Windowbox · Portland City Council

The council let its $80 million curb-ramp-and-street-improvement bond ordinance advance to a final vote on May 7 after rejecting a move to cut off debate on a 4-8 vote, then adopted Councilor Loretta Smith's youth-employment resolution 11-0 but ran out of time to vote on her companion sidewalk program. Council President Elana Pirtle-Guiney (District 2) presided over the special meeting, which was capped at two hours and closed at noon.

$80 million bond for curb ramps and streets

The ordinance, introduced by Mayor Keith Wilson, would authorize revenue bonds of not more than $80 million to finance curb ramp and street work, with the principal estimated at up to $81.2 million (00:09:12). No one signed up to testify, and questioning ran long. Councilor Dan Ryan (District 2) asked why potholes remain after crews rebuild ramps; PBOT Director Millicent Williams said ramp work and paving draw on separate funds and that paving typically follows ramp construction by 8 to 12 months.

Councilor Loretta Smith (District 1) pressed on the budget. Jonas Biery, deputy city administrator for budget and finance and chief financial officer, said the financing helps the city balance its budget "but not out of necessity," filling a project gap of about $10 million in fiscal 2025-26 and $16 million the following year and producing roughly $12 million in cash-flow savings, split evenly between the general fund and the transportation fund (00:24:27). Councilor Sameer Kanal (District 2) confirmed with Biery that the $6 million in general-fund savings was already built into the city's deficit math (00:50:20).

Councilor Eric Zimmerman (District 4) objected to rebuilding what he called the "Taj Mahal of ramps" on 4th Avenue while streets in his district have none. PBOT staff said most ramp upgrades are triggered by federal law when a street is paved, with only 100 to 200 discretionary "strategic" ramps a year. Williams said ramp costs now range from $20,000 to $60,000, up from $5,500 to $10,000 early in the program (00:46:33). She told Smith the city must build 1,500 ramps a year under a settlement, leaving 9,000 ramps over six years (01:04:01), and confirmed a second borrowing request is likely within 24 months.

Councilor Olivia Clark (District 4), who said she had pushed her mother in a wheelchair and valued the ramps, moved to approve the ordinance and then to close debate. Council Clerk Keelan McClymont noted the non-emergency ordinance would pass to second reading regardless. The motion to close debate failed 4-8 (01:03:08), with several councilors saying they wanted to hear from colleagues still in the queue. Pirtle-Guiney later closed the discussion; the ordinance moves to a final vote May 7.

Youth employment and pre-apprenticeship funding

Smith's resolution directing funding for a workforce pre-apprenticeship program and a SummerWorks youth employment initiative was adopted 11-0 as amended (02:07:02). She first moved an amendment keeping SummerWorks within the Bureau of Human Resources rather than staffing it from her own office, seconded by Zimmerman; it passed 11-0 with Ryan absent (01:51:21).

Continue reading the summary and transcript on Windowbox: https://portland.windowbox.app/meetings/2025-04-23-1

Audio is the City of Portland's public recording of the meeting. Windowbox is not affiliated with or endorsed by the City of Portland.

Portland's City Council passed its FY 2024-25 budget technical adjustment 10-2 on April 16 after two proposed amendments deadlocked 6-6 and died because Mayor Keith Wilson was absent and, the city attorney advised, could not have broken the tie anyway. The long night ended near 11 p.m. with the council suspending the rest of its agenda by unanimous consent.

Two tie votes and an absent mayor

The evening's procedural drama centered on the technical adjustment ordinance, the successor to the old "spring bump." Councilor Sameer Kanal (District 2) moved to carry $737,427 for Portland Fire and Rescue firefighter training and $100,000 for a police contact survey into the next fiscal year rather than return the money to the general fund. Interim Fire Chief AJ Jackson said the training pipeline runs "9.5 to 10 months," and Kanal argued locking in the money now would give the bureau certainty.

Finance chair Eric Zimmerman (District 4) pushed back, asking whether the 10 firefighters would be laid off if the amendment failed. Chief Jackson said no. Zimmerman called the move "an end run on something that does not seem clear." City Budget Office Director Ruth Levine confirmed the items were bureau-requested but were not put forward by the mayor or city administrator, and that the carryover "is not required."

