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The Mercury provides news and fun every single day—but your help is essential. If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism and arts coverage, please consider making a small monthly contribution, because without you, there is no us. Thanks for your support! GOOD MORNING, PORTLAND! Another mixed bag of weather for the weekend, but at least it's not raining frogs, right? (I wish I hadn't said that.) LET'S GET INTO SOME NEWS! IN LOCAL.
On April 1, the most veteran City Hall staffer left the building. It could come as a surprise that this title belonged to 29-year-old Seraphie Allen, but it also might speak to the youthful tenacity required to remain in Portland City Hall for six years straight. Allen, who joined Mayor Ted Wheeler’s staff after volunteering on his initial mayoral campaign in 2016, has led a variety of projects since entering the office: From drafting first-of-their-kind.
Mayor Ted Wheeler is flexing his executive powers this week to restructure the city's labyrinthine network of homeless support services. In a Wednesday press conference, Wheeler unveiled plans for a new Street Services Coordination Center, a program that will act as a nucleus for the city's multi-faceted work with its homeless population. "We must step up and admit, that despite our best intentions, things just are not improving as quickly as we'd like for the.