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City Hall’s Free Flights for Unhoused Portlanders, Parking Meter Hikes, and Funding State Roads


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This week, the Portland Bureau of Transportation is ignoring its own policies to enforce historic parking meter rate hikes, and in a special session, the state Legislature is debating how to fund our roads. We’re also diving into the city’s program reuniting unsheltered people with friends and family from out of state. Joining host Claudia Meza on this week’s Friday news roundup are Oregonian City Hall reporter Shane Dixon Kavanaugh and executive producer John Notarianni.

Discussed in Today's Episode:

  • Portland Abandoned Its Own Parking Policies To Implement Historic Meter Rate Hikes, Some Extended Hours [Oregonian] 
  • Portland Tries to Toe the Line Between Revitalizing Downtown and Enforcing Regulations [KGW]
  • Debate Over Road Funding Reignites Ahead of Oregon’s Looming Special Session [OPB]
  • Mayor Keith Wilson Is Sending Unhoused People Back to Their Families [Willamette Week] 

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