North Plains approved a 855 acre expansion to their urban growth boundary to help grow their small town as well as help build much needed housing. A problem plaguing the US and especially the strictly regulated Portland metro urban growth boundary.

The Oregon state legislature attempted to stop the move by slipping in a ban on such votes by local cities into a bill that bans them RETROACTIVELY back to 2023 – an unheard of and unprecedented move to squash local government and maintain their iron fist on Portland urban growth boundaries that has created one of the worst housing crisis in the country.

Articles:

• https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2023/11/north-plains-plan-to-double-in-size-thrusts-tiny-community-into-oregons-eternal-land-debate.html?outputType=amp
• https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2023/11/north-plains-plan-to-double-in-size-thrusts-tiny-community-into-oregons-eternal-land-debate.html?outputType=amp
• https://www.kptv.com/2023/10/18/north-plains-community-takes-sides-over-urban-growth-boundary-expansion/?outputType=amp
• https://hillsboroherald.com/city-of-north-plains-petitions-state-to-block-citizens-from-voting/