Hundreds testify: restore fire, 911, parks and preserve PSF/oversight funding
Hundreds of residents, city employees and nonprofit leaders urged Portland City Council to restore cuts to firefighters, dispatch/911, parks maintenance and tree‑canopy programs, and to stop transfers of voter‑approved Portland Clean Energy Fund interest to shore up the general fund.
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Portland’s budget hearing on May 18 turned into an extended forum for frontline staff, community groups and residents to press the council for targeted restorations to services after administrators proposed layoffs and program cuts.
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