![The lobbying group wanted Multnomah, Washington and Clackamas counties to spend 75% of the estimated $250 million a year in voter-approved regional tax money for homelessness services to create more temporary emergency shelters and to enforce any anti-camping laws on their books, which would have required increased tent sweeps.](https://www.oregonlive.com/resizer/OsDE9YODJ7wu7UzJn0MOxOIYWcU=/0x1200/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/advancelocal/M4236BXGL5ALBBC25IEN5LCS2E.jpeg)
A Multnomah County judge on Monday upheld the Metro regional government’s rejection of a ballot initiative aimed at changing how local governments spend money intended for homelessness services.
A Multnomah County judge on Monday upheld the Metro regional government’s rejection of a ballot initiative aimed at changing how local governments spend money intended for homelessness services.