Portland City Council rejects $18M police budget cut

In a 3-2 vote Thursday, Nov. 5, city commissioners opted to forego slashing $18 million from the Portland Police Bureau's budget, a move that the police chief said would have forced PPB to make "significant layoffs". Full story: https://www.kgw.com/article/news/poli... The rejected proposal, drawn up by Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty, comes after council cut $15 million from PPB's budget in June. The move came amid historic, nationwide anti-police protests following the death of George Floyd.