The amendment tied 6-6 and failed (02:30:11). Because Wilson was, in Council President Elana Pirtle-Guiney's words (02:30:51), "not in the building and not reachable," City Attorney Robert Taylor advised that the charter's mayoral tiebreak applies only to "final passage," not procedural motions (02:31:14). Councilor Loretta Smith (District 1) disputed the reading. Pirtle-Guiney referred the ambiguity to the Governance Committee.

The process fight was heated. Smith called the item "a real sneaky kind of way to do things," and Pirtle-Guiney told her that using committee routing "as an excuse to not do your homework... feels highly disingenuous, and I think that that needs to be called out" (02:47:04). The unamended ordinance — drawing $3.5 million from a police overtime set-aside into the Police Bureau and netting a $3.46 million increase to the general fund — passed 10-2, with Kanal and Angelita Morillo (District 3) opposed (02:47:21).

Employee health benefits raised, at a cost to workers

The council amended and passed two employee health-benefit ordinances after Michelle Taylor, the city's benefit manager, conceded the LMBC ordinance's language wrongly stated the Labor Management Benefits Committee had recommended the 8% package: "Frankly, it was poor word choice" (03:39:47).

For the general employee plan, renewals were projected at 13.4%. Smith moved to adopt the 10% package instead of the executive's 8%, which drew support from every union testifier. Novick asked whether the parks workers most likely to face layoffs supported it; LMBC labor co-chair Rachel Whiteside said both parks units voted for 10% and against 8%. The amendment passed 12-0, and the ordinance passed 11-1 (04:19:27).

Continue reading the summary and transcript on Windowbox: https://portland.windowbox.app/meetings/2025-04-16-1

Audio is the City of Portland's public recording of the meeting. Windowbox is not affiliated with or endorsed by the City of Portland.

The council adopted a resolution 12-0 directing the city administrator to study social housing and other alternative housing-finance and ownership models, with a report due May 31, 2026, after adding three amendments including one naming the Albina Vision Trust project area as a possible pilot zone.

Social housing study adopted

Resolution 37703, sponsored by Councilors Mitch Green (District 4), Candace Avalos (District 1), Tiffany Koyama Lane (District 3) and Sameer Kanal (District 2), directs the Portland Housing Bureau to study social housing, municipal, nonprofit and cooperative ownership, and financing models, and to return with recommendations. Green said "Portland is in a housing crisis that demands bold solutions and frankly system change" (01:11:23). Helmi Hissrich, Director of the Portland Housing Bureau, said the report is due May 31, 2026, with quarterly report-backs, and that a federal pro-housing grant — not yet appropriated, for fiscal year 2025-26 — is the primary funding source (01:15:25). Councilor Dan Ryan (District 2) questioned the resolution's "no fiscal impact" finding, noting labor is the city's largest expense.

Twenty people testified. Molly Hogan of the Welcome Home Coalition cited Vienna, Austria and the city's 2016 housing bond; Winta Johannes of the Albina Vision Trust said the group has brought over $600 million of public and private capital to the city (01:42:30); Sarah Radcliffe of Habitat for Humanity described community land trusts serving households from $35,000 to 80% of area median income. Rev. Heather Riggs said she would "prefer that we skip the study" and act now.

The council adopted three amendments, each 12-0. One from Councilor Olivia Clark (District 4) added identification of impediments such as zoning code, permitting process and financing gaps. Council President Elana Pirtle-Guiney (District 2) added language naming the Albina Vision Trust project area and neighborhoods within the North and Northeast Preference Policy area as possible pilot zones, plus context on housing disparities.

That amendment drew the meeting's sharpest exchange. Councilor Eric Zimmerman (District 4) supported the whereas clauses but objected to naming one organization in the operative language: "why we'd only look at pilot zones with one organization when we have a lot of partners" (02:13:05). Councilor Loretta Smith (District 1) responded at length, describing grandparents displaced from Albina "moved because they were Black" (02:22:34), and said "when we start talking about risk management and giving money away to... Black men who have been harmed by our organization, there's some issues with it... we need to check ourselves" (02:15:04). Green moved to call the question. Zimmerman voted aye: "when your longest colleague makes a spirited and important point, you change your mind" (02:26:01). Smith added a further whereas with 2020 Census figures: average Black household income about $3,000 a month, Latino $4,500, Native American nearly $5,000, white $6,400. The full resolution then passed 12-0 (02:39:34).

