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City officials launch second survey

Cannon Beach Farmers Market offers food, music, fun

Looking for feedback on parking

Hilary Dorsey

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annon Beach Farmers Market is open from 1-5 p.m. every Tuesday from June 6 through Sept. 28.

Vendors offer a wide variety of produce, cheese, flowers, artisan food, drinks and more.

The market is located in the city hall parking lot, on the corners of Hemlock and Gower Street.

Farmers Market Manager Philomena Lloyd said the market has many returning vendors this year, including Gales Meadow Farms, A & B Berries, and Skamawa Creamery. New vendors include North Coast Micros, Mountains to Rivers Ranch, Plum Tummy Gardens, Bamford Bake Shop, and more.

“July 6 is the first week we will have music again,” Lloyd said.

Cannon Beach Farmers Market open from 1-5 p.m. every The market accepts the Tuesday through Sept. 28, offers lots of vendors selling local Oregon Trail Card and WIC sustainable and organic foods and products along with live vouchers. Most vendors accept credit cards. The Cannon music and much more. Photos courtesy of Philomena Lloyd Beach Food Bank matches Sarah Brunner was the first muThe Bar K Buckaroos SNAP token purchases up to $10. sician of the market’s season on “We ask that people respect Tuesday, July 6.

August Artists social distancing guidelines,” Artists for July and August Aug. 3 – Barney Perrine Lloyd said. “There is hand saniinclude: Aug. 10 – Dave Quinton and tizing stations placed throughout The Bar K Buckaroos the market.”

July Artists Aug. 17 – Dan Kauffman “Come on out and enjoy the July 6 – Sarah Brunner Aug. 24 – Brad Creed fun, food, fresh air shopping, July 13 – Gayle Ritt and Mike Aug. 31 – Rhythm Method music, hopefully sun, and more,” Sotto Lloyd added.

July 20 – Barbara Gaidosh and Send comments to: headlightMusical guests are scheduled Richard Thomasian reporter@countrymedia.net from July through September.

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Tolovana Arts Colony bringing the legendary ‘Boogie Cat’ to Cannon Beach this Sunday O

n Sunday, July 11, legendary bluesman Norman Sylvester performs a free concert in Cannon Beach’s downtown city park.

Known as the “Boogie Cat,” Sylvester was inducted into the Oregon Music Hall of Fame in 2011.

He’s shared stages with a who’s-who of the blues, including BB King, Buddy Guy, Mavis Staples and more.

After an unprecedented year off, Sylvester and his band are thrilled to be playing live again. The performance will be Sylvester’s second since the pandemic layoff (his first, scheduled for a week earlier, is at the renown Portland Waterfront Blues

Festival).

The “Boogie Cat” was born in Bonita, Louisiana, where he began singing gospel in church. At the age of 12, the Sylvester family boarded the Union Pacific train for a new life in the Pacific Northwest.

As legend has it, a twenty-something Norman attended a concert of Buddy Guy and talked his way on stage. After Norman’s performance, Guy encouraged him to devote himself to a career in music.

Besides performing regularly, Sylvester and his band teaches blues history in local schools and mentors young artists.

This free, family friendly concert begins at

5:30PM. Attendees are encouraged to bring blankets, low-backed chairs and fully stocked picnic baskets.

The park is located in downtown Cannon Beach, northeast of the Chamber of Commerce at 2nd & Spruce.

The concert is produced by the Tolovana Arts Colony and made possible by a Community Grant from the City of Cannon Beach.

For more information, visit tolovanaartscolony. org, email tolovanaartscolony@gmail.com, or call 541-215-4445.

County discusses moratorium on short-term rental permits Commissioners to host two public town hall meetings

Kathleen Stinson

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latsop County Commissioners will hold two public town hall meetings to discuss a proposed 120-day moratorium to suspend the issuance of new short-term rental permits in the unincorporated area to provide time to look into a possible revision of the ordinance.

The two meetings to discuss the proposed shortterm rental moratorium will be held virtually at 11 a.m.

Friday, July 9, and Friday, July 16.

“There are many different reasons why people are not necessarily in favor of the short-term rental ordinance,”

said County Community Development Director Gail Henrikson. Some reasons include noise, traffic and that it depletes the housing stock for workers.

