(Portland, OR)  --  Multnomah County Chair Jessica Vega Pederson is proposing a nearly four-billion-dollar budget for next year.  It increases spending on homelessness by 24 percent.  Twenty-nine-million-dollars would be spent on substance use and recovery.  Eight-hundred-thousand dollars would go toward a partnership with Portland to reduce retail and auto theft.  There will be several opportunities for public comment before final approval June 6th.