Page 5 - Metro Code News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Homeless shelter funding initiative refiled, Local News, Portland local News, Breaking News alerts for Portland city.

After having its initial ballot proposal rejected for failing to meet constitutional muster, political group People for Portland has filed a new, nearly identical ballot initiative. Like its predecessor, this proposed measure would take taxpayer dollars reserved for permanent housing solutions for homeless individuals and instead use them to create more temporary shelters in Portland's tri-county metro region. Specifically, the ballot measure would target a voter-approved Metro bond meant to fund programs that help keep...

The local ballot measure proposed to repurpose tax dollars set aside for supportive housing programs and use the funds for short-term homeless shelters has been rejected by Metro Regional Government's legal team. The measure, introduced on March 25 by lobbyist group People for Portland, addresses a previously-approved 2020 Metro ballot measure. That previous measure uses a 1 percent tax on high-income households in Multnomah, Clackamas, and Washington counties to fund supportive housing services—an umbrella term...

Those decisions must be approved by the Metro Traffic and Parking Commission.  The contract will be capped at five years, following legislation changes by Council Member Sean Parker, who is advocating for parking enforcement and operations to ultimately be brought back as city functions. It may be renewed after three readings by council.  The city is seeking for additional enforcement to support to the five current Metro Public Works employees handling it currently. The administration previously said contractors could potentially free up those employees to focus on outlying residential pa...

Plan to build near Newsom Station hadn't seen work in years With support from Newsom Station residents, the Metro Planning Commission eliminated a Bellevue development project contracted to Olde Mill Partners of Franklin for its lack of progress, which neighbors say turned out to be the best possible outcome. Councilmember Dave Rosenberg — in whose district the land sits and has been awaiting development for 14 years — first established the proposal to designate the development “inactive” on Jan. 11. Newsom Station residents had been vehemently opposed to its development for yea...