The county has received numerous comments, including 150 pages of emails from neighbors and short-term rental owners on this contested issue, Henrikson said.

From the staff’s perspective they are looking at possibly merging the two ordinances, Arch Cape’s and the remaining unincorporated, and also to “make (the ordinance) clearer in terms of how it’s enforced,” she said.

“You would think” the ordinance would be clear to people, she said. However,

county staff do not work on the weekend and they get recorded calls in the middle of the night, for example, on Saturdays about noise. By the time the county staff go to work on Monday and look at the rental, it is not noisy.

She said another issue is people think three complaints should justify an automatic suspension of the permit but that is not how the ordinance reads. It states a permit may be revoked.

Some short-term rental owners “feel they are being harassed by neighbors with false complaints,” she said.

The commissioners discussed these short-term rental ordinance issues at their work session on February 2, and

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ased on information in the city’s recent transportation survey, Cannon Beach has launched a second survey specific to parking.

“The results are in and as you might have expected, there seems to be an elephant in the Village when it comes to transportation and that elephant spends a good portion of its summer season searching for parking,” said Jeff Adams, city community development director, in an

April 6, she said.

Both meetings were recorded and are available on archived video in the calendar section of the website.

To register to speak at

either or both of the upcoming meetings, please contact Gail Henrikson, Community Development Director, at 503325-8611 or ghenrikson@ co.clatsop.or.us, the website states.

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he local Meals on Wheels senior meals program delivers meals every Wednesday to Cannon Beach.

This program operates out of the Bob Chisholm Community Center in Seaside.

The program also delivers on Mondays, Wednesday and Fridays to residents of Seaside and Gearhart, said Chris Duffy, nutrition coordinator for the Senior Meals Program.

They also have curbside pickup meals to go from 11:30 to 12:30 Monday through Friday at the center.

The meals are available to anyone age 60 and older.

“We plan to reopen in the fall to in-person dining,” Duffy said.

Another meals program that serves the area is operated by the Seaside School District.

Tony Brehmer, food services director at the school district, said the Grab-n-Go Meal Service provides free breakfast and lunch in a bag to students of the district.

This is part of the federal National Lunch Program, Brehmer said.

The delivery route and times are posted on the district website. Select the yellow rectangle with the program name on it. Go to English or Spanish and select that link to see the route.

The summer program runs from June 28 to August 27, he said. The route starts at 10:35 a.m. and continues through to 12:22.

He said they wait a few minutes at each stop. It varies, but the district serves about 150 meals a day.

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Arch Cape chef sells organic, small batch granola Chelsea Yarnell For The Gazette

Every morning Teresa Dufka and her husband take a walk on the beach and look up at Angora Peak above the Arch Cape community.

The mountaintop’s name became the inspiration for her premium, organic granola company.

“I wanted something that was high enough in protein, was shelf stable, and a highly nutritious product,” Dufka said.

Dufka graduated from the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park New York in 1980. She has worked as a classically trained chef, pastry chef, and dining room manager in the Caribbean and on the Oregon Coast.

After retiring, Dufka began

making granola out of her home in Arch Cape. Her granola is made using only organic ingredients including oats, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, sesame seeds, coconut, and raw northwest honey.

“Organic ingredients are better for the planet and they tend to be more delicious; that’s what I buy for my family,” said Dufka.

Customers can purchase the granola in three different sizes: Voyager (three ounce bag), Market (one pound size bag), and Chubby (bulk purchase).

After popularity grew with the granola, Dufka began making granola bars.

“The granola bars are high in calories, but the calories are the perfect ratio of carbohydrates and protein.

It’s something that’s perfect

to go for miles and miles without other food,” Dufka said. “Those really caught on with people who go off in the woods to go hiking and with people who put them in their kids backpacks.”

Angora Peak granola and bars can be purchased at Food Roots in Tillamook, in Manzanita at; Wild Grocery, Manzanita News & Espresso, Manzanita Lumber Company, Manzanita Fresh Foods, and in Cannon Beach at; Tolvana Inn, and Surfcrest Market.

Additional businesses sell Angora Peak products in Seaside and Astoria.

Customers can also purchase directly from Angora Peak by calling 503-4577086, emailing: AngoraPeakGranola@gmail.com, or visiting angorapeakgranola. com.

