Mayor Ted Wheeler has outlined the preliminary costs of City Council’s plan to build sanctioned camping sites across the city in conjunction with a citywide ban on unsheltered homelessness. At a council work session Thursday, he put a $27 million price tag on the start-up costs of the sweeping proposal, which pledges to create up to six camps with a capacity for 250 individuals, alongside increasing homeless services and affordable housing options. Here’s how that.
Portland voters adopted a new form of city government in Tuesday's election. Full implementation is two years away, but the transition process starts immediately.
An unexpected surge in business tax revenue has given Mayor Ted Wheeler an extra $34.8 million in public dollars to spend in the city's annual budget. In a document released to the media Wednesday morning, Wheeler outlined where he'd like to see these extra one-time funds land. According to City Budget Director Jessica Kinard, city economists initially estimated having about $28 million in one-time funding—a pot of revenue comprised of different tax sources—available for the.