Portland City Council postpones voting on proposed $18M police budget cuts

After five hours of public testimony, Portland City Council adjourned an intense meeting Wednesday night without voting on a proposed $18 million cut to the Portland Police Bureau’s (PPB) budget. Full story: https://www.kgw.com/article/news/poli... As part of an overall fall budget adjustment, Commissioners Jo Ann Hardesty and Chloe Eudaly pushed for the reduction, with the money instead going toward housing and COVID-19 relief, including allocating $7.5 million to the Housing Bureau to help people facing evictions amid the pandemic. Another $7.4 million would go toward emergency food assistance. But after several hours of public testimony, Mayor Ted Wheeler along with Commissioners Amanda Fritz and Dan Ryan said they needed more time, until next week, to consider the proposal.