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The proposal died, though only after it kicked up a public fight between Councilor Angelita Morillo and Mayor Keith Wilson, who exchanged allegations the other was misleading the public about the consequences of the cut.

A citizen ballot initiative backed by the Portland Police Association will seek to reroute 25% of revenues from the Portland Clean Energy Fund tax to fund the hiring of 400 additional police officers.

Eli Arnold, a Portland police officer who ran unsuccessfully for the Portland City Council in 2024, will try again next year to win the same seat.

The city says Portland police officers arrested 39 people on outstanding arrest warrants while in the process of enforcing the city’s camping ban in the first five days of November.

The Wednesday meeting of the Portland City Council this week was abruptly cancelled late Tuesday night.

A homeless man with a long criminal record has been arrested in connection to the fire that damaged City Councilor Candace Avalos’ East Portland home.

“I love our parks, but this levy asks Portlanders to pay for inefficiencies the bureau hasn’t fixed.”

Pressure over the last eight days has built internally in City Hall following a fire that erupted outside of Councilor Candace Avalos’ east Portland home, destroying her car, a carport and the side of her house, leaving it uninhabitable.

“I am concerned that police leadership may be jumping to conclusions before the investigation is complete,” Avalos says.

The chair’s criticisms come as Wilson is set to resume the city’s ban on camping in the right-of-way.

Venture Portland, a nonprofit that provides grants and staff support to business districts across the city, pushed out its executive director this week.

Donations flooded into the account, set up by three of Councilor Candace Avalos’ friends, starting Sunday afternoon.