Veneta City Councilor Alexa Benson: “Poverty is everywhere, homelessness is everywhere, in every country. And it’s really up to us to determine to what extent we allow people to get to that point.”
Speaker As the next atmospheric river drains into our watershed, Lane County convenes its Severe Weather Collaborative. With our updates from the Poverty and Homelessness Board Dec. 18, we start with Brianna Rogers:
Brianna Rogers Brianna Rogers, she/her pronouns, program staff with Lane County Housing. Just wanted to give an update that Lane County staff were in cooperative calls, I think they’re being set up daily now, to support with the severe weather response.
From that call today, Red Cross and local volunteers are standing up a shelter right now in the Upper McKenzie area. The coast is expected to be hit hard, and I have not heard of any shelter updates or requests at this time, requests for shelter…