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Initiative to Hire Cops With Climate Dollars Fails to Qualify for November Ballot; Backers Pledge to Sue (opens the original)
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The initiative seeking to reroute 25% of Portland Clean Energy Fund tax revenues to hire some 400 police officers has failed to qualify for the November ballot. The initiative previously failed to qualify with its first signature sample. It has now failed to qualify with the second and final sample. Almost immediately following an announcement by the city of Portlandâs Elections Division that the petition collected only 34,130 valid signaturesâmore than 6,000 short of the 40,437 needed to ma
Wind Shifts West Sending Wildfire Smoke Into Portland (opens the original)
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Something in the orange tells us wildfire smoke has arrived in Portland. A westward shift in winds on Monday cast an amber haze over the city as smoke from the catastrophic wildfires burning in Central Washington and Oregon degraded air quality. Smoke and haze that descend on the city Monday morning is expected to continue into Wednesday. The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality issued an air quality advisory on Monday for the Portland metro area and a dozen counties across the state. The
Tenant Sues Home Forward Over Cockroach Infestation (opens the original)
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A tenant filed suit against Home Forward on Wednesday over a cockroach infestation at one of the housing authorityâs properties. Patrick Plamondon, 38, who is paralyzed from the chest down and uses a wheelchair, alleges Home Forward, the city of Portlandâs troubled housing authority, violated state standards of habitability by failing to properly inspect for and address a cockroach infestation on multiple floors of the Humboldt Gardens Apartments in North Portland. The suit says the violatio
Parkrose Enhanced Service District Paused After Pushback From Business Owners (opens the original)
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A proposal to create a new enhanced service district in the Parkrose neighborhood of Northeast Portland stalled last week after community members protested the plan. The neighborhood business group Historic Parkrose, which proposed the service district, paused its proposal after business owners organized in opposition, saying itâs functionally a 10-year tax that they canât vote on. That means the Portland City Councilâs City Life Committee will not continue hearings on the proposal. Enhanc
Many Arrested by Portland Police During ICE Protests Saw Cases Fizzle in Court (opens the original)
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Forty-three percent of the people Portland police arrested at protests against immigration enforcement have had their cases dismissed or dropped with no complaint or theyâve been acquitted, a WW analysis has found. Of the eight defendants who went to trial, five were acquitted, and those convicted received only short probations. That suggests juries have largely found that the charges donât pass muster. âWhen arrests are made, theyâre based on probable cause that a crime was committed by
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