Continue reading the summary and transcript on Windowbox: https://portland.windowbox.app/meetings/2025-04-02-1

Audio is the City of Portland's public recording of the meeting. Windowbox is not affiliated with or endorsed by the City of Portland.

Portland's City Council adopted a resolution 11-1 directing Mayor Keith Wilson to investigate whether Zenith Energy violated its franchise agreement with the city and urging the auditor to examine the facts behind the company's land-use approvals, after a multi-hour fight over the document's supporting material and a dispute over public testimony (04:46:24).

The Zenith resolution

The resolution, introduced by Councilors Mitch Green (District 4), Angelita Morillo (District 3), Jamie Dunphy (District 1) and Tiffany Koyama Lane (District 3), demands the mayor investigate the Zenith franchise agreement, orders city bureaus to disclose prior communications with the company, and demands the mayor pause administrative actions related to Zenith pending the investigation. Green said the charter grants the mayor "both the authority and the duty" to investigate franchise agreements and that Zenith "appears to have violated its franchise agreement" (02:54:47). Morillo thanked years of advocacy from groups including 350 PDX, Mosquito Fleet and Columbia River Keeper.

Councilor Steve Novick (District 3) cast the lone no vote, objecting to the resolution's "whereas" clauses. He said he would "enthusiastically" support a resolution simply directing an investigation of the franchise agreement but could not endorse language he read as accusing city employees of lying. Novick noted the city originally denied Zenith's land-use compatibility statement and that staffer Donnie Oliveira had proposed putting Zenith's conditions into the franchise agreement to make them enforceable (03:42:32). Councilor Eric Zimmerman (District 4) said the document "reads to me like a witch hunt" (03:38:00) and objected to its repeated use of "demand," saying it "puts me in a subservient position to the city administrator." Councilor Olivia Clark (District 4) described a "trust deficit" and voted aye reluctantly.

Zimmerman brought two amendments to strip whereas clauses and attachments, both of which failed 4-8, with Novick, Clark, Zimmerman and Council President Elana Pirtle-Guiney (District 2) in the minority (04:30:51). Morillo defended keeping the citations, arguing they preserve context and rest on investigative reporting obtained through records requests. A narrower Morillo amendment removing only one attachment passed 9-3 (04:32:04). A Dunphy amendment citing city code and striking a call for "independent review to ensure impartiality" passed unanimously; Dunphy said hiring an outside investigator amid a budget crunch was not the best use of limited dollars (03:19:34).

Mayor Wilson, asked directly by Councilor Loretta Smith (District 1) whether he would investigate given that he is not statutorily bound to, said "yes, I will" and "I will follow the will of this vote" (03:55:32).

Continue reading the summary and transcript on Windowbox: https://portland.windowbox.app/meetings/2025-03-19-1

Audio is the City of Portland's public recording of the meeting. Windowbox is not affiliated with or endorsed by the City of Portland.

Portland's City Council paid $938,328 on an 11-1 vote to settle a civil-rights lawsuit by nine journalists and legal observers over Portland Police Bureau conduct during the 2020 protests, with Councilor Loretta Smith the lone no. (02:54:00)

Settlement over 2020 protest policing

A senior deputy city attorney told the council the case began in June 2020 and, after amendments, involved nine journalists or legal observers plus Index Newspapers LLC, owner of the Portland Mercury, all challenging the police response to protests after the murder of George Floyd. A federal court dismissed the forward-looking claims as moot in March 2023, citing intervening state law and a revised Portland Police Bureau directive. What remained were damages and attorney's fees for the nine individuals, settled for $938,327.64 (02:13:38). The city also agreed to make no material deletions to Directive 63510, Section 11.2, through December 31, 2028.

Councilor Sameer Kanal (District 2) used the item to press four transparency requests, including keeping settlements off the consent agenda and putting payout totals on the record. A senior claims analyst reported the police bureau paid $12,977.41 to plaintiffs and claimants over the past year, and $4,525,367.29 over five years, with $6,487,107.57 in legal costs across that span (02:39:37). Chief Craig Dobson said the bureau changed policy, added body-worn cameras, adopted National Tactical Officers Association standards, and increased crowd-control training.

