PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Multnomah County is reversing its stance on what they are now saying was inaccurate information that County Chair Jessica Vega Pederson presented during a pivotal board meeting about the ambulance crisis.
On August 15, Chair Vega Pederson made this statement during a Multnomah County Board Meeting:
“Before this mediation took place, we were in a very different place with AMR than we are today. AMR’s February proposal to this board was 100% hybrid ambulances [1:1] ...