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After watching a full day of budget conversations, a few more observations:
*Councilor Smith is a fighter too. I don’t always agree with her, but she goes hard for D1.
*Councilor Novick is definitely a wild card.
*Councilor Pirtle Guiney has a tough job.
*Councilor Zimmerman isn’t nice.
*Councilor Smith is a fighter too. I don’t always agree with her, but she goes hard for D1.
*Councilor Novick is definitely a wild card.
*Councilor Pirtle Guiney has a tough job.
*Councilor Zimmerman isn’t nice.
May 22, 2025 at 7:02 AM
After watching a full day of budget conversations, a few more observations:
*Councilor Smith is a fighter too. I don’t always agree with her, but she goes hard for D1.
*Councilor Novick is definitely a wild card.
*Councilor Pirtle Guiney has a tough job.
*Councilor Zimmerman isn’t nice.
*Councilor Smith is a fighter too. I don’t always agree with her, but she goes hard for D1.
*Councilor Novick is definitely a wild card.
*Councilor Pirtle Guiney has a tough job.
*Councilor Zimmerman isn’t nice.
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I’m glad to see Mayor Wilson’s proposed budget includes investments in programs like Portland Street Response, Safe Blocks and CHAT. Yet, there’s more to do to promote holistic community safety and health.
See my full statement on the Mayor’s budget: www.portland.gov/council/dist...
See my full statement on the Mayor’s budget: www.portland.gov/council/dist...
Councilor Sameer Kanal's Statement on Mayor Wilson's Proposed Budget
www.portland.gov
May 12, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I’m glad to see Mayor Wilson’s proposed budget includes investments in programs like Portland Street Response, Safe Blocks and CHAT. Yet, there’s more to do to promote holistic community safety and health.
See my full statement on the Mayor’s budget: www.portland.gov/council/dist...
See my full statement on the Mayor’s budget: www.portland.gov/council/dist...
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In protest of being required to ditch their guns while entering the Unity Center for Behavioral Health, Multnomah County sheriff’s deputies announced they would no longer provide security for judicial hearings at the Northeast Portland facility.
Deputies refuse to attend Portland civil commitment hearings without their guns
Multnomah County deputies' decision to pull security services from the Unity Center has forced the sensitive hearings to go virtual.
www.opb.org
March 14, 2025 at 1:30 AM
In protest of being required to ditch their guns while entering the Unity Center for Behavioral Health, Multnomah County sheriff’s deputies announced they would no longer provide security for judicial hearings at the Northeast Portland facility.
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This week begins a series of meetings at which Portlanders can provide feedback on the upcoming city budget with city councilors and Mayor Keith Wilson.
How to participate in Portland’s budget process
Portland’s facing a consequential budget year: With a $93 million deficit, mass layoffs, limits to public safety programs and the closure of beloved community spaces are all on the table. And the city is looking to members of the public to help them decide what to cut — and what to save — to keep the city running next year.
www.opb.org
March 17, 2025 at 7:30 PM
This week begins a series of meetings at which Portlanders can provide feedback on the upcoming city budget with city councilors and Mayor Keith Wilson.
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Portland City Council’s Climate Committee, led by @councilormorillo.bsky.social, took up the topic of biofuels or “renewable” fuels, and the city’s narrative around them. Experts say producing biofuels is carbon intensive, and embracing them is better for petroleum companies than the climate.
Fueling Portland’s Future: Renewable Fuels Come Under the Microscope at City Hall
Biofuels, created from organic matter like crops, garbage, vegetable oils, and human and animal waste, are often heralded as an ideal form of renewable energy. These energy sources have been touted by...
www.portlandmercury.com
March 13, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Portland City Council’s Climate Committee, led by @councilormorillo.bsky.social, took up the topic of biofuels or “renewable” fuels, and the city’s narrative around them. Experts say producing biofuels is carbon intensive, and embracing them is better for petroleum companies than the climate.
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Roll call on resolution!
Yays - Avalos, Dunphy, Smith, Kanal, Ryan, Koyama-Lane, Morillo, Clark (reluctantly), Green, Zimmerman, and Pirtle-Guiney
Nos - Novick
RESOLUTION APPROVED 🎉
@350pdx.bsky.social fact checking doc pulled as exhibit, but otherwise resolution adopted in full.
Yays - Avalos, Dunphy, Smith, Kanal, Ryan, Koyama-Lane, Morillo, Clark (reluctantly), Green, Zimmerman, and Pirtle-Guiney
Nos - Novick
RESOLUTION APPROVED 🎉
@350pdx.bsky.social fact checking doc pulled as exhibit, but otherwise resolution adopted in full.
March 20, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Roll call on resolution!