Councilor Dan Ryan (District 2) said, "I just wish we could have a fraction of the accountability we have for police oversight for the houseless system." Six people testified. Kelly Simon, legal director of the ACLU of Oregon, and Athul Acharya, executive director of Public Accountability, which represents the plaintiffs, urged approval. Mark Porras of Portland Copwatch cited a 2020-protest payout total "over $4 million" (02:23:33). Jared Essig opposed the payment, urging the council to "pay out $9,000 at most" (02:29:33). Smith, who cast the sole no vote after asking whether video evidence drove the decision, received the answer that it was "not solely" the basis.

Budget calendar adopted 12-0 amid demands for detail

The council unanimously adopted the FY 2025-26 budget calendar and passed the accompanying schedule ordinance, both 12-0 (01:19:54). Councilor Eric Zimmerman (District 4), who brought the items from the Finance Committee, said the committee added budget work sessions because "we are all only 7 weeks into a new role."

Continue reading the summary and transcript on Windowbox: https://portland.windowbox.app/meetings/2025-03-05-1

Audio is the City of Portland's public recording of the meeting. Windowbox is not affiliated with or endorsed by the City of Portland.

The Portland City Council confirmed Robert Day as Chief of Police on a 12-0 vote, and separately voted 12-0 to accept the Portland Police Bureau's annual report on its work with the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force after testimony calling that work a civil-liberties risk.

Robert Day confirmed as police chief

The council adopted Mayor Keith Wilson's nomination of Robert Day as Chief of Police by a 12-0 vote (03:53:32) after questioning that ran more than an hour and a half. Day described a 37-year career beginning in 1988 and recounted how policing changed over that time, including that officers once wrote a person's immigration status on jail custody reports (01:58:38).

Councilor Loretta Smith (District 1) asked what keeps him up at night; Day said the risk of squandering what he called Portland's resurgence (02:22:13). Asked about hiring Black officers, Day said African Americans make up roughly 5 to 6% of recent hires and that a recent academy class of 10 included six people of color (02:26:12). Councilor Sameer Kanal (District 2) pressed on investigators versus patrol; Day said the bureau has 18 sergeant vacancies and 88 detectives, down from about 135 in earlier years (02:48:50). Kanal also questioned Day's decision not to impose additional discipline on a sergeant after the Police Review Board recommended termination over alleged dishonesty; Day said he did not believe the evidence met the directive's standard and stood by the decision (03:01:22).

Councilor Dan Ryan (District 2) asked about staffing during inauguration and election weeks. Day said the bureau budgeted about $2.5 million and spent roughly $1.5 to $1.6 million (03:24:38). Kanal, in his vote, noted the November overtime exceeded the entire annual budget of the city's primary crime-prevention program (03:47:00).

Most testimony favored Day, including Multnomah County Chair Jessica Vega Peterson, honorary Guatemalan consul Marta Guembas Herrera, and pastor J.W. Matt Hennessey. Charlie Michelle Wesley, a member of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, dissented, urging the council and Day to confront white supremacy and telling members, "You're not hearing our stories" (02:19:13). Councilor Clark moved to call the question and Councilor Eric Zimmerman (District 4) seconded, but after the clerk noted no one else wished to speak, Ryan withdrew the motion and the council proceeded to vote (03:44:33).

Terrorism task force report accepted amid civil-liberties objections

The council voted 12-0 to accept the Police Bureau's 2025 report on its cooperation with the Joint Terrorism Task Force (01:55:22). Sergeant Mark Friedman said that in 2024 the FBI's Special Agent in Charge requested Portland's help three times on three cases, and the chief approved all three; the task force referred no cases to Portland, and Portland referred one case involving two adult white males trespassing near police aircraft. Friedman said no requests had come since January 20, 2025 (00:56:20).

Continue reading the summary and transcript on Windowbox: https://portland.windowbox.app/meetings/2025-02-19-1

Audio is the City of Portland's public recording of the meeting. Windowbox is not affiliated with or endorsed by the City of Portland.

The City Council appointed Michael Jordan as City Administrator through January 2, 2026, on an 11-1 vote, over objections tied to the administration's approval of a Zenith Energy land-use permit. Councilor Sameer Kanal (District 2) cast the only no.

