BDS Planning Presentation to City Council on February 14th
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BDS Planning Presentation to City Council on February 14th ----
Big News!
After a long hiatus in the City of Portland’s ESD Audit Response process, it’s finally on the move!
BDS Planning facilitated the process in 2023 and shared their recommendation proposal on December 12th, 2023.
BDS Planning will be sharing their final recommendations to Portland City Council in February 2024.
Why is Clean & Safe bad for Portland?
Downtown Clean & Safe is bad for Portland because it’s undemocratic and harms community members who have the fewest resources.
Clean & Safe targets houseless individuals trying to survive, criminalizing them instead of providing them with the services they need.
There is no accountability over how Clean & Safe spends its funds, since regular Portlanders don’t have access to Portland Business Alliance’s decision-making, and the City has failed to provide any oversight.
It uses public resources to fund a service that business or property owners might not want, but there is no way to opt out.
Clean & Safe privately funds four police officers who serve the business owners while on duty instead of the public.