I see that the City of Portland has wisely decided to pitch in to make up some of the shortfall in the funding of the private, nonprofit Hooper Detox Center. Multnomah County's run out of dough to steer in that direction, and the city has apparently agreed to buy some surplus real estate from the county, with the proceeds to be used for Hooper. It's not a permanent fix, but it gets them by for another year. It's beyond question that without the Chiers van and the other services provided there, inner Portland would be a much less livable place.