Name: Multnomah County heads toward tug-of-war over replacement for Portland's shuttered sobering center
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Multnomah County heads toward tug-of-war over replacement for Portland's shuttered sobering center

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Instead of a sobering center for first responders to drop off people in a drug or mental health crisis, the county is moving to build up after-care options. Chair Jessica Vega Pederson wants the county to fund places for people who have been hospitalized or entered inpatient drug treatment to go for further recovery — but other commissioners aren't on board. Read more: https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/the-story/multnomah-county-bhecn-sobering-center-crisis-commissioners-proposal/283-dc92fd2e-e3a9-4e3e-8c44-0be331aad819 Watch more The Story videos: http://bit.ly/watchTheStory Follow The Story on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheStoryKGW Follow The Story on Instagram: https://instagram.com/thestorykgw

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health local news politics the-story multnomah county Multnomah County commissioners multnomah county board Jessica Vega Pederson Sharon Meieran Julia Brim Edwards Portland sobering center Central City Concern sobering beds stabilization beds BHECN

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