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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:green">Welcome to this week’s roundup of the Land Use News!
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://portlandtribune.com/pt/9-news/288628-165768-woodburn-ugb-proposal-approved-by-state&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMzA4Mjc2OTc3NTc0MzE1MjI3NDIaMDNhMDBlZDQzNDdmNTY3NDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNE5V_zHShZTHFlwiMk5a2KVV12-Dw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Woodburn
UGB proposal approved by state </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">Portland Tribune
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">... $1 million or more in public funds and staff time expended, the city of Woodburn's urban growth boundary (UGB) saga is finally coming
to a close.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-standoff/2016/01/months_before_malheur_occupati.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNTI1MDU4MzQ1NjEyNTk5MTY2OTIaMWU1NWFiMzNlZTdiMzZkNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGTs6duVCtEIT4xfCqhoA6pjkrbwA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Months
before Malheur occupation, another Oregon land dispute galvanized militants </span>
</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">OregonLive.com
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">Oath Keepers and other militants rallied to support miners on a claim near Galice that the Bureau of Land Management wanted to bring into ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2016/01/oregon_standoff_answers_to_que.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTNTI1MDU4MzQ1NjEyNTk5MTY2OTIaMWU1NWFiMzNlZTdiMzZkNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGazc4OpTNhl6ePPg3S3uiPY6ws6w"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
standoff: Answers to questions about federal land ownership and management (OPINION)
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">The federal Constitution's property clause (Article 4, Section 3, Clause 2) equips Congress with authority to establish "all needful rules and ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.eenews.net/stories/1060030565&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMzA4Mjc2OTc3NTc0MzE1NDQyMTIaM2Y2Y2FjMjhiMDRmMGVjNjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGW9bUBXdgMGMQ-aU2MB0mF-G6QAQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">PUBLIC
LANDS: Belying militants' claims, Ore. ranchers and feds get along </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">Environment & Energy Publishing
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">In southeast Oregon, many ranchers also worry President Obama will .... Eastern Oregon has also disproportionately benefited from sage
grouse ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.opb.org/news/series/burns-oregon-standoff-bundy-militia-news-updates/how-refuge-occupation-could-fuel-land-privatization-movement/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNzA1NjUyODkyNDM1MDI5Nzg3NjIaODYzNTVlN2IxZjAzNTkyYTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFDB0jWKsmWonXi1j5JLEKrz3QWcw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">How
Refuge Occupation Could Fuel Land Privatization Movement </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">OPB News
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">9, 2016, in Crane, Oregon. .... In April 2015, the Oregon House Committee on Rural Communities, Land Use, and Water heard testimony on
Wilson's ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.capitalpress.com/Oregon/20160113/while-the-rest-of-oregon-grew-harney-county-flat-lined&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTNzA1NjUyODkyNDM1MDI5NzcxNDIaYjNlMzFhMDQzODlhZjhlNjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNH7LrNj_miZdNq4RzA5iEyQtc9L_A"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">While
the rest of Oregon grew, Harney County flat-lined </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">Capital Press
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">Southeast Oregon's Harney County, the scene of the militia takeover that ... The decline of Pacific Northwest timber industry is an old
story, but rural ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/01/15/timber-oligarchs-transform-into-beef-barons-in-harney-county-and-the-oregon-high-desert/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNTI1MDU4MzQ1NjEyNTk4OTM5NDIaZTk4YzkyNTJjZWY4OGFhMzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHuCRwWj1loRiztr1rW8_dCTXOZLQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Timber
Oligarchs Transform Into Beef Barons in Harney County and the Oregon High Desert
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">CounterPunch
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">Larry and Marianne Williams control Treetop Ranches, and their cattle herds impact a vast area of crucial sage-grouse habitat across eastern
Oregon ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.bna.com/oregon-dam-operations-n57982066210/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNTI1MDU4MzQ1NjEyNTk4OTIwNjIaMGI1MmU2MmI4NTI0MDgwMDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEdZRYFsfhJMyaSakcj41VP7xtBJQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon
Dam Operations Causing Frog Take, Group Says </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">Bloomberg BNA
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">... WaterWatch of Oregon alleged that the bureau's dam operations are “altering natural flows in the Upper Deschutes Basin (including
Crescent ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx%3Fg%3Db78831d0-4d64-43dd-80eb-d7e80673950f&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNTI1MDU4MzQ1NjEyNTk5MDQxMTIaNzJiZjhhMmJlOTk5Mjc2Mzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGBbSQ4P8XjkOaADqF689kFl_NJZg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Take
Two! Frogs, Water, and the Endangered Species Act in Oregon </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">Lexology (registration)
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">In late December we reported on a lawsuit filed by the Center for Biological Diversity (“Center”) that alleges the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
(“BOR”) is ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://portlandtribune.com/pt/9-news/288453-165575-panel-reviews-regional-water-issues&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNzA1NjUyODkyNDM1MDI5OTY2MDIaMjVjYTgwNjJlNTBlMmZlMTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNE-7doXYvg_iDuftxn3jrrTEjZJtg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Panel
reviews regional water issues </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">Portland Tribune
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">Kevin Hanway, Hillsboro's water director, said the region has reduced ... According to projections by Metro, the regional planning agency,
Portland's ... one,” the potential of a subduction-zone earthquake off Oregon's coast that would ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/environmentalists-and-power-companies-reached-an-importantandmdashand-surprisingandmdashagreement/Content%3Foid%3D17366324&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTMzA4Mjc2OTc3NTc0MzE1NTg5NzIaY2UwZjQ5YTg1MDM1NmRhYTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFwZ_8qIEJJsZ6pVDE5K1NMOmAasg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Environmentalists