Teresa Dufka, Arch Cape resident, makes organic granola and granola bars that can be purchased from Food Roots and other local businesses.

View facing west along Asbury Creek towards the Pacific Ocean. Our vision is to provide clean, safe, and affordable drinking water to Arch Cape residents and visitors, through the creation of a working community-owned forest to sustain the rich character and beauty of Oregon’s coastal rainforest for generations.

Photo courtesy of Sustainable Northwest

Arch Cape forest project awarded $2M by the Oregon Legislature Last weekend, the Oregon Legislature awarded the Arch Cape Forest project $2 million through the American Rescue Plan Act Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund

(“ARPA fund”). House Bill 5006 awarded over $272 million to forty-eight water, wastewater and other critical infrastructure projects across the state. Business Oregon

will manage the award and work closely with the Arch Cape Domestic Water Supply District manager and board.

This news follows on the heels of an announcement

earlier this year that the US Forest Service would be investing $3.5 million in the project through the Forest Legacy Program in partnership with the Oregon Depart-

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draft Multi-Resource Management Plan. By October, we should also have the results of a professional thirdparty appraisal and be able to share our long-range financial plan with the community. We expect more details on this ARPA grant to be forthcoming in the next few months.

The funds are from a federal source, which means that there will be restrictions on how the money can be spent.

The community’s ongoing support for the project is still needed to ensure stewardship of the property even after the initial purchase. We are very grateful for the assistance and support of the North Coast Land Conservancy, whose “Rainforest Reserve” project shares our vision.

Please visit the Facebook page and z website at www. archcapeforest.org for updates.

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“The board wishes to thank our legislators and especially recognize the relentless support of our Senator Betsy Johnson and Representative Suzanne Weber in advocating for our community and in advancing such a unique and innovative project. The purchase of this property is a critical milestone in our effort to secure the source of our drinking water.” – Dan Seifer, Arch Cape Water District Board President Our plan for stewardship includes sustainable forestry to offset ongoing maintenance costs, while the level of public investment allows us to significantly scale back the amount of log sales that would otherwise be needed to maintain roads and repair stream crossings on the property. Over the next few months, we will conclude the meetings of the Forest Advisory Committee and publish a

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The annual summer conservation closure for razor clams begins Thursday, July 15, through Sept. 30 on Clatsop beaches (from Tillamook Head in Seaside to the mouth of the Columbia River).

The annual conservation closure allows newly set young clams to establish themselves on the 18 miles of Clatsop beaches.

Protecting the clams on these beaches is vital to their population and future clamming opportunities as more than 90 percent of the total razor clam harvest in Oregon occurs here. The annual closure was established in 1967.

When razor clamming reopened Oct. 1 last year, a good harvest season was expected as stock assessments showed high abundance with many clams over four inches. However, due to very high levels of domoic acid, razor clamming on Clatsop beaches closed Oct. 30 and

remain closed due to continued toxin levels above the closure threshold.

ODFW staff assesses razor clam stocks during the conservation closure. The 2020 assessments showed the third highest abundance since 2004 when assessments began.

Razor clam harvesting is open on other state beaches from Cape Lookout (just south of Netarts Bay) south to the California border. The best opportunities outside Clatsop beaches are in the Newport area, with the most consistent producers being Agate Beach, North Jetty, and South Beach. Other razor clam harvest areas include Winchester Bay, Bandon and Gold Beach, among others.

Bay clam harvesting is currently open coast-wide.

Always check for toxin-related closures before harvesting clams or crabs by calling the shellfish safety hotline 1-800-448-2472.

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Can normalcy be right around the corner?

Joseph Bernt

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n the wake of Governor Kate Brown lifting most Covid restrictions, the Cannon Beach Library Board devoted much of its June meeting to restoring library activities and services nearer their levels prior to the arrival of coronavirus sixteen months ago.

The board agreed that the Children’s Room would reopen on July 7 and, starting on July 9, the library would extend limited browsing to four days a week—Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday from noon to 4 p.m.

Also, beginning July 9, public computers will again be available for use by patrons.

While the library was quarantining books, overdue fines were forgiven, but books are no longer being quarantined.

Beginning August 1, fines will again be assessed.

