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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><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/380721-268188-state-approves-comp-plan-update-appeal-planned&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTODA4NjI3NTU0MjYzMjQ5MDA3NTIaNDE4NGJlMTY3ZTA2Y2NjMjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNF9DbhF-kCyjWZb2rwAItNk3I280g"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">State
approves Comp Plan update, appeal planned </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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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 Multnomah County Neighborhood Association, which filed one of the most significant objections, is already preparing to appeal the
approval to the appointed Land Conservation and Development Commission that oversees the department. The association must file its appeal within 21 days of the approval. The commission could consider the appeal at its March 15-16 meeting in Salem.<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://pamplinmedia.com/nbg/142-news/380511-267974-christmas-tree-shortage-causes-higher-prices-this-year&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNzI2MTgzMDQ0NzQ1NzAxODAxMDIaNDNhN2ZmN2FhMTZiMmUzMTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGLM3k0lM-sfnBPNDysrvdzd7SnxA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Christmas
tree shortage causes higher prices this year </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">Pamplin Media Group
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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 amount of trees cut and sold by Oregon growers dropped more than 30 percent and farms decreased from 699 to 485 between 2010 and 2015,
according to the Oregon Department of Agriculture data. Nationally, around 3,300 Christmas tree farms operated in 2016 compared to about 17,500 in 2006, according to research from the Freedonia Group.<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.ktvz.com/news/its-census-time-for-oregon-farmers-ranchers/668991973&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTODA4NjI3NTU0MjYzMjQ4OTk4ODIaMTMzOGQ4ZjJmNjViMWY0YTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFr2ns1WtPuxQSRtd9OYz5hqQs-6A"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">It's
census time for Oregon farmers, ranchers </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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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">“That comes from strong participation in the census by producers. Programs</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">
that help farmers and ranchers in Oregon rely on good data to support that assistance. There is no better source for detailed information than the census.” Acreage data continues to be of special interest to officials in Oregon, where population pressures
have created a strong debate on land use and protection of farmland– particularly in the rich and fertile Willamette Valley.<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=https://www.opb.org/news/article/central-oregon-zoning-mule-deer-churches/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTODA4NjI3NTU0MjYzMjQ5MDI0OTIaYjNlMzFhMDQzODlhZjhlNjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGvrFJvW9vpLmmEu1mkeP5UPfEtOw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Central
Oregon Zoning Pits Mule Deer Against Churches </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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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 rural central Oregon county is wading into a long-running zoning debate that pits mule deer against churches. Mule deer numbers have
been declining since the 1970s as development encroached on their traditional winter range, according to comments submitted by Central Oregon Landwatch, which opposes zoning changes.<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=https://www.bendsource.com/bend/enough-love/Content%3Foid%3D4694460&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNzI2MTgzMDQ0NzQ1NzAyMTkyODIaMjFhYzg4MWE4MDVmOWQxMjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGFko35FnqvGsFydo8rsj-OZLIx4w"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Enough
Love </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">The Source Weekly (press release) (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">Whether for hiking, biking, climbing or just taking photos, there's no doubt that Smith Rock State Park is an appealing stop in Central
Oregon. Travel Oregon capitalized on that with its "7 Wonders of Oregon" marketing campaign, including the park as one of the wonders of Oregon. That campaign is one of the reason Al Dertinger, a Terrebonne resident, believes the park has gotten so much busier.<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.ktvz.com/news/redmond-realtor-zika-files-to-seek-house-district-53-seat/668307171&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAyoTNzI2MTgzMDQ0NzQ1NzAxOTI4OTIaNDBkZThjMzE5ZWZlZmJlNTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNH_yjLKc7zb7dqExErXiVcDdHCBPQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Redmond
Realtor Zika files to seek House District 53 seat </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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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">Redmond Realtor and city Planning Commission member Jack Zika announced Tuesday his candidacy for the Oregon House District 53 seat being
vacated by fellow Republican Gene Whisnant of Sunriver. "As a Realtor and planning commissioner, I understand our housing crisis and am committed to advocating for solutions that will alleviate it.<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/2017/12/portland_mayor_ted_wheeler_tel.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTODA4NjI3NTU0MjYzMjQ5MjgyMjIaMmY3NzAwZTIwOWJiOTYwYjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNExRWZPbt_Hm2GVZ3cO2TsnuukDVw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Portland