and Power Companies Reached an Important—and Surprising—Agreement </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">The Portland Mercury
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">The companies are far and away Oregon's largest power suppliers, ... up renewable energy use, and taking some power plants offline for
Oregon ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/politics/2016/01/13/see-changes-lawmakers-considering-oregon-marijuana-laws/78755910/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNTI1MDU4MzQ1NjEyNTk5MjUyNjIaOTMzODVjZTI4NWQ4NjE5YTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNElUAXutQqTCaj1OKey_8JS7PsA0g"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">See
the changes lawmakers are considering for Oregon marijuana laws </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">Statesman Journal
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">State lawmakers met Wednesday afternoon to consider "legislative concepts" that would change Oregon's marijuana laws. At the meeting ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/01/affordable_housing_zoning_ban.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNTI1MDU4MzQ1NjEyNTk5Mjk1NDIaMGY3MWZhYzgwZThhZWY0Yzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNH_t8a6_42zi7Rd2CAFelsNY0V1eA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Affordable
housing: Builders weigh lifting opposition to 17-year-old zoning ban </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">OregonLive.com
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">Even the architect of Oregon's 1999 ban, lobbyist Jon Chandler of the Oregon Home Builders Association, told lawmakers he was willing
to reconsider ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://portlandtribune.com/pt/10-opinion/288356-163847-my-view-tap-land-trusts-to-create-affordable-housing&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNDMwNjQ0NzkxNjY4NjU1ODk2NDIaMmY3NzAwZTIwOWJiOTYwYjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEHuHTsyz7inqGZF2dMtixCDSRg2g"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">My
View: Tap land trusts to create affordable housing </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">Portland Tribune
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">Three years later, Oregon cities are grappling with affordable housing crises. Yet the options available to address the problem appear
to be limited in ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://portlandtribune.com/pt/9-news/288585-165722-portland-forecast-to-have-10th-hottest-housing-market&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTMzA4Mjc2OTc3NTc0MzE1MzQwNTIaMmY3NzAwZTIwOWJiOTYwYjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNG0h5OEzbhr_-Ay56CjLo8YOfJ90g"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Portland
forecast to have 10th hottest housing market </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">Portland Tribune
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">The research arm of a national real estate firm is predicting Portland will have the 10th hottest housing market in the U.S. in 2016.
Portland home ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.bendbulletin.com/opinion/lettertotheeditor/3883784-151/letter-recreational-pot-doesnt-need-to-be-grown&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTNTI1MDU4MzQ1NjEyNTk4OTk1NjIaOWMyOGU4MDRhNWZlM2NmYjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNF4CHs3gZlolIAPhkUY6dsNUdJojg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Letter:
Recreational pot doesn?t need to be grown in Deschutes County </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">Bend Bulletin
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">Now defined as a “crop,” marijuana enjoys protections from Oregon's Right to Farm law and therefore can be grown in exclusive farm use
zones.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://registerguard.com/rg/opinion/33950833-78/dont-neglect-eugene-drivers-needs.html.csp&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTNTI1MDU4MzQ1NjEyNTk4OTEyNjIaN2QxMTZkOWMxYTYyMTAyMTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNF5Q5-7XyZ6_0xIFw5pt6r5i_ALwg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Don't
neglect Eugene drivers' needs </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">The Register-Guard
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">Our leaders' transportation planning focus seems to be on everyone but the silent majority of drivers who don't have the option of using
alternate ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.planetizen.com/node/83179/oregon-dot-plays-its-trump-card-remove-portland-bike-lanes&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNzA1NjUyODkyNDM1MDI5ODgyOTIaN2QxMTZkOWMxYTYyMTAyMTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNF4sXkWEjkn68RdjJMyQ1NtDZFFdw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
DOT Plays its Trump Card to Remove Portland Bike Lanes </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">Planetizen
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">A bike advocate tells the story of the how the state department of transportation convinced local officials to remove a popular bike lane
in Portland.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://theworldlink.com/reedsport/news/govt-and-politics/declining-funding-means-reedsport-city-hall-closed-for-now-at/article_439d8205-4fae-5670-a734-7d51dd914cd3.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMzA4Mjc2OTc3NTc0MzE1NTU4NDIaMmNiYThmMTZhNTdhZjM5Yjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEhZAvfqYj-2j8cM5SxqoIebaKAmg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Declining
funding means Reedsport city hall closed for now at lunchtime </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">Coos Bay World
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">The passage of Measure 5 fundamentally changed how government collects ... in taxes to the limits is called 'compression,'" according
to the Oregon ... Measure 47 would have "rolled back property taxes (not assessed values) to 90 ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.newsweek.com/nepal-earthquake-landslides-pacific-northwest-414695&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNzA1NjUyODkyNDM1MDI5ODU0NTIaNTM0OWRhZDRjYTVjYmU4NTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNH-9C1Jv2q1fZIKQxE-NYXoi0utbg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">A
Pacific Northwest Earthquake Could Cause Thousands of Landslides </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">Newsweek
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">A Pacific Northwest Earthquake Could Cause Thousands of Landslides ... The earthquake that struck Nepal last year, killing thousands,
could prove less ... one of the authors of the report and an assistant professor at Oregon State ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://gisuser.com/2016/01/new-book-earthquake-time-bombs-serves-as-wake-up-call-for-earthquake-prone-cities-around-the-world/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTNzA1NjUyODkyNDM1MDI5ODU0NTIaNTM0OWRhZDRjYTVjYmU4NTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNH6xk4zP6p7iBakKXDRFEAm9Wornw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">New
Book 'Earthquake Time Bombs' Serves As Wake-up Call for Earthquake-prone Cities Around ...
