Tina Kotek: “We can maintain the shelters, but if we can keep people from having to need a shelter, or help people get into more…”

A 66% reduction in unrepresented defendants is a turning point. The work is not done, and we will keep striving for improvement until every person needing counsel has an attorney.

I fought in the courts to make sure unlawful actions could not happen. 100 days later, the troops went home — not only Oregon troops, but California troops — and we averted a disaster.

When people charged with crimes go without counsel, justice is delayed for defendants and for the communities harmed by crime.

The new rules institute additional administrative barriers that will lead to people losing their healthcare.