Jordan confirmed as City Administrator amid Zenith anger

Mayor Keith Wilson brought forward the appointment and asked the council to add an end date, saying he plans to launch a nationwide search for a permanent administrator by summer. The council first adopted that amendment 12-0, setting Jordan's term to end January 2, 2026 (01:33:55), moved by Councilor Candace Avalos (District 1) and seconded by Kanal. It then adopted the resolution as amended, 11-1 (03:03:22).

Jordan, who called the appointment process "Thunderdome-esque," told the council the city faces "as severe a budget challenge as I've seen in 40 years" and that Portland "will have to be a more efficient, more streamlined, and quite frankly smaller organization than we are today" (01:46:01). He said he would propose changes to the city's structure, including the number of deputy city administrators (DCAs), and that a restructuring scope of work is prepared.

Roughly a dozen people testified against confirming Jordan, most over the administration's February 3 approval of a land use compatibility statement (LUCS) for Zenith Energy, granted days after two councilors signaled a resolution to delay it pending an investigation. Candace Jimenez (District 4 speaker), chair of the Portland Harbor Community Coalition and a tribal citizen of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, said the decision "deepens the mistrust in city government." Linda Liu cited census data that "more than 20,000 people moved away from Portland since 2020." Jordan Lewis said he "spoke to over 1,000 voters" and "don't remember a single voter approving of Zenith." Fred Neal, co-chair of the Government Transition Advisory Committee, urged a nationwide, community-informed search. Multnomah County Chair Jessica Vega Peterson submitted video testimony supporting reappointment. Business owner Karen Chire also spoke in support.

Councilor Angelita Morillo (District 3) pushed back on Jordan's framing of the Zenith permit as routine, saying "nothing about how the city has engaged with Zenith is a run-of-the-mill procedural process" and citing the city auditor and a 2021 Land Use Board of Appeals decision. Jordan said his job was to minimize legal risk and treat applicants equally, and that "these kinds of tensions will keep happening" (02:13:14). Wilson said he agreed with the Green/Morillo investigation and that the matter "came to me 60 days ago." Kanal said he learned of the Zenith approval "through the press release... a minute after it was published" and voted no primarily because the six DCAs are all interim (02:47:41).

Continue reading the summary and transcript on Windowbox: https://portland.windowbox.app/meetings/2025-02-05-1

Audio is the City of Portland's public recording of the meeting. Windowbox is not affiliated with or endorsed by the City of Portland.

The City Council voted 10-2 to add roughly $4.3 million to its 12 offices' budgets and $269,810 to the mayor's office for the current fiscal year, drawing the money from the general fund contingency after an amendment redirected it away from the city administrator's budget. (03:25:02)

The supplemental budget dominated the meeting, running past 11 p.m. Council President Elana Pirtle-Guiney (District 2), who introduced the measure, said the council "was not set up for success" under the prior mayor's staffing plan. Loretta Smith (District 1) moved to fund the increase from the city's $13.8 million contingency, telling colleagues "good governance, good governance, it costs." Jamie Dunphy (District 1) called it "embarrassing" that a presentation on the item had not been posted online. Angelita Morillo (District 3) said a council office once received 75,000 emails in a month with her as the lone person answering.

Two members voted no. Dan Ryan (District 2) said he felt "too rushed," and Steve Novick (District 3) said, "I'm not going to be a vote for this package because I don't feel I know enough." The debate turned procedural late in the night. Eric Zimmerman (District 4) raised a point of order objecting that colleagues were floating new proposals for staff to cost out: "I'm uninterested in seeing packages developed on the fly from the staff that have not been voted as amendments by this body," he said, adding, "I think we look like a shotgun blast right now to staff." (03:00:00) The council recessed five minutes to let the budget office conform the exhibit, then passed an emergency clause 11-1 (03:08:00) with Ryan opposed.

