City Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty Blasts Portland Police Actions at Friday Climate Rally

Echoing Urban League president, Hardesty says cops “unnecessarily escalated a situation.”

Portland Moves One Step Closer to A More Rational Emergency Response to Homeless People

City and county officials move toward changing the response to calls for service involving people who are homeless.

City Commissioner Chloe Eudaly Says Portland Police Need to Increase DUII Patrols

Her call comes amid a rash of traffic deaths. The Police Bureau has reduced its traffic division.

Former Candidate for City Council, Andrea Valderrama, Left Mayor’s Office for Racial Justice Nonprofit

Andrea Valderrama, who is chair of the David Douglas School Board, is now advocacy director for Coalition of Communities of Color.

City of Portland Considering Hiring a Union-Busting Law Firm to Help Negotiate Police Contract

Portland Officials Say an Airbnb Rental Hosted Too Many People. Homeowners Say Part of the Problem Was “Racial Animus.”

That argument drew a scathing response from City Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty.

An Uneasy Coalition of Civic Leaders Warns the Proud Boys to Stay Out of Portland

Several speakers gently chastised the mayor for what they described as language that equated antifascist activists with the right-wing forces they oppose.

Murmurs: Sam Adams Is Back

In other news: A Proud Boy was sentenced to eight days in jail.