Board members concluded that holding a major book sale during the Labor Day weekend was neither safe nor feasible. Uncertainty about vaccination rates, coronavirus variants and the comfort level of library volunteers and patrons argue against conducting such a large-scale indoor sale at this time.

As an alternative, the book

pricing committee is being tasked to expand the number of used books available for sale in and around the library’s book sale room.

Jen Dixon, library office manager, and library members Mary Kerwin, Wanda Meyer-Price and Lynne Murray Stuart are drafting flyers for a campaign to recruit new members and volunteers.

Becoming a voting member of the Cannon Beach Library gives residents, visitors and patrons a voice iin programming, projects and community issues. One benefit of becoming a member of the Cannon Beach Library is monthly membership meetings, brunches and prominent guest speakers from our village and elsewhere on the North Coast.

Library board members also discussed safety issues involved with holding membership meetings and brunches inside the library.

The board decided to delay decisions about a return to monthly brunch meetings until more information is available.

I’m certain I’m not the only library member impatient for the return of these monthly brunch meetings, gatherings that make the $10 annual membership fee the best breakfast deal in or out of town..

As a mostly derbrand, “The volunteer-opSecret Keeper erated library, of Jaipur” by the goal is to Alka Joshi and reinvigorate “Dream Girl” teams of library

by Laura Lippvolunteers who man, make this priOther new vate nonprofit fiction titles run. These include “The essential volKobalt Dossier” unteers manage

by Eric Van the front desk, Lustbader, “The help patrons President’s and visitors Daughter” by Joseph Bernt access library James Patterresources and son and Bill materials, price used books, Clinton, “All Adults Here” sort bookshelves, judge

by Emma Straub, “American writing competitions, select Traitor” by Brad Taylor and published writers for North“Our Woman in Moscow” by west Authors Series readings, Beatriz Williams. choose local scholarship Newly added mystery recipients and identify new titles include “Unfinished books for the library collecBusiness” by J.A. Jance, “The tion.

Bullet” by Iris Johansen, Marjorie MacQueen, a “Castle Shade” by Laurie longtime library member and R. King, “How Lucky” by volunteer who has identified Will Leitch, “The Bombay and purchased new books Prince” by Sujata Massey for the library’s collection and “The Maidens” by Alex since 2003, recently added Michaelides.

10 fiction, six mystery and New nonfiction titles five nonfiction titles to library added include “Facing the holdings. These are now Mountain: A True Story of available on the library’s Japanese American Heroes green-dot shelf. in World War II” by Daniel Among fiction titles new James Brown, “Forget the to the library are “Hour of the Alamo: The Rise and Fall of Witch” by Chris Bohjalian, an American Myth” by Bryan “Legends of the North CasBurrough, Chris Tomlinson cades” by Jonathan Evison, and Jason Stanford and “The “Golden Girl” by Elin HilBomber Mafia: A Dream, a

Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War” by Malcolm Gladwell.

Two other nonfiction books the library has added are “After the Fall: Being American in the World We’ve Made” by Benjamin Rhodes and “The Last Assassin: The Hunt for the Killers of Julius Caesar”

by Peter Stothard.

Shawn Stephenson, a research biologist with the U. S. Department of Fish and Wildlife, will discuss “Tufted Puffin Research Studies of the Oregon Coast,” as part of the World of Haystack Rock Library Lecture Series, at 7 p.m., Wednesday, July 14, on Facebook Live@Friends of Haystack Rock.

Stephenson, a research biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service since 1989, received a Bachelor of Science in Fish and Wildlife from Utah State University and a Master of Science in Biological Sciences from the University of Alaska, Anchorage.

During his 32 years with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Stephenson has conducted contaminant studies for four years at the Fish and Wildlife Enhancement branch in Salt Lake City, seabird studies for 15 years at the Migratory Bird Management branch in Anchorage and continued these seabird studies

for 12 years at the Oregon Coast National Refuge Complex in Newport.

Sponsored by the Friends of Haystack Rock and the Cannon Beach Library, Stephenson’s presentation is free and open to the public.

Cannon Beach Reads, the library’s longstanding reading group, will discuss Mark Twain’s “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court.”.

Led by John Markham, this discussion of Twain’s satirical critique of modern European culture (and to a lesser extent, of America’s Gilded Age) through the lens of Early Medieval or Late Roman England will occur virtually via Zoom, Wednesday, July 21, at 7 p.m.

