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Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler released an update to his plan outlining his priorities for police and racial justice reform on Thursday afternoon. Mayor Wheeler is also the city’s police commissioner. The 19-point plan includes financial, policy and legislative actions. Seven of the listed reforms are complete, while the rest are in progress. … Read More

After five years of fine-tuning, Portland City Council has voted for a dramatic overhaul of its zoning code to allow more homes to be built in nearly all of the city’s residential neighborhoods. On Wednesday, councilors cast their final vote on the Residential Infill Project, or RIP, an initiative launched a half-decade ago under the leadership of former Mayor Charlie Hales. The proposal passed 3-1. … Read More

The Portland City Council voted unanimously Wednesday to refer a measure to the November ballot asking Portlanders to overhaul police oversight in the city. Voters will consider scrapping a system many have denounced as toothless and replacing it with a new model championed by Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty.

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The Portland City Council is scheduled to finish spending $114 million in emergency federal COVID-19 response funding on Wednesday, July 22. … Read More

On the national and local news, the story played over and over: federal officials spraying tear gas at the mayor of a major American city. I hope that coverage inspires people across the United States to resist President Trump's dangerous, ominous takeover of progressive cities. … Read More

he Democratic mayor of Portland is calling for an immediate meeting with acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf and other top officials at the department to "discuss a cease-fire" and the removal of federal officers sent there to quell protests. … Read More

Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler and Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty announced Monday that they want to meet with acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf and other agency leaders “immediately” to talk about how to remove federal officers from the city. … Read More

Portland City Council members have placed a five-year tax levy on the November 2020 ballot, leaving the question of parks funding in the hands of Portland-area voters this fall. If passed, the proposed levy of $0.80 per $1,000 of assessed value would provide the city’s Parks & Recreation Bureau with approximately $48 million each year on average. That would cost the average Portland homeowner about $11 per month, or more than $130 per year. … Read More

The Democratic mayor of Portland slammed the Trump administration on Sunday for its response to ongoing protests in the city, saying federal agents deployed there are denying protesters due process during arrests. … Read More

The Portland City Council voted unanimously Wednesday to make it illegal for third-party food delivery services like DoorDash and Grubhub to collect more than 10% in commission fees from city restaurants amid the coronavirus pandemic. … Read More