BEND, OR -- Republican nominee for Governor, Christine Drazan met with local politicians and veterans outreach officials in Bend Thursday for a roundtable discussion on homelessness.

She heard about the challenges and solutions in Deschutes County. “I think the number that was mentioned was about 2 thousand anticipated folks that need access to housing or services. That is not going to resolve locally. That needs a state level response, state level support,” she said.

The meeting took place at Central Oregon Veterans Village where she heard about the work to create the nearly one-year-old shelter.

 “You can see this in your own community here in Central Oregon that this is an issue area that people really want to rally around. And that there’s an opportunity to really kind of work with ready-made partners here and I look forward to doing that.” The Republican candidate added that she’s committed to providing more state funding, if elected, “We need to ensure that we adequately assess and understand the needs across the state. And that I’m not going to pick winners and losers. I’m going to apply resources in a way that addresses the challenges and I’m going to work with the willing.”