Oregon might well eliminate its sanctuary state status by initiative and elect a Republican governor to crack down on the homeless this election

Meanwhile the recent developments in Portland city politics are leafy inner eastside neighborhoods getting more NIMBY with growth, development-frontier ones getting more “clean up the streets”, and mayor Ted Wheeler catching national shit for being soft on antifa from Fox News (it doesn’t matter what Arizona retirees think of downtown Portland, tho) and the WSJ (it very much matters what corporations considering locations think of it)

I don’t think this will “turn” the city but the fact that there’s relevant conservative pressure at all is a novelty