Shane Dixon Kavanaugh
Reporter at Oregon Live (The Oregonian)
Reporter at The @Oregonian | Priors: @nydailynews; @crainsnewyork; @vocativ | Holler: [email protected]
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1 week ago |
oregonlive.com | Shane Dixon Kavanaugh
Portland Mayor Keith Wilson unveiled a proposed $8.5 billion Monday that would hike numerous city fees and slash municipal jobs while also preserving and even boosting basic services centered around public safety and livability. Under Wilson’s proposal, residents would see the cost of parking meters, neighborhood leaf removal and recreational activity fees all climb and positions within parks, transportation, permitting and city administration shrink, documents show.
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1 week ago |
oregonlive.com | Shane Dixon Kavanaugh
It is a bleak time for mass transit all throughout the U.S. The challenges here in the Portland metro area are many and pronounced. TriMet is providing about 30 million fewer rides each year than it did in 2019 — and the recovery appears to be slowing way down. Rider safety has been a persistent concern since the pandemic. Fare evasion is rampant. Meanwhile, TriMet’s subsidy per ride has soared by more than 400% in the last decade.
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1 week ago |
oregonlive.com | Shane Dixon Kavanaugh
Mayor Keith Wilson on Friday cast Portland as a city unstoppably on the rise despite a host of stubborn challenges at home, uncertainty unleashed by the Trump administration and growing financial woes that will require layoffs and cuts to municipal services. During the mayor’s first State of the City address, Wilson also teased elements of a proposed budget that he’s crafted in the face of nearly a $100 million general fund shortfall and significant deficits across a range of city agencies.
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1 week ago |
oregonlive.com | Shane Dixon Kavanaugh |Jonathan Bach
The top elected leaders for Oregon and its most populous city unveiled an ambitious pitch Thursday that they hope could reverse Portland’s apartment construction slump that threatens homebuilding goals aimed at containing the cost of housing. Portland would waive all housing development fees — known as system development charges — over the next three years or until 5,000 new units are in the pipeline under the proposal detailed by Gov. Tina Kotek and Mayor Keith Wilson.
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3 weeks ago |
oregonlive.com | Shane Dixon Kavanaugh
Portland’s elected watchdog on Wednesday warned that years of poorly maintained roads, parks and other public assets now pose a staggering financial liability for the city and threaten to deepen dissatisfaction among residents.
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