</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">GISuser.com (press release)
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">But Bob Yeats, a retired emeritus professor of geology at Oregon State ... In his new book, Earthquake Time Bombs, now available in hardcover
from ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://urbanland.uli.org/planning-design/print-zoning-rules-economics-land-use-regulation/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNDMwNjQ0NzkxNjY4NjU2MDg5NTIaMDNhMDBlZDQzNDdmNTY3NDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHBzhTgIhCRYWH7JCRtnyGfj3Aj-A"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">In
Print: Zoning Rules! The Economics of Land Use Regulation </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">Urban Land
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">He dissects both Portland, Oregon's urban growth boundary and Houston's steadfast refusal to adopt zoning, as well as more traditional
regulatory ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://usa.streetsblog.org/2016/01/14/study-sharrows-dont-make-streets-safer-for-cycling/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNTI1MDU4MzQ1NjEyNTk5MDU0NTIaYTg4YzliMjZkNzU5NmQ5Nzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNE5piMOdxyqxyQFsaYHYw9owawf_g"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Study:
Sharrows Don't Make Streets Safer for Cycling </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">Streetsblog New York (blog)
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">Sharrows</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525"> are the dregs of bike infrastructure — the
scraps cities hand out when they can't muster the will to implement exclusive space for bicycling.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.planetizen.com/node/83198/study-finds-strong-evidence-parking-causes-driving&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTMzA4Mjc2OTc3NTc0MzE1NDEyNzIaYTI4ZTJkYWVjZWQwMTc4ZTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEbivVZ6z4KybG06HHegI0UvRCBxg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Study
Finds Strong Evidence that Parking Causes Driving </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">Planetizen
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">A new study presented at the Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting builds a strong case that parking causes driving. Eric Jaffe
reports on ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.science20.com/news_articles/urban_agriculture_only_1_percent_of_seattle_residents_could_eat_locally_even_with_all_viable_space_in_use-163422&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMzA4Mjc2OTc3NTc0MzE1NDI0MjIaYjdhMTViYWZjYmZlODk0Mzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNG6RVpc_uRUpCOFRrN7c_MgNbcHWA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Urban
Agriculture</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">? Only 1 Percent Of Seattle Residents Could Eat Locally Even With All Viable ...
</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">Science 2.0
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">Farm to fork, locally grown and all of the other progressive terms for agriculture self-identification leave out one important fact: People
would starve.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://smartgrowth.org/when-rail-transit-reshapes-the-metropolitan-divides/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNzA1NjUyODkyNDM1MDI5NjgwMTIaMzc3NjNhYThmZjZhYmM2Nzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHZR9OcCOdb_cOSlgF5kM1bfj076Q"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">When
Rail Transit Reshapes the Metropolitan Divides </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">Smart Growth Network
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">A new research paper by Brian McKenzie of the U.S. Census Bureau helps us understand all of the demographic and socioeconomic changes
rail ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.wired.com/2016/01/far-fetched-plan-for-mass-transit-is-intriguing-at-least/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNzA1NjUyODkyNDM1MDI5ODMyMjIaNjg1OTUxMTNlYzQ5MTAwZTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNF2lTUQ_bFreuM7pmDZb-hX3w9t_A"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Far-Fetched
Plan for Mass Transit Is Intriguing at Least </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">WIRED
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">More than 100 inches of snow crippled the city's public transportation systems. ... Bostonians may boast that their public transit system
is the oldest in the ... Oregon's Max line and New York City's subway—will be sticking around for a ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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