Portland will be expanding the number of city council members and weakening the mayor’s power to push back on progressive policies ahead of the November election.
Portland has restructured its entire city council in what’s being seen as a system overhaul of the city’s progressive policies. The liberal Oregon city expanded its council from four at-large seats to 12 seats total, three for each district. Portland will also now use ranked choice voting to decide both the city council and mayoral elections.
' Another issue included the ongoing Black Lives Matter protests, which lasted more than 100 days in Portland and often turned destructive. The city eventually established BLM policies like cutting the police department budget, but homicides reached a record level in 2022. 'Nobody considered that there would be an uptick in gun violence … especially in Black communities,' city council candidate Terrence Hayes told Politico. 'Because we didn’t really listen to those communities.
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