A nonprofit group in recent months has been lobbying city of Portland officials—with some success—to bring forward an ordinance that would tell the Portland Police Bureau to de-prioritize any calls related to the personal use or cultivation of psychedelic mushrooms.

Reporting by WW over the past two months shows how the housing agency failed to keep a nearby drug market from setting up shop in the hallways outside Gary Opel’s apartment door.

The Portland Housing Bureau has found roughly $20 million in additional unspent funds, two city councilors say, on top of another pot of $21 million that the housing bureau found late last year.

The robotaxi company Waymo is eyeing Portland.

The Urban League says its longtime headquarters is uninhabitable. It still wants to buy the building back from the current owner.

Wilson’s request comes after the council last week indicated an appetite for spending much of the $21 million on rent assistance and the creation of affordable housing.

A City Council-commissioned report about what type of future venue would best support Broadway shows in Portland has recommended that the Keller Auditorium not be redeveloped, and that Portland State University build a new performing arts center that can host Broadway shows.

The city of Portland is facing a $13.6 million budget deficit in the current fiscal year, a number that is likely to grow as staff better understand lagging tax revenues and overspending by city bureaus.

Meanwhile, the five city councilors represented by Ben Haile applied for legal expense trust funds to record the pro bono work.

Last year, fewer people moved from city shelters to affordable housing than in the year prior, Mayor Keith Wilson told members of the Portland City Council on Thursday.