Twain was drawn to the satiric opportunities offered by travel literature, a highly popular genre in the late 19th century, particularly by Americans unable to afford the Grand Tour of Italy, Greece and the Holy Land. Several of Twain’s early books exploited the travel genre.

Anyone who has yet to participate in Cannon Beach Reads and is interested in joining this discussion of “A Connecticut Yankee,” should email Joseph Bernt at berntj@ ohio.edu for information about how to join this Zoom get-together.

Letters to the Editor

Take a stand for safety The proposed Cannon Beach Food and Beverage Tax really comes down to improving the collective health, safety and well being of the people who live, work and vacation in Cannon Beach.

Fire Chief Marc Reckmann has sounded the alarm about the need for increased funding for the Cannon Beach Rural Fire Protection District. Currently, there are no ambulances or paramedics in Cannon Beach. Medical Advanced Life Support response times are at potentially dangerous levels. Visitors comprise 77% of Fire Department responses, with a 40% increase in calls since the beginning of 2021.

Cannon Beach Fire Department

currently operates with just three paid employees supplemented by 15 dedicated volunteers.

During a heart attack or stroke, minutes can mean the difference between life or disability and death. In cardiac arrest, the chances of successful defibrillation decline 10% per minute. A structure fire doubles in size every few minutes.

Our emergency dispatch and communication systems are antiquated and haphazard.

The Cannon Beach Police Department has just one officer on duty per shift. They are stretched thin with the increasing number of visitors, putting them at unnecessary risk. It’s unconscionable to put our Police officers and Fire Department personnel in potentially dangerous situations due to a

lack of adequate funding.

The Food and Beverage Tax is a 5% pass-through tax collected from customers; the restaurants do not pay this tax! Research with 16 restaurants in Ashland and Yachats, as well as the Mayor of Yachats, found that citizens, visitors and restaurants have accepted the Food and Beverage Tax because it helped improve their city and ultimately benefited the restaurants. It has enabled Ashland and Yachats to pay for much needed infrastructure improvements and thrive. Complaints from restaurant staff are a non-issue, as their tips have increased with the total bill.

Many of the restaurants reported it was easy to adjust to the tax using “Square” as it calculates the tax for them. Or, “you could just use a

calculator” as one restaurant owner reported.

Will people stop coming to Cannon Beach and eating at local restaurants because of this tax? Not likely. Cannon Beach is a beautiful and very popular tourist destination, and visitor numbers are only going to increase in the future.

On a $30 dinner the tax amounts to $1.50, and most customers will likely be OK paying that small amount for their own safety while visiting Cannon Beach. The increase in tourism is stressing and overloading local infrastructure and negatively impacting emergency response. It is the responsibility of the City Council to look out for the safety and well being of employees, residents, and visitors to Cannon Beach.

We need more funding for our Fire Department, our Police Department, our Water and Sewage systems, as well as for a multitude of other badly need upgrades and improvements to our city. With an untapped potential source of revenue, we should never hear “we don’t have money for that”. For the residents of Cannon Beach, would you like to have visitors help pay for these badly needed upgrades to public safety and infrastructure, or would you prefer to see your property taxes increase?

We can no longer afford to kick the can down the road and bury our heads in the sand.

Deb and Bob Atiyeh Cannon Beach

Shafer promoted to Sous Wyden urges residents to be Chef at Newmans at 988 watchdogs to stop wildfires As of July 1, Newmans at 988 owners announce the promotion of Dru Shafer to Sous Chef. Dru started off as a dishwasher and prep cook and most recently has held the title of Chef de Partie.

In just under three years, Dru has earned the coveted title of Sous Chef at New-

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As much of the nation prepares for what could be a disastrous fire season, Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden is urging local residents to be watchdogs in an effort to protect communities for major blazes.

During a conference call with the media Saturday, Wyden said people in neighborhoods across Oregon and the western part of the nation could stop the biggest threats before they start.

“Folks that are out in the community, when they see any signs like dropped matches, burns in their neigh-

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email. “…Many of our over150 respondents would like to see something change with respects to parking.”

Adams told The Gazette: “The (transportation) survey just ended this morning, so we don’t have a summary report quite yet…We had 161 respondents and we were happy with the turnout.”

