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Portland is the largest city, cultural/commercial hub, and major port of the state of Oregon. Its population in 2017 was 647,800 within city limits, 2,425,000 in the Portland metropolitan statistical area (MSA), and 3,160,488 in the combined statistical area (CSA). Portland is located at the north end of the Willamette (pronounced "will-AM-it") Valley, where the Willamette river confluences into the Columbia River that separates Oregon from Washington state. Roughly 60% of Oregon's population resides within the Portland metropolitan area.
== Government ==
See [http://yimby.wiki/wiki/Politics,_Elections_and_Legislation#Oregon the Oregon section of Politics, Elections, and Legislation] for additional information.
=== Municipal Government ===
The [http://www.portlandoregon.gov/25999 government of the City of Portland] consists of an elected City Council which consists of the Mayor, four Commissioners, and an auditor. Each of these officials is elected city-wide for a four-year term. The Commissioners, who are elected city-wide, oversee portfolios, termed [http://www.portlandoregon.gov/article/25147 bureaus], which can consist of City departments and programs, assigned to them by the Mayor. The Portland City Commission [the City's governing body, also called the City Council] as a whole is responsible for approving and adopting the city budget, levying taxes and making or amending city laws, policies and ordinances. As of this writing, '''the next Portland municipal election is scheduled for May 15, 2018.'''
[https://www.portlandoregon.gov/auditor/26997 Portland City Council Agendas] (upcoming agendas are accessible from a sidebar link on this page) and [https://www.portlandoregon.gov/28258 City Council Session and Public Meetings Archived Video]
Additionally, Portland is organized into [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neighborhoods_of_Portland,_Oregon 95 officially recognized neighborhoods]. These neighborhoods and the city government as linked via [https://www.portlandoregon.gov/oni/ Portland's Office of Neighborhood Involvement] and the (volunteer) City-funded neighborhood associations of each of the neighborhoods.
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The neighborhood associations are further collected into seven geographically-grouped district coalitions (with two exceptions, Healy Heights and Lloyd District) through which the City's funding flows:
*[https://nwnw.org/ Neighbors West-Northwest (NWNW)
*[http://npnscommunity.org/ North Portland Neighborhood Services (NPNS)]
*[http://necoalition.org/ Northeast Coalition of Neighborhoods (NECN)]
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[https://www.portlandoregon.gov/bds/67555 River Community Advisory Committee] - "The River Community Advisory Committee is a citizen advisory body, comprised of six members who represent a variety of floating structures interests."
==== "Impact Reduction Program" "One Point of Contact" also known as IRP and HUCIRP ====
''Main article: [[Homeless_encampments#HUCIRP_-_Homelessness_and_Urban_Camping_Impact_Reduction_Program|Homeless encampments]]''<br>
This is where you're referred to when you complain about illegal camps to the police, or other city bureaus. It is a program of the Office of Management and Finance.
[https://www.portland.gov/homelessnessimpactreduction/overview Impact Reduction Program overview]. City of Portland vendor Central City Concern is dispatched to evaluate the campsite and assesses a score, and those above a certain score point are referred to Rapid Response Bio Response. <ref>https://www.streetroots.org/news/2022/08/31/kaia-sand-bringing-housed-and-unhoused-communities-together-vital</ref><ref>https://www.portlandoregon.gov/toolkit/article/562214</ref>
FY 2022-2023 program roster
* Sharon Wade Ellis, Coordinator II (FY 22-23 salary: $84,110)
* Corrine Thiem, Coordinator II (FY 22-23 salary:$82,006)
* Katherine Ruth Lindsay, Coordinator III (FY 22-23 Salary:$87,031)
* Lucas Andrew Hillier, Manager I, (FY 22-23 Salary: $123,885) (B.O.P. Register Number: 64789-065)
(Salary data ref: https://www.oregonlive.com/data/2023/09/heres-how-much-every-portland-city-employee-got-paid-last-year.html)
=== Joint Office of Homeless Services (JoHS) ===
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It is a joint program of the Multnomah County and City of Portland which coordinates local, state and federal funding related to homelessness in Portland and Multnomah County. <ref>https://johs.us/who-we-are/</ref>
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=== Regional Government ===
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The County is administered by an elected commission that consists of a Chair, four Commissioners, the District Attorney, the Sheriff and an auditor. The County government includes a circuit court. Appointed officials fill its Finance, Elections, and Surveyor roles.
