The Weekly Catch Portland City Commissioner Nick Fish: Looking ahead to 2019 KATU News Artists Offered Free Studio Space in Effort to Slow Portland Gentrification Rachel Monahan in Willamette Week Affordable Housing Portland Is Poised to Spend Tourist Dollars to House the Homeless Rachel Monahan in Willamette Week Portland-Area Officials Seek to Fill a $3.25 Million Gap in the Metro Housing Bond Rachel Monahan in Willamette Week 141 Affordable Units Slated for Sugar Shack Site in Cully Zane Sparling in the Portland Tribune Portland Police Chief Responds to Concerns from Homeless Community Emily Green and John Emshwiller in the StreetRoots News Short-Term Rentals Airbnb Deal Aims to Fix Problem with Short-Term Rentals Steve Law in the Portland Tribune City Won't Legalize Vacation Rentals, But Does It Matter? Steve Law in the Portland Tribune Water City Council Approves Capacity, Location, and Technology of Bull Run Filtration Plant The Portland Water Blog For the Ninth Time This Year, A Bear or Something Pooped in Portland’s Water Supply Elise Herron in Willamette Week Big Pipe 2.0: Council Approves Construction of Earthquake-Proof Pipe Under Willamette Alex Zielinski in the Portland Mercury Who Stole a Benson Bubbler? Portland Wants Its Water Fountain Back Gordon Friedman in The Oregonian In Other News Portland Economy Holding Strong, But Recession Would Jolt City Budget Gordon Friedman in The Oregonian Portland Police Chief Calls Sluggish Public Records ‘Huge Issue’ That Must Be Fixed Bethany Barnes and Gordon Friedman in The Oregonian Gateway Center for Domestic Violence Services Merges with Multnomah County Amelia Templeton in OPB News Commission: Infill Report Mostly Good News Jim Redden in the Portland Tribune