2018 – 2022
June 2018
November 2019
- KATU: City Council set to vote on Portland Street Response pilot program
- OregonLive: Portland Street Response, homeless first responders, to start in 2020 after council OK’s proposal
May 2020
September 2020
February 2021
- KGW: After years of build-up, Portland Street Response launches in Lents neighborhood
- OregonLive: Portland Street Response finally launching to address mental health, homeless calls
- KGW: Portland launches team dedicated to mental health crisis calls
- KATU: Portland Street Response team launches Feb. 16, will help respond to certain 911 calls
April 2021
- Bloomberg Cities: Innovator of the Week: Building a new response to 911 calls related to homeless resident
May 2021
- Portland Mercury: City Council Votes Against Fully Funding Portland Street Response in 2021-22 Budget
October 2021
- KOIN: Study: Potential ‘citywide solution’ with Portland Street Response team
- KATU: Portland Street Response has been successful in meeting goals so far, PSU researchers say
- Portland Mercury: Study: Portland Street Response Effective at Resolving Non-Violent 911 Calls
- Portland Monthly: Portland Street Response Gets an A on Its Report Card
- Associated Press: Researchers: Portland should expand non-police response unit
November 2021
February 2022
- Willamette Week: No. 2 Because Portland Has a Citywide Alternative to Policing
- Courthouse News Service: Police union agreement leaves questions about Portland Street Response program
March 2022
- Willamette Week: Portland Street Response Expands Citywide, With 24/7 Service Still on Hold
- KGW: Portland Street Response expands city-wide
- KPTV: Portland Street Response to expand services March 28, after outside review finds success
- Associated Press: Portland expands unarmed emergency response program
April 2022
- Portland Mercury: Portland Street Response Meets First Year Goals
- Portland Tribune: Portland Street Response fulfilling its mission
- KGW: Portland Street Response ‘demonstrated success’ in first year, PSU report finds
- KATU: PSU shares one year evaluation of the Portland Street Response
- Portland Tribune: Our opinion: Plans to expand Portland Street Response deserve praise
March 2022
June 2022
September 2022
- KATU: Portland Street Response hoping to benefit from historic mental health funding in Oregon
- KOIN: Portland Street Response now equipped with new vans
November 2022
- KATU: Portland Street Response takes record number of calls in October as program grows
- KOIN: Portland Street Response reports massive increase in calls for service
- Northwest Labor Press: More Portland Street Response workers go union
December 2022
- Portland Mercury: Portland Street Response Sees 700 Percent Increase In Workload After Citywide Expansion
- KGW: Portland Street Response gets first progress report since expanding citywide
- OPB: Portland Street Response logs successes as it prepares to serve city day and night
2023 – Present
February 2023
- OregonLive: A Portland city commissioner banned tent, tarp distribution. Then it snowed 11 inches.
- Willamette Week: Murmurs: Commissioner Rene Gonzalez Explains Tent Ban
- OPB: New Commissioner Rene Gonzalez bans Portland Street Response from distributing tents
March 2023
April 2023
- Willamette Week: Portland Street Response Director Expressed Deep Concern About Halting Tent Distribution
- OregonLive: Portland Street Response must assist homeless campers in crisis during sweeps, fire chief orders
- OregonLive: Portland Street Response staffer resigns amid sweeps directive
- OregonLive: Portland Street Response worker put on leave after talking to media
May 2023
- Willamette Week: A High-Ranking Whistleblower’s Complaint Lays Bare Issues at Portland Fire & Rescue
June 2023
- OregonLive: Portland Street Response’s future hangs in balance: ‘I feel like it’s about to implode’
- OPB: Portland Street Response, despite successes, faces an uncertain future
- Willamette Week: Robyn Burek Steps Down From Leadership of Portland Street Response
July 2023
- OregonLive: Portland Street Response supporters petition city to prioritize program
- OPB: Dozens of organizations urge Portland City Council to reinvest in Street Response
- KATU: Community groups petition for increased support and expansion of Portland Street Response
- KOIN: Petition urges city leaders to fully fund Portland Street Response program
- Southeast Examiner: Letter to the Editor
- Street Roots: Join the campaign to save Portland Street Response
August 2023
- KOIN: Petition to expand Portland Street Response receives 10K+ signatures
- OregonLive: Body cameras visible on Portland police next week; Judge turns focus to Street Response program
- Axios: Future of Portland Street Response hangs in the balance
- Axios: Portland Street Response may get a new home
- Street Roots: Friends of PSR delivers petition to City Hall
- Portland Mercury: Nearly 11,000 Oregonians Want City Leaders To Shore Up Portland Street Response
November 2023
- KOIN: Friends of Portland Street Response demand answers from city leaders
- Portland Business Journal: Pro-Portland Street Response supporters pressure city commissioners for meeting
- OPB: Portland, Department of Justice agree to independent monitor of police reforms
- OregonLive: Readers respond: Thankful for Portland Street Response
December 2023
- OregonLive: Judge approves changes to settlement on Portland police use of force, paving way for independent monitor
- Willamette Week: Readers Respond: Gonzalez has Failed Street Response Crews
January 2024
- KGW: Despite clear need, audit finds Portland Fire Bureau let community health teams languish without direction
- Portland Mercury: Commissioner Gonzalez Shows Little Interest in Heeding Auditor’s Recommendations for Portland Street Response
- Willamette Week: New Audit Says Fire Bureau Showed Little Commitment to Innovative Responses to Mental Health and Low-Acuity Calls
- KOIN: Portland Fire & Rescue community programs need ‘guidance and leadership’: Report
February 2024
- OregonLive: Fire bureau floats cuts to Portland Street Response as budget uncertainty looms
- Portland Business Journal: Portland Street Response faces more budget cuts
- KGW: $3M could potentially be cut from Portland Street Response
- Portland Mercury: Despite Being Safe From Deep Budget Cuts, Fire Bureau Puts Mental Health Services on Chopping Block
- OregonLive: Readers respond: Officials should put helping people first
- Oregon Capital Chronicle: Disability Rights Oregon sues Washington County alleging it fails people in mental health crises
March 2024
- KOIN: Community members vouch for Portland Street Response amid uncertain future
- OPB: Rene Gonzalez’s first year: On the offensive, but not always on target
- The Skanner News – Portland Street Response Hosts Town Hall
- OregonLive: Commissioner Rene Gonzalez looks to dump Portland Street Response from his City Hall portfolio
- Willamette Week: Murmurs: Fire Chief Pans Budget Officer’s Overtime Advice
April 2024
- Portland Mercury: Public Pleas to Save Portland Street Response Dominate City Budget Session
- KGW: City of Portland holds public listening session on budget priorities for upcoming fiscal year
- Portland Mercury: Mayor Wheeler’s Office Pledges to Support, Sustain Portland Street Response
- Rose City Reform: Signatures and signals: April brings a flurry of campaign pledges.
May 2024
July 2024
August 2024
- KATU: Portland man waits on hold with 911 for nearly 45 minutes
- KOIN: Portland Street Response reaches people ‘in very dire situations’ amid heat wave