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CERF Program Provides a Safety Net for the Portland's Cannabis Industry, but Raises Questions About Transparency

This month, a group of nonprofit organizations began distributing $1.33 million in taxpayer funds to Portland cannabis businesses. The program and its financing, called Cannabis Emergency Relief Fund (CERF), are unconventional, for the beneficiaries—cannabis-related businesses—, for the relative speed with which they moved through City Hall, and for the lack of transparency as to where those taxpayer dollars have been distributed. Approved in December 2021, CERF diverts cannabis-generated tax revenue to support the economic recovery...

Northeast Portland battles graffiti problem

The city is working with businesses to help clean up the tagging. In places, graffiti has been painted over and quickly tagged again.

City battles graffiti in Northeast Portland

The Office of Community and Civic Life is working with businesses to remove graffiti that some say threatens to overwhelm the neighborhood.

Pamplin Media Group - Portland neighbor groups in limbo as Hardesty reworks bureau

Pamplin Media Group - Portland neighbor groups in limbo as Hardesty reworks bureau

Pamplin Media Group - Portland neighborhood groups in limbo during Civic Life transition

Pamplin Media Group - Portland neighborhood groups in limbo during Civic Life transition

Civic Life Reallocates $150,000 To Erase Graffiti

Willamette Week The need for strong, independent local journalism is more urgent than ever. Please support the city we love by joining Friends of Willamette Week. Civic Life Reallocates $150,000 To Erase Graffiti The bureau says graffiti removal is worthy of increased funding. Critics say it shouldn’t be a priority. Graffiti redacted at the shuttered former 7-Eleven in downtown Portland. (Brian Burk) Updated 7:29 PM Portland City Hall is ramping up an effort to erase graffiti and tags by diverting existing funding towards scrubbing paint off of concrete walls, windows and building sidings. The Office of Civic and Community Life received approval from City Council on April 22 to divert $150,000 of the bureau’s existing funds to get more aggressive about erasing graffiti across the city.

'Dirty, out of control': Portland's cleaning more trash of the streets than ever, but you wouldn't know it

Requests to clean areas up and remove graffiti around the city are up more than 300% in the last year.

'Dirty, out of control': Portland's cleaning more trash off the streets than ever, but you wouldn't know it

'Dirty, out of control': Portland's cleaning more trash off the streets than ever, but you wouldn't know it Requests to clean areas up and remove graffiti around the city are up more than 300% in the last year. Author: Maggie Vespa Updated: 8:27 PM MST February 1, 2021 PORTLAND, Ore. — The city of Portland is on track to clean more garbage off the streets this fiscal year than it ever has before, but ask most Portlanders and they’ll tell you: it doesn’t look like it. KGW put out a call on Facebook, asking Portlanders to pinpoint the areas that frustrate them most. Hundreds of responses poured in.