The new parking survey is divided into the following categories: resident, visitor, business owner or employee, he said. The survey runs from July 6 through July 20.

The following is a link to the survey provided by the city: Share your feedback on parking by logging onto one of the links below. *Select the survey that describes you best* • Resident Survey – take this survey if you are a yearround resident of Cannon Beach • Business Owner Survey – take this survey if you own or operate a business in Cannon Beach • Employee Survey – take this survey if you work in Cannon Beach • Visitor Survey – take this survey if you visit Cannon Beach but don’t live here year-round

mans at 988. From an early age, Dru has always wanted to be a Chef and has known that is what he was destined to become. He hails from Vancouver Washington.

Owners John and Sandy

David Rupkalvis

Newman say this about Dru, “his culinary enthusiasm is infectious, his food is beautiful and delicious, and at just 21-years-old, he truly has a deft hand with cooking, Dru has taken command of the kitchen and comfortably leads Newmans to consistently high levels of execution and success. We are extremely proud and thankful for Dru.” Newmans is open and serving dinners Tuesday Saturday starting at 5p.m.

Newman at 988 is located at 988 S. Hemlock St. inCannon Beach. To make a reservation call, 503.436.1151.

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borhoods, the really important thing for people to do is not take but a minute and call the local fire officials. What the public can say is we can be the watchdogs over some of these threats.”

Wyden said it important

for every person to play a role this year, saying he expects the fire season to be unprecedented. Because of the threat, Wyden has been working closely with the Biden ad-

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Cannon Beach properties featured in Top Chef A few local Cannon Beach properties were prominently featured in the recent episode of Bravo’s Top Chef. The Season 18 Finale has already aired, but you can catch the episode on Bravo’s Top Chef website, https://www.bravotv. com/top-chef.

The cheftestants stayed at the popular Surfsand Resort in Cannon Beach, a family and pet-friendly hotel which features oceanfront rooms

with stunning views of Haystack Rock. They also enjoyed some brews from local spot Public Coast Brewing in Cannon Beach.

The Elimination Challenge took place at Wayfarer Restaurant and Lounge in Cannon Beach, known for their delicious coastal seafood fare, with a menu focused on high quality, local, and seasonal ingredients.

Cast and crew from Bravo’s Top Chef enter Wayfarer in Cannon Beach while filming its season 18 finale.

You can catch the episode on Bravo’s Top Chef website, https://www.bravotv.com/top-chef.

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Merkley introduces bill to address lack of affordable housing A “devastating lack of affordable housing” is something that can no longer be ignored, U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley said last week as he announced he was unveiling the Affordable Home Act in the Senate.

Merkley said housing is something he hears about constantly and is something

that must be addressed now.

“Every single town hall I hold, every single meet and greet with elected officials, housing comes up,” Merkley said. “It’s a challenge in rural areas, suburban areas, everywhere. Every Oregonian, every American, should be able to afford a decent home in a decent community.”

Merkley said housing is something that every person needs, adding a stable home is a goal for every American.

“Housing is so much more than a building or a bed,” Merkley said. “Stable, affordable housing is a foundation for thriving families and thriving communities. Study after study has shown that children who grow up in a stable home do better in school and do better in the rest of their lives. When families have a stable home, children start to blossom.”

Merkley said being able to rent a home is difficult throughout Oregon but added home ownership is even a greater challenge. With fewer people owning homes, it creates a trickle-down impact that hurts individuals, families and communities.

“The greatest and most powerful factor in building middle-class wealth is home ownership,” he said. “Right now, what we’re seeing is homes are out of reach in terms of their prices and so many of our youth come out college holding so much debt.”

Merkley said the Affordable Home Act will address many of the problems, including a history of racial discrimination in federal housing

policies. Merkley’s bill would invest $560 billion over 10 years to build more housing, which would hopefully drive prices down.

“The goal is to have everyone be able to access homes they can afford,” Merkley said. “Everybody deserves a decent, affordable home. This is, in the president’s words, about building back better.”

Merkley said the bill would have five priorities, which are: 1 – Address the legacy of America’s history of racially discriminatory federal housing policies;

n Wyden Continued from Page 3 ministration, the U.S. Forest Service and others to come up with a plan to handle the potential of a fire season no one has seen before.

