A man who has Mayor Wilson's ear

Lance Orton turned his life around. Now his eyes are on the whole city

Lance Orton (right) is chair of ShelterPortland, a nonprofit Mayor Keith Wilson launched to demonstrate that the city’s homelessness problem could be solved.

Lance Orton has come a long way in six years.

A homeless heroin addict just looking for a place to sleep, he was taken in by a religious mission, got serious about his future and now runs that agency…