Yays - Avalos, Dunphy, Smith, Kanal, Ryan, Koyama-Lane, Morillo, Clark (reluctantly), Green, Zimmerman, and Pirtle-Guiney
Nos - Novick
RESOLUTION APPROVED 🎉
@350pdx.bsky.social fact checking doc pulled as exhibit, but otherwise resolution adopted in full.
Yays - Avalos, Dunphy, Smith, Kanal, Ryan, Koyama-Lane, Morillo, Clark (reluctantly), Green, Zimmerman, and Pirtle-Guiney
Nos - Novick
RESOLUTION APPROVED 🎉
@350pdx.bsky.social fact checking doc pulled as exhibit, but otherwise resolution adopted in full.
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I’m online and couldn’t be prouder of our co-chairs giving the presentation.
Big, proud moment for a handful of hardworking people at Portland City Hall tonight as the Government Transition Advisory Committee presents its final report to the City Council. Thousands of hours to enact ranked-choice voting and a more responsive form of government all at once — a heavy lift!
March 20, 2025 at 1:49 AM
I’m online and couldn’t be prouder of our co-chairs giving the presentation.
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For four years, City staff & volunteers have worked tirelessly to transition the City of Portland to a new system of police oversight. That moment is finally here: applications for @portlandgov.bsky.social's Community Board for Police Accountability are open!
www.governmentjobs.com/careers/port...
www.governmentjobs.com/careers/port...
Volunteer (Non-Paid) Position - Community Board for Police Accountability
According to the City of Portland’s Charter, the mission of the Community Board for Police Accountability and the Office of Community-based Police Accountability (together, the Oversight System) is to...
www.governmentjobs.com
March 1, 2025 at 4:58 AM
For four years, City staff & volunteers have worked tirelessly to transition the City of Portland to a new system of police oversight. That moment is finally here: applications for @portlandgov.bsky.social's Community Board for Police Accountability are open!
www.governmentjobs.com/careers/port...
www.governmentjobs.com/careers/port...
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If we can all take a step or two back and ignore the gaping budget hole for just a second, howzabout a quick letter of recommendation for the Budget Office and City Administrator's office in rolling out this preliminary budget. 1/
Portland City Administrator releases draft budget recommendations
The document is a starting point for a city government facing a historic budget shortfall.
www.portland.gov
February 28, 2025 at 8:01 PM
If we can all take a step or two back and ignore the gaping budget hole for just a second, howzabout a quick letter of recommendation for the Budget Office and City Administrator's office in rolling out this preliminary budget. 1/
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2020: "Portland police fired rubber bullets at journalists & legal observers, tear-gassed and pepper-sprayed them in the face, beat them with batons and threw flash bangs directly at them."
2025: City to shell out $1M to settle the 9-plaintiff lawsuit.
www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/0...
2025: City to shell out $1M to settle the 9-plaintiff lawsuit.
www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/0...
City set to pay nearly $1M to settle ACLU suit on treatment of journalists, legal observers at 2020 protests
The suit prompted Portland police policy changes to ensure journalists and legal observers are free to document protests in the future.
www.oregonlive.com
March 4, 2025 at 8:00 PM
2020: "Portland police fired rubber bullets at journalists & legal observers, tear-gassed and pepper-sprayed them in the face, beat them with batons and threw flash bangs directly at them."
2025: City to shell out $1M to settle the 9-plaintiff lawsuit.
www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/0...
2025: City to shell out $1M to settle the 9-plaintiff lawsuit.
www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/0...
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For basic transparency and for lessons learned, Council review of legal settlements should be more than a rote rubber stamp. Kanal's insistence on a public accounting of tracking amounts paid, legal fees and costs, and asking about policy changes implemented or needed is just good governance. 2/2
March 5, 2025 at 8:41 PM
For basic transparency and for lessons learned, Council review of legal settlements should be more than a rote rubber stamp. Kanal's insistence on a public accounting of tracking amounts paid, legal fees and costs, and asking about policy changes implemented or needed is just good governance. 2/2
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Strong shout-out to Portland Copwatch advocacy and @councilorkanal.bsky.social for what looks to be a much improved process and level of transparency for settlements going before the City Council. It probably could/should be done in committee from here on out, but the new framework is excellent. 1/2
*Pay settlement of Woodstock et al. civil-rights and personal-injury lawsuit in the sum of $938,328 involving the Portland Police Bureau
www.portland.gov
March 5, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Strong shout-out to Portland Copwatch advocacy and @councilorkanal.bsky.social for what looks to be a much improved process and level of transparency for settlements going before the City Council. It probably could/should be done in committee from here on out, but the new framework is excellent. 1/2