Testimony split. Government Transition Advisory Committee co-chairs Fred Neal and José Gamero Jorgensen said Portland's staffing is among the lowest of 15 peer cities, which average two to four staffers per councilor. AFSCME Local 189 president Rob Martineau backed the increase, saying it would make the council "a million dollars a month" and "it's what it costs for good governance." Others pushed back: David Gray (District 4) cited a $27 million projected shortfall and said the CFO had put the permanent annual cost at $12 million a year, comparing that to roughly 150 police salaries, and urged a no vote. (01:23:34) Mayor Keith Wilson asked that his own staff be reduced "not from 20 to 5, but from 20 to 8." (01:43:33)

Housing grants approved

The council unanimously approved $7 million in U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development grants for the Barbur Apartments, a 149-unit affordable project in Southwest Portland targeting immigrant and refugee families, with 68% family-sized units and 99-year affordability. (00:51:28) Housing Bureau Director Helmi Hisarik said the federal money leverages over $70 million in other financing. Sameer Kanal (District 2) questioned why it needed emergency status; Deputy City Administrator Donnie Oliveira cited federal timing. Testifier Bridge Crane Johnson noted the presentation slides were not posted in advance. The council also approved $125,000 from the Oregon Health Authority for home repairs, part of a $750,000 grant expected to serve 21 to 30 households over three years. (00:59:39)

Continue reading the summary and transcript on Windowbox: https://portland.windowbox.app/meetings/2025-01-15-1

Audio is the City of Portland's public recording of the meeting. Windowbox is not affiliated with or endorsed by the City of Portland.

Portland's new 12-member council elected Elana Pirtle-Guiney of District 2 as its first council president on a 7-5 vote, ending nine rounds of balloting deadlocked at 6-6 (04:18:38).

The choice took most of a five-hour meeting. Councilor Loretta Smith (District 1) nominated Councilor Olivia Clark (District 4); Councilor Mitch Green (District 4) nominated Councilor Candace Avalos (District 1). Round after round split 6-6 — Avalos drawing Green, Dunphy, Kanal, Koyama Lane and Morillo, and Clark drawing Smith, Pirtle-Guiney, Ryan, Novick, Clark and Zimmerman. Smith later added Pirtle-Guiney's name, and members began moving. Councilor Dan Ryan (District 2) explained his switch to Pirtle-Guiney: "I'm into decorum over drama," and called her "the person up here that I think sits in the middle" (04:13:42). Councilor Eric Zimmerman (District 4), whose first choice had been Clark, cast Pirtle-Guiney as the "compromise candidate." Avalos, who had campaigned to "elevate East Portland's voice" through a District 1 presidency, held her position to the end.

The mayoral-tiebreak fight

The sharpest exchange came when the vote first tied. Smith argued the charter required Mayor Keith Wilson to break it. City Attorney Robert Taylor, entering a written analysis into the record, said the mayor "is not authorized to cast a vote in the election for council president and vice president" because the mayor "is not a member of the council" (01:59:05). Smith rejected that: "That is your opinion, that is your legal opinion, but the opinion of the charter is very clear. It gives no exceptions" (01:59:05).

Councilor Angelita Morillo (District 3) said the maneuver blindsided her: "I feel a little bit ambushed" (02:11:44). Avalos objected on principle: "regardless of what the law says... I think that the spirit of this is wrong because we are our own branch" (02:09:20). Smith's motion to let the mayor break the tie failed 3-9, with only Smith, Ryan and Clark in favor (02:22:05). When Ryan asked the mayor directly whether he had an opinion, Zimmerman cut in: "I consider it out of order, Councilor" (02:21:03).

The long standoff drew gallows humor. Councilor Steve Novick (District 3) said "a game of paper-scissors-rock is a more suitable and respectful way of resolving such an issue than a coin flip" (02:18:06). Councilor Sameer Kanal (District 2): "I'm a big Captain America fan, and so I'll just say I can do this all day" (02:47:26). Zimmerman twice pressed to enforce decorum rules over applause, and the clerk reminded the audience to refrain from clapping.

Vice president elected unanimously

Councilor Tiffany Koyama Lane (District 3), nominated by Morillo, was elected vice president 12-0 (04:41:16). Pirtle-Guiney described the role — undefined in the charter — as leading ad hoc work, holding conversations before meetings, and serving as a "thought partner." Koyama Lane accepted: "ever since I was a little kid, I've always been a bridge builder," and warned, "I'm going to push us to take off our council hats and genuinely think about caring about each other" (04:36:21). Novick thanked her for letting the body "make some decisions unanimously and in less than 5 hours" (04:40:47).

Continue reading the summary and transcript on Windowbox: https://portland.windowbox.app/meetings/2025-01-02-1

Audio is the City of Portland's public recording of the meeting. Windowbox is not affiliated with or endorsed by the City of Portland.