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=== State Government ===
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See list of enacted Oregon legislation relating to housing, transportation, development, and land use.
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== Public and Governmental Resources ==
== Housing, land use, urbanist, YIMBY, & tenant organizations ==
(see also [http://yimby.wiki/wiki/YIMBY_organizations_directory#Portland YIMBY Organizations Directory > Portland]).
*[https://portlandforeveryone.org/ Portland for Everyone] ([https://twitter.com/pdx4all pdx4all])
*Portland YIMBY ([https://twitter.com/PortlandYIMBY @PortlandYIMBY])
*PDX YIMBY (Yes, In My BackYard) - [https://www.facebook.com/groups/236403716698010/ Facebook group].
*[http://pdxshoupistas.com/ Portlanders for Parking Reform] (aka Portland Shoupistas) ([https://twitter.com/pdxshoupistas @pdxshoupistas])
*[http://sunnysideneighborhood.com/ Sunnyside Neighborhood Association]
*City Club of Portland
*Oregon Walks
*Fix Our Streets Portland
*[https://www.pdxtu.org/ Portland Tenants United]<br/> Mission Statement "The mission of Portland Tenants United is to build power and solidary among the tenant class throughout the Portland metro region as a member-driven tenant union. Through organizing, direct action, coalition building, and civic engagement, Portland Tenants Union fights to keep people in their homes, and to achieve dignity and security for all tenants." (- accessed at pdxtu.org 9/13/18).
*[http://oregoncat.org/ Community Alliance of Tenants] (Oregon)<br/> "CAT is a tenant membership organization. Low-income tenants – predominantly low-wage workers, families with children, people living with disabilities, seniors, and people of color – are CAT’s primary membership base. CAT is building a strong housing justice movement that is led and directed by those who are most impacted by Oregon’s affordable housing crisis – low-income renters."
*McCann, Fiona. "[https://www.pdxmonthly.com/articles/2016/11/14/the-essential-portland-bookshelf-32-books-that-define-our-city-and-state The Essential Portland Bookshelf: 32 Books That Define Our City and State.]" ''Portland Monthly'', December 2016. <br/> [https://www.pdxmonthly.com/articles/2016/11/14/the-essential-portland-bookshelf-32-books-that-define-our-city-and-state https://www.pdxmonthly.com/articles/2016/11/14/the-essential-portland-bookshelf-32-books-that-define-our-city-and-state].
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Marshall, John. "[http://www.spokesman.com/stories/1997/aug/10/books-convey-the-spirit-of-northwest/ Books Convey The Spirit Of Northwest]." (Sidebar: "The 12 Essential Northwest Books"). ''Seattle Post-Intelligencer'', Aug. 10, 1997. <br/> [http://www.spokesman.com/stories/1997/aug/10/books-convey-the-spirit-of-northwest/. http://www.spokesman.com/stories/1997/aug/10/books-convey-the-spirit-of-northwest/. ]
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Powells Books. "[http://www.powells.com/post/required-reading/required-reading-40-books-set-in-the-pacific-northwest Required Reading: 40 Books Set in the Pacific Northwest]." ''PowellsBooks.Blog'', March 10, 2014.<br/> [http://www.powells.com/post/required-reading/required-reading-40-books-set-in-the-pacific-northwest http://www.powells.com/post/required-reading/required-reading-40-books-set-in-the-pacific-northwest].
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