Ethan Nelson: There was a financial forecast that happened earlier in the month of February. That was a kind of ray of sunshine… There might be a sliver of hope that there could be those (shelter) funds allocated.
Presenter: The 2026 session is at the halfway point. How is Eugene faring with its top priorities? Intergovernmental Relations Manager Ethan Nelson:
Ethan Nelson (Eugene, Intergovernmental Relations, manager): It’s the short session, 35 days. We are in week three right now, midpoint. So we’re smack-dab in the midpoint of the legislative session. On Monday was the first chamber deadline and a lot of bills didn’t get moved out of the committees on the 16th. And so then—they’re considered dead.
So I’m just going to jump on in here at the top of the list. ‘Protect OHCS Shelter program funding.’…