Metro goes to court to get new income tax sanctified January 19 2021
Tricounty agency wants judge to sign off on legality of 2020 measure. Critics say structure is flawed.
Even as the tri-county agency Metro makes plans for how to spend a new $250 million-a-year income tax for supportive housing and homeless services, it is bolstering one crucial detail: making sure the ordinance enacting the tax is legal.
On Dec. 30, Metro went to Multnomah Circuit Court asking a judge to determine whether the income tax ordinance authorized by voters last May, known as HereTogether, complies with state law.
Called a validation action, Metro filed it to preempt a potential lawsuit based on concerns raised by the Portland Business Alliance and others.
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