Mayor Ted Wheeler tells US housing secretary Ben Carson to 'step aside' </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><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">Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler on Wednesday launched a series of tweets at U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson for saying
on NPR that government funding is not the only solution to the West Coast's growing homeless population and affordable housing crisis.<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.ktvz.com/news/central-oregon-families-struggle-to-find-affordable-housing/668239722&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNzI2MTgzMDQ0NzQ1NzAxODA5MTIaMmY3NzAwZTIwOWJiOTYwYjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHvyt6i649feR-oSd97gu1fmYxziw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Central
Oregon families struggle to find affordable housing </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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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">BEND, Ore. - It's a story we've heard many times before: the struggle to find housing in Central Oregon -- and then the fight to be able
to afford it. Samantha McCracken said Tuesday she has been trying to find a shared living space with another single parent, and it hasn't been easy. "The waitlists are huge, getting into somewhere. And then finding somewhere that’s clean and willing to take
a single mom on a single income is difficult,” she said.<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/2017/12/portlands_infill_plan_must_be.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNzI2MTgzMDQ0NzQ1NzAyMDQyMjIaZTcyODQ5Y2VjMjYxY2RkZDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNE_QFSdTWt4kPneXePmMC7S-bjrOw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Portland's
'infill' plan must be bolder: Letter to the editor </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><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"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">The residential infill project needs to be bolder and go farther. Denser development should be allowed everywhere, not just where transit is already good. Other
than the gamble of light rail, transit follows development, rather than leading it.<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/380509-266953-critics-demand-public-vote-on-infill&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNzI2MTgzMDQ0NzQ1NzAyMDAwMTIaZmM2Yzg3NTNkZjI0MDExYTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFcAVpJEqViHiM-vo49xR8t7Gqdaw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Critics
demand public vote on infill </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><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">Supporters include affordable housing advocates, local home builders and the 1000 Friends of Oregon land-use watchdog group. "The other
way to add housing is to sprawl, but that's no good — it just means longer commutes, more cars, more pavement, more infrastructure costs on the public and less nature within reach. Every home we add to our current urban area is one that doesn’t slice up a
farm or forest,” says Medline Kovacs, program coordinator for Portland for Everyone, a project of 1000 Friends of Oregon that supports most of the recommendations.<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/business/5814347-151/work-begins-on-affordable-apartments-in-northwest-crossing&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAyoTNzI2MTgzMDQ0NzQ1NzAxODA5MTIaMmY3NzAwZTIwOWJiOTYwYjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFCosceDneEVcZJDlsSNPqOSI2NHA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Work
begins on affordable apartments in NorthWest Crossing </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><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">Azimuth, which broke ground in NorthWest Crossing in November, almost didn't become a reality this year because of turmoil in the market
for low-income housing tax credits, which are a key source of financing. And now Oregon's affordable-housing agency and developers are scrambling to ensure that similar projects can take advantage of tax0exempt bonds, which would be eliminated by a tax-reform
package passed by the U.S. House of Representatives.<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.kiro7.com/news/local/tax-overhaul-could-chill-us-affordable-housing-construction-1/659209647&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTNzI2MTgzMDQ0NzQ1NzAxODA5MTIaMmY3NzAwZTIwOWJiOTYwYjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGl2fIKh1P2oWex0SZMBfWhFM3dug"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Tax
overhaul could chill US affordable housing construction </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">KIRO Seattle
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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">PORTLAND, Ore. - Municipal governments worry the tax overhaul in Washington, D.C. could chill the construction of affordable housing as
homelessness reaches a crisis point on the West Coast. Officials with the housing authority in Portland, Oregon, said Tuesday the U.S. could lose nearly 1 million units of affordable housing over 10 years if the final bill eliniates the tax0exempt status for
a type of bond commonly used by developers to finance affordable housing.<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://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2017/12/06/homeless-population-rise-west-coast-housing-crisis/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNzI2MTgzMDQ0NzQ1NzAxOTI4OTIaNDBkZThjMzE5ZWZlZmJlNTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNG53L43Ol-zpGjiL-mfLcyrluJ4Bw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">West
