Astoria’s blocked project hints that Oregon’s top Democrats may put union donors before some housing proposals
By NIGEL JAQUIS/Oregon Journalism Project ASTORIA — In this fishing town at the mouth of the Columbia River, unsheltered homelessness is pervasive. The percentage of people sleeping outside in Clatsop County, according to state figures, is five times higher than in Multnomah County. Bill Van Nostran, a recently retired minister of Astoria’s First Presbyterian Church, has long struggled with
