Budget conversation w/ Councilor Elana Pirtle-Guiney Tuesday April 21 at Mayfly Taproom & Bottle Shop from 6 to 7:30 p.m.
Resources are tight and we will have to make cuts, but I want to make sure we understand the community impacts of the Mayor’s proposed and any changes we will make to it. Join me at Mayfly tomorrow at 6:00 and share with me how these cuts will impact your lived experiences. (2/2)
As I work through the Mayor’s proposed budget – which is not the final budget – I am looking to ground the numbers before me in the reality of our communities. What parts of the proposed budget stand out to you? Does it reflect your values as a District 2 resident? (1/2)
My District 2 community budget survey closes April 19 at 11:59 p.m., the day before the Mayor's proposed budget is released. You still have several days to fill it out if you are able — effective budget work requires community input.
We are currently at the table with both rideshare workers and rideshare companies to find a balance that covers the cost of doing business for everyone.
But when costs go up for you, you’ll know your driver is getting a fair cut. That means they’ll be able to pay their bills and cover their costs. And when your cost goes down, the company and the driver will split that decrease, too.
Under a take-rate model, like we're proposing, companies still have flexibility to set rates and respond to market conditions.
That's not good for the drivers, it's not good for Transportation Network Companies, even if they're currently making record profits, and it's really not good for Portlanders who rely on these rides.
We are seeing driver burnout, income instability, and growing concerns about long-term sustainability in the workforce. A system that relies on constantly replacing drivers because the economics don't work for them is not a stable system.
Over the years, the conditions of driving for Uber and Lyft have shifted, with fewer and fewer people making a decent wage. And it's become clear that doing nothing has real consequences
What we've seen develop over the years is rising profits for the corporations, rising costs for riders, and drivers who aren't making enough to afford to live in our community.
When Uber and Lyft came to town, Portlanders were promised a system that would make ride-hailing cheaper and faster than taxi service, and create flexible, meaningful jobs.
Councilor Steve Novick and I have teamed up to create a system that guarantees a fair share of each ride you take in Portland for both drivers and the rideshare companies, while ensuring all parties, including you as the rider, have transparency on where your money goes.
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Keep your eye out for the Mayor's proposal, coming soon, and I'll see you there!
We'll be joined by pop-up Bajala for some amazing food, and as always, my office will provide snacks for the table, coloring books for the kiddos, and resources for navigating your local government. Mayfly is open to families of all ages until 9 p.m.
If you live, work, play, pray, or study in District 2, join me at Mayfly for a budget conversation on Tuesday, April 21 — the day after the proposed budget drops — from 6:00 to 7:30.
This is not the final budget, and Council is just getting started with the bulk of our work. As we get ready to hold work sessions with all the City's service areas, I want to know where you see the need for changes and improvements to the proposal that will be before us.
The Mayor's proposed budget will be released April 20, and I want to hear from you!
I'm honored to join my District 1 colleague Councilor Loretta Smith at House of Healing, a Black-led space of worship in Northeast Portland, for a joint budget listening session on April 11 from 11:00 to 12:30.
My staff are once again making themselves available in-District to chat with you all about the issues you care about and the actions we can take to make Portland a better place. This session will take place at Albina Vision Trust on Friday, April 10 from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
And I am so pleased to see the City’s holistic and ongoing work to push back against the chaos and instability inflicted on our immigrant and refugee communities by the Trump administration.
I am thankful to Mayor Wilson for his decision to join Portland to these amicus briefs. I am proud of our strides on Council to fund legal services for more Portland families.
These actions have led to profound uncertainty and, in many cases, much of the terror in our immigrant and refugee communities across Portland.
Since January 2025, our president has issued a series of executive orders dramatically altering immigration enforcement priorities and dismantling some of the long-standing humanitarian protections that make up our immigration system.
Federal changes to TPS was the basis for my ordinance reallocating $150k from the City’s Legal Priorities Reserve Fund to SOAR Immigration Legal Services last month, supporting immigrants and refugees whose legal protections were taken away by the Trump administration and who now sit in legal limbo.
The City of Portland has joined three amicus briefs in cases related to Temporary Protected Status for immigrants and refugees, opposing the Trump administration’s efforts to revoke TPS from multiple communities.
And I am so pleased to see the City’s holistic and ongoing work to push back against the chaos and instability inflicted on our immigrant and refugee communities by the Trump administration.
I am thankful to Mayor Wilson for his decision to join Portland to these amicus briefs. I am proud of our strides on Council to fund legal services for more Portland families.
These actions have led to profound uncertainty and, in many cases, much of the terror in our immigrant and refugee communities across Portland.
Since Jan. 2025, our president has issued a series of executive orders dramatically altering immigration enforcement priorities and dismantling some of the long-standing humanitarian protections that make up our immigration system.
