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The Portland City Council, (officially the Portland City Commission), is the legislative body of the City of Portland in Oregon and forms part of the Government of the city. Portland runs on a commission form of government, the largest city in the United States to do so. The council is composed of five members, referred to as Commissioners ...
A sign in the Florence Old Town area denoting distances to other cities named "Florence" in North America. Florence is a coastal city in Lane County, in the U.S. state of Oregon. It lies at the mouth of the Siuslaw River on the Pacific Ocean and about midway between Newport to the north and Coos Bay to the south along U.S. Route 101. As of ...
The 2024 Portland City Council elections were held on November 5, 2024. It was the first election under Portland's new form of government, the first election to elect a city council instead of a city commission, the first without a primary, the first where every seat was up for election, and the first under a proportional ranked-choice voting system (single transferable voting) as opposed to a ...
The government of Portland, Oregon is based on a city commission government system. Elected officials include the mayor, commissioners, and a city auditor.The mayor and commissioners (members of City Council) are responsible for legislative policy and oversee the various bureaus that oversee the day-to-day operation of the city. [1]
Eric Zimmerman was elected to Portland City Council in 2024 in District 4, along with Olivia Clark and Mitch Green. [1] Zimmerman is one of the twelve inaugural members of Portland's new expanded city council after switching from a city commission government to a mayor–council government.
Map of Portland, Oregon's five sections, prior to the creation of South Portland in 2020. Portland, Oregon is divided into six sections: North Portland, Northeast Portland, Northwest Portland, South Portland, Southeast Portland, and Southwest Portland. There are 95 officially recognized neighborhoods, each of which is represented by a volunteer ...
Voters in Florence will elect six city council members in a special election Tuesday. The candidates are running to fill the remaining terms of the previous board the resigned in March.
The 2024 Portland municipal elections will be held on November 5, 2024, to elect the mayor, city auditor and city council of Portland, Oregon.This will be the first Portland election to use ranked-choice voting (Instant-runoff voting for the mayor's position; single transferable voting for city councillors) after it was instituted by the passage of a 2022 ballot measure.