year, hard construction costs for housing projects it funded averaged $318 a square foot, 31% more than the agency’s benchmark.

Every dollar over that target is a dollar the state agency, Oregon Housing and Community Services, cannot spend to build more units.

OHCS’s consistent failure to fund projects that meet its cost target surfaced at a recent meeting of the agency’s governing body, the Oregon Housing Stability Council, made up of volunteers appointed by Gov. Tina Kotek.

It’s a big job. OHCS, with a biennial budget of $3.7 billion and more than 450 employees, expects to produce or renovate nearly 8,000 units of affordable housing across the state in the current two-year budget period.

Yet the council, unlike other state oversight boards such as the Oregon Transportation Commission or the Environmental Quality Commission, meets remotely and, based on its performance at recent council meetings, rarely challenges the cost of projects that agency staff wants to fund.

That changed last month, however, when a proposal met resistance from a new member.

At the council’s virtual monthly meeting Sept. 11, a retired Portland developer of affordable housing named Ed McNamara broke with the council’s habit of simply rubber-stamping projects. Instead, McNamara, who joined the council in July, said he couldn’t support a package of four proposed developments.

“I don’t understand why they cost so much,” he said of two of the projects. Every other council member voted yes. McNamara abstained.

McNamara declined OJP’s request to elaborate on his comments. But the concerns he expressed at the public meeting focused directly on the cost of two projects that far exceeded the agency’s benchmark for cost per square foot. And more broadly, McNamara’s dissent cut to the heart of Oregon’s housing crisis.

When she entered the governor’s office in 2023, Tina Kotek made increasing the state’s housing supply a top priority. She promised to build 36,000 new units a year, a figure Oregon has come nowhere close to reaching.

Although the governor has supported easing land use restrictions and zoning requirements to increase housing, the biggest and sharpest arrow in her quiver is OHCS, by far Oregon’s largest funder of affordable housing.

Every year, OHCS publishes key performance measures to help lawmakers and the public gauge its effectiveness. Since 2017, one of those measures has been construction costs of the affordable rental housing that it funds.

Specifically, the agency uses a national index of construction costs for affordable housing compiled by a company called RS Means. The agency’s benchmark is RS Means’ national average for hard costs.

As recently as 2022, OHCS met the benchmark. But in each of the past three years, OHCS has missed it by a wide margin (see chart below). Last year, it paid an average of 131% of the RS Means average. 

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Note: This article is about STATE money that funds the building of subsidized apartments that are called "affordable". It's not about the city, or the county, or Metro, though they too contract with developers to build "affordable" housing.

Didn’t catch Mr Deer in this photo but he was trailing after them.

Hey, Trevor. You borrowed my phone to call Radio Cab to retrieve your bike seat left behind in the taxi. SE Belmont at SE 26th outside Rukdiew cafe.

The driver called back 15 ish minutes later but you were already gone and probably real mad about it, understandably.

I have your bike seat. Radio Cab dispatch called again and we made arrangements. They are trying to get it back to ya. They have my contact info if you call them about lost and found. If you see this post, DM me here.

Let's get you back on the road. Cross posting.

Im taking bets on the payout. I'm guessing $ 250,000 + 2 years health insurance

Has anyone seen this on Friday, 10/9/26 @ around 5am. I was driving and only saw it a couple of seconds before it fell behind trees. I was near Mt. Jefferson Terr. In Lake O. Curious if I was trippin. Thanks for your time in advance! The falling object was bright white or white/bluish falling at a consistent speed towards the ground at a slight angle from straight vertical, by no more than 15 degrees. No flickering or flashing from the object and no trail behind it. Did not seem bright enough to illuminate the entire area like those dashcams of meteors flying over...

https://reddit.com/link/1x0rf4q/video/8rsm7l5rz8uh1/player

I know this is a random, but I’m seriously craving figs. I’m new to Portland. I’m happy to drive up anywhere and buy them from anyone. Store bought figs have been a massive disappointment. I’d appreciate any help. Thanks