Coast Housing Crisis Drives Up US Homeless Population </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">CBS San Francisco Bay Area
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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">While the overall homeless population in California, Oregon and Washington grew by 14 percent over the past two years, the part of that
population considered unsheltered climbed 23 percent to 108,000. That is in part due a shortage of affordable housing. In booming Seattle, for example, the HUD report shows the unsheltered populations grew by 44 percent over two years to nearly 5,500.<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=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/where-we-live/wp/2017/12/07/while-housing-prices-may-be-high-in-your-area-theyre-actually-becoming-more-affordable-overall/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYBSoTODA4NjI3NTU0MjYzMjQ5MjgyMjIaMmY3NzAwZTIwOWJiOTYwYjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHr41A2-l38T78W1zLeStmLcI4Vrg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">While
housing prices may be high in your area, they're actually becoming more affordable overall
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">The Black Knight report looked at state-level data to analyze differences between various housing markets. Only Hawaii, California, Oregon and the District have
higher payment-to-income ratios now than their longer-term benchmarks.<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/36221005-78/jordan-cove-imperils-oregon.html.csp&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTNzI2MTgzMDQ0NzQ1NzAyMDQ4NzIaNTM0OWRhZDRjYTVjYmU4NTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHXWqm8X4JzPwXZ8BaoPvB45dmKIA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Jordan
Cove imperils Oregon </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><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">Page after page, DOGAMI describes Jordan Cove's information as incomplete, unclear, incomprehensible, misleading, outdated or contrary
to modern science and engineering. DOGAMI asserts that Jordan Cove has a flawed understanding of the potential Cascadian earthquake and tsunami, to the point that public sagety is at risk.<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/20171206/east-oregon-commissioners-to-weigh-in-on-forest-plan-in-dc&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNzI2MTgzMDQ0NzQ1NzAyMTY4NTIaNzJiZjhhMmJlOTk5Mjc2Mzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGLPwhNookjyDL-Wm_cY2IscfDsiw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">East
Oregon commissioners to weigh in on forest plan in DC </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><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">Fearing increased stubble height along endangered species-bearing streams in public grazing allotments would reduce grazing and harm local
economies, Harney County Commissioner Mark Owens and other members of the association asked Rep. Greg Walden, R-Hood River, to intervene on their behalf with the federal agencies.<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/20171207/state-must-resolve-conflicting-solar-farmland-policies&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTODA4NjI3NTU0MjYzMjQ5MDk3ODIaMWU1NWFiMzNlZTdiMzZkNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGMZZGRawbXwe1FDPFeIVnICBCi3Q"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">State
must resolve conflicting solar, farmland policies </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">Oregon</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525"> has strict land use laws and policies meant to preserve farmland. In 2007
Oregon adopted a renewable energy standard that requires 25 percent of the state's energy to be produced by renewable sources by 2025.<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.kgw.com/news/oregon-leaders-vow-to-fight-for-cascade-siskiyou-after-utah-monument-reductions/496819521&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNzI2MTgzMDQ0NzQ1NzAxOTExMTIaMWU1NWFiMzNlZTdiMzZkNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNF9tuWNkxmL9SXtLgWAD8tsEes9uA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Trump
urged to shrink Cascade-Siskiyou after Utah monument reductions </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">kgw.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">“These places, like so many other public lands (including Oregon's own Cascade-Siskiyou), hold cultural, environmental, economic, and
recreational value that belong to all Americans, not just a select few. Honoring Native American cultural artifacts and celebrating the incredible biodiversity of these places should be of paramount importance for our nation’s leaders.
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Instead, the administration is opening the door for private industry to strip them bare,” Blumenauer said.</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525"><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/front-porch/index.ssf/2017/12/homeowners_caught_up_in_portla.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNzI2MTgzMDQ0NzQ1NzAyMDQwNjIaN2QxMTZkOWMxYTYyMTAyMTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHZAdpEaFN89AgGXDK9bmuMa7ADWw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Homeowners
caught up in Portland sidewalk infill measure aimed at developers </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><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">The unexpected bill was a Local Transportation Infrastructure Charge, created in 2016 to help fill out the city's patchy sidewalk grid.