“For several weeks, I have been working very closely with the White House and the Forest Service to make sure they are prepared to deal with the unprecedented fire season in the west,” Wyden said. “Specifically, the danger of multiple big fires, infernos, taking place simultaneously across the western states. The fires are going to stress local, state and federal resources to the breaking point unless we are prepared. Millions of westerners this morning are collectively holding their breath about the prospect of

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2 – Provide housing and supporting services to reduce chronic homelessness; 3 – Through investment in housing stocks, lower the cost of housing so everyone can afford a home; 4 – Build the 21st Century housing supply; and 5 – Quickly deploy federal housing supplies during disasters “Everyone should have a decent home in a decent community,” Merkley said.

Rukaiyah Adams, board chair for Albina Vision Trust in the Portland area, said many groups and government officials are working on the housing crisis, but they need help. Her organization works

primarily with the Black community, but she said the crisis crosses all races.

“There’s all these ways the absence of affordable housing extracts wealth from our communities,” Adams said.

“Some of them are obvious, some of them are less obvious. One thing that also isn’t clear to most Oregonians is three out of four low-income Oregonians pay more than 50 percent of their income to rent.”

Adams said housing should be viewed as a priority at all levels of government.

“Here’s the bottom line, housing is a public good,” she said. “We know that affordable housing is critical to building community and creating economic vitality. We need more housing, we need federal help to get it done and we need it right now. We will roll up our sleeves Sen. Merkley and get to work with you and your staff.”

Merkley said while housing has been a concern for years, the crisis was made worse during the COVID-19 pandemic. With many states, including Oregon, letting their eviction moratoriums end, Merkley said there is a reason to worry more people could become homeless.

“We’re also worried a lot

about the eviction crisis as the eviction moratorium expires,” Merkley said. “That’s partly addressed by the American Rescue Plan. That put $30 billion, with $221 million into Oregon, to address that.

These resources don’t end this crisis.”

In fact, COVID may have highlighted the housing crisis, but it was nothing new, especially in Oregon.

“Long before we faced COVID-19 we had a housing crisis,” Merkley said. “That was continually putting the goal of affordable housing out of reach for too many. Every year, we’ve seen the cost of housing go up. Over last six years, pay rates have gone up 5 percent while cost of rent has gone up 61 percent. So many families are spending a huge share of their monthly income on rent.”

If made law, the Affordable Home Act will spend significant federal resources on getting new housing built, tackling homelessness and housing affordability. But the majority of the funding would go into an emergency housing program to help people directly through rental assistance programs, emergency vouches and grants.

one of these infernos ripping through their town.”

Wyden said after his continued discussions in D.C., he expects announcements to be made this week outlining federal plans for the fire season.

“I expect the Biden administration will have more to say publicly about this threat, this grave threat, in the next few days,” Wyden said. “I’ve been raising this in public hearings and private conversations every single day.”

While Wyden said he has not seen the White House plan, he expects the federal government to explain how it might fight multiple large fires at one time.

“Specifically, what I think we’ll hear is about making sure there are personnel available in the west to fight multiple fires, the big fires, at the same time,” he said. “The reason I emphasize this is be-

cause this is a departure from the past. Usually, we have one big fire, and other western states will chip in for the state that was hit the hardest. Now, we’re talking about something that’s unprecedented, which is big fires simultaneously throughout the west.”

Wyden said during a recent public hearing, the Forest Service admitted it could be a very difficult year.

“Vicki Christiansen, the head of the Forest Service, said she felt resources are already at the breaking point,” Wyden said. “What we’re going to hear about this week is make sure there’s more personnel available to fight multiple fires at the same time, there’s equipment to back that up and that local, state and federal firefighters are going to be tightly coordinated in order to deal with this.”

In addition to more fire-

fighters, Wyden said more funding will be needed.

“I do believe it’s going to take additional resources to deal with this especially grave situation, the possibility of fires all over the west at the same time,” he said. “I expect this will take additional resources.”

Wyden said there are two fronts where the threat of dangerous fires must be attacked. The first is have firefighters and equipment available when blazes erupt.

The second is an effort to thin out millions of acres of forest that are a tinderbox right now.

Wyden said it will cost up to $20 billion to thin out the forest, which will ease the threat in the long run.

“Right now, my biggest concern is it is do dry,” he said.

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