Crisis: Land Use Laws and Homelessness

Not one lot has been created or even approved in the OC Concept Plans which were brought into the Urban Growth Boundary in 2002. We learned more about the region’s housing and homelessness crisis.

This luncheon event was open to the public.

Speaker:
John Tapogna is President of ECONorthwest and oversees the firm’s business strategy. Since his arrival at ECONorthwest in 1997, John has built consulting practices in education, healthcare, human service, and tax policy. The education practice is organized around the use of student-level data to evaluate programs for clients including the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Lumina Foundation, Idaho’s Albertson Family Foundation, and Oregon’s Chalkboard Project. John also led the design and development of award-winning software tools in nine states that help low-income families, seniors, people with disabilities, and veterans understand their eligibility for safety-net programs.

Prior to joining ECONorthwest, John served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Chile and was an Analyst at the U.S. Congressional Budget Office, where he estimated the cost of key congressional legislation. He holds degrees from the University of Oregon and Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government.