It requires property owners who build on a street without curbs or sidewalks to either build the street improvements themselves or pay $600 per linear foot of street frontage.<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=https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2017/12/06/leading-oregon-renewable-energy-advocate-to-resign.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNzI2MTgzMDQ0NzQ1NzAyMTEwMjIaY2UwZjQ5YTg1MDM1NmRhYTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHfZE7QrEUPnEbBAwnNfaUZTitbWA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Leading
Oregon renewable energy advocate to resign </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">Portland Business Journal
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">Rachel Shimshak, a leading figure in the Northwest's transition to renewable energy over the past two decades, is stepping down as executive director of Renewable
Northwest, effective June next year, the advocacy group announced late Wednesday.<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=https://www.planetizen.com/blogs/96137-no-your-city-not-overcrowded&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTNzI2MTgzMDQ0NzQ1NzAxOTk4NTIaYTI4ZTJkYWVjZWQwMTc4ZTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFDatb9OtGbS8UuasUY98Q8_yXfJw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">No,
Your City Is Not Overcrowded </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><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">In Manhattan (where I live), one common argument against building any new housing is that the city is "overcrowded" and needs fewer people.
This argument is not possible to disprove, since "overcrowding" is a subjective concept: my idea of crowding is your idea of energetic. Having said that, the “overcrowding argument: against new housing is based on a questionable assumption: the idea that if
you don’t build housing, people will just magically disappear from New York and other cities, causing the city to turn into some sort of small-town paradise.<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=https://www.planetizen.com/news/2017/12/96145-mapping-countrys-debt&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNzI2MTgzMDQ0NzQ1NzAxOTk4NTIaYTI4ZTJkYWVjZWQwMTc4ZTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEr_tN24qLzbuHvCBQ-xAJj3udtFA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Mapping
the Country's Debt </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><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"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">An interactive map from the Urban Institute invites comparisons in the geography of debt.</span><o:p></o:p></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://goldrushcam.com/sierrasuntimes/index.php/news/local-news/12100-sierra-foothill-conservancy-in-mariposa-county-awarded-2-205-000-as-cap-and-trade-funded-salc-program-commits-nearly-34-million-to-preserving-agricultural-land-minimizing-emissions&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNzI2MTgzMDQ0NzQ1NzAyMDIyODIaNDE4NGJlMTY3ZTA2Y2NjMjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNF4igYRB0FKQ63_ssgWmZktEDFnWw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Sierra
Foothill Conservancy in Mariposa County Awarded $2205000 as Cap-and-Trade Funded ...
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">Sierra Sun Times
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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 Council launched the Sustainable Agricultural Lands Conservation Program (SALC) in 2014 and works with the Department of Conservation
to identify potential projects. The $33.9 million in grant awards approved this year will preserve 46,253 acres of irreplaceable agricultural land and, by limiting development, reduce emissions by eliminating nearly 55 billion potential vehicle miles over
a 30-year period.<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://sonomasun.com/2017/12/07/editorial-busting-our-land-use-rules/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTODA4NjI3NTU0MjYzMjQ4OTIyMTIaMzUwNDdjZGJhMjdjMDdkNzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFk9DVaJHhKCiZL7oVfK_quLbLHvQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Editorial:
Busting our land use rules? </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">Sonoma Valley Sun
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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">Urban growth boundaries</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">, community separators, growth
management ordinances, and zoning regulations, not to mention sewer plant capacity, water availability, traffic and other infrastructure systems; all these are intrinsically related to how we use the land and the rules that govern that use. Thus protecting
agricultural land from sprawl with UGB limitations requires policies of in-fill and higher density within the UGB.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Sadie K Carney</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"> | Rural Policy Analyst/Communications Manager</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Director’s Office</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Oregon Dept. of Land Conservation and Development</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">635 Capitol Street NE, Suite 150 | Salem, OR 97301-2540</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><a href="http://www.oregon.gov/LCD/"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:blue">www.oregon.gov/LCD/</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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