Portland’s mayor and City Council please almost no one with their leadership on homelessness, protests
Updated May 15, 2021;
Posted May 15, 2021
Tents are a common sight in the Old Town neighborhood in downtown Portland. April 30, 2021. Beth Nakamura/StaffThe Oregonian
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More than two-thirds of Portland-area residents say they disapprove of how Portland’s mayor and City Council have handled two of the city’s most pervasive and contentious issues: homelessness and destructive protests.
The findings come from a poll of 600 people across the metro area commissioned by The Oregonian/OregonLive and conducted from April 30 to May 6.
Suburban residents were a tad more critical of city leaders’ response to protests than residents of Portland proper. Seventy-five percent of those who live outside the city reported they were unhappy with Portland’s handling of protests, while 68% of city residents took that stance, the poll showed.