Editing Multnomah County, Oregon (section)

=== Joint Office of Homeless Services ===
The '''Joint Office of Homeless Services''' is an agency run by [[Multnomah County]] to provide services and care to those experiencing homelessness. The City of Portland contributes 9 percent of its budget.<ref name=reverse>{{Cite web|title=Portland city commissioners reverse plan to pull out of Joint Office of Homeless Services|url=https://www.opb.org/article/2024/11/06/portland-joint-office-homeless-services-city-council-housing-homelessness/ |access-date=2025-03-03|website=opb.org|language=en|archive-date=2025-03-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250303180148/https://www.opb.org/article/2024/11/06/portland-joint-office-homeless-services-city-council-housing-homelessness/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2024, city councilors considered withdrawing from this partnership, but left it in place after the election of mayor [[Keith Wilson (mayor)|Keith Wilson]] who ran on a platform of ending unshelterd homelessness.<ref name="reverse" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Dan Ryan says Portland Mayor-elect Keith Wilson told them to drop plan to end partnership with Multnomah County |url=https://www.kgw.com/article/entertainment/television/programs/straight-talk/dan-ryan-portland-mayor-elect-keith-wilson-multnomah-county-joint-office/283-6470d829-97d6-423c-9507-ad0faa6ad681 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250303181110/https://www.kgw.com/article/entertainment/television/programs/straight-talk/dan-ryan-portland-mayor-elect-keith-wilson-multnomah-county-joint-office/283-6470d829-97d6-423c-9507-ad0faa6ad681 |archive-date=2025-03-03 |access-date=2025-03-03 |website=kgw.com |language=en}}</ref>

Earlier in 2024 it was reported that the JOHS increased people it was able to put into housing by 28 percent compared to 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Joint Office of Homeless Services sees 28% increase of homeless placed in housing |url=https://www.portlandtribune.com/news/joint-office-of-homeless-services-sees-28-increase-of-homeless-placed-in-housing/article_c90ec22e-609f-11ef-a2f3-9f61fd68fa04.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250303181455/https://www.portlandtribune.com/news/joint-office-of-homeless-services-sees-28-increase-of-homeless-placed-in-housing/article_c90ec22e-609f-11ef-a2f3-9f61fd68fa04.html |archive-date=2025-03-03 |access-date=2025-03-03 |website=portlandtribune.com |language=en}}</ref>

In February 2025, the JOHS reported a budget gap of $104 million, saying it would not be able to meet its commitments this year.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Joint Office of Homeless Services Warns of Upcoming Budget Shortfall of $104 Million |url=https://www.wweek.com/news/county/2025/02/21/joint-office-reports-upcoming-budget-shortfall-of-104-million/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250303182134/https://www.wweek.com/news/county/2025/02/21/joint-office-reports-upcoming-budget-shortfall-of-104-million/ |archive-date=2025-03-03 |access-date=2025-03-03 |website=wweek.com |language=en}}</ref>{{PresHead|place=Multnomah County, Oregon|whig=no|source1=<ref>{{Cite web |last=Leip |first=David |title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections |url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323225526/https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/ |archive-date=March 23, 2018 |access-date=April 11, 2018 |website=uselectionatlas.org}}</ref>|source2=<ref>The leading "other" candidate, [[Progressive Party (United States, 1912)|Progressive]] [[Theodore Roosevelt]], received 12,523 votes, while Socialist [[Eugene V. Debs|Eugene Debs]] received 3,578 votes, [[Prohibition Party|Prohibition]] candidate [[Eugene W. Chafin|Eugene Chafin]] received 761 votes.</ref>}}
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{{PresRow|2024|Democratic|70,759|325,927|17,564|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|2020|Democratic|82,995|367,249|13,415|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|2016|Democratic|67,954|292,561|38,588|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|2012|Democratic|75,302|274,887|14,533|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|2008|Democratic|75,171|279,696|9,843|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|2004|Democratic|98,439|259,585|4,670|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|2000|Democratic|83,677|188,441|24,567|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|71,094|159,878|38,989|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|72,326|165,081|60,884|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1988|Democratic|95,561|161,361|4,921|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1984|Democratic|119,932|144,179|1,428|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1980|Democratic|101,606|120,487|36,875|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|112,400|129,060|11,699|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1972|Democratic|118,219|125,470|9,269|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1968|Democratic|106,831|124,651|12,036|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|81,683|161,040|1,016|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|127,271|124,273|338|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|129,658|115,896|0|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|132,602|107,118|1,339|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|86,519|93,703|8,806|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|78,279|105,516|2,423|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|73,612|97,595|1,106|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|41,405|106,561|4,353|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|47,201|78,898|6,644|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|75,731|45,177|1,951|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|48,866|21,733|27,165|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|44,806|27,607|4,761|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1916|Republican|41,458|35,755|3,022|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|9,212|13,894|16,862|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|17,819|9,850|2,118|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|13,692|2,324|2,518|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1900|Republican|9,948|4,436|814|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1896|Republican|11,824|6,453|334|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1892|Republican|8,041|2,040|6,572|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1888|Republican|6,250|3,996|201|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1884|Republican|5,058|3,880|95|Oregon}}
{{PresFoot|1880|Republican|3,211|2,720|0|Oregon}}