I wish the new mayor the best of luck and I'm glad she got the job. I would like to know specifics about what she proposes to do about homeless shelter and affordable housing. I don't see this as a "middle housing" issue but one for poor people and renters in general. There aren't enough apartments, and I'm not sure infill will fix it. 

Maybe we need to change our zoning ordinances. Last year the state legislature passed a law to allow cities to implement inclusionary zoning, requiring developers to include some affordable housing. Previously state law didn't allow that. Kitty Piercy recently posted on Facebook that the City Council is interested in passing a local ordinance to require that. The council could also take another look at MUPTE. Former city councilor George Brown was recently quoted in Eugene Weekly that the MUPTE rules that are supposed to promote "workforce housing" are weak.

I think Vinis is naive about what the cops are doing downtown. What "services"?