Portland’s mayor and City Council please almost no one with their leadership on homelessness, protests

Tents in Old Town Portland

Tents are a common sight in the Old Town neighborhood in downtown Portland. April 30, 2021. Beth Nakamura/StaffThe Oregonian

More than two-thirds of Portland-area residents say they disapprove of how Portland’s mayor and City Council have handled two of the city’s most pervasive and contentious issues: homelessness and destructive protests.

The findings come from a poll of 600 people across the metro area commissioned by The Oregonian/OregonLive and conducted from April 30 to May 6.


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