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Untangling City-County Services. A Panel Discussion Join the live panel discussion on Wednesday, November 5, 2025, 7-8:30 p.m. In the second of our two-part series on Multnomah County, we will take a critical look at the overlapping city-county services that regularly rank as the most confusing and frustrating to Portlanders: homelessness, housing, and behavioral health. Our expert panelists will offer their thoughts and answer your questions. Panel Speakers Our speakers come from the City of Portland, Multnomah County, and local community providers, to get perspectives from across our community: The program will be conducted on Zoom and videotaped for later viewing. At Read more
PORTLAND AND WASHINGTON, DC—The League of Women Voters of Portland, the League of Women Voters of Oregon, and the League of Women Voters of the US issued the following joint statement in response to the deployment of the National Guard in Portland. “Portland — a city recognized nationally for its civic activism, creativity, and commitment to democratic values — is now subject to an unjustified deployment of federal troops. This action undermines local authority and threatens the very freedoms our democracy is meant to protect. “Neither the Governor of Oregon nor city leaders requested this intervention. No emergency exists in Read more
What Does Multnomah County Do for You? A Panel Discussion The live panel discussion was held on Wednesday, October 8, 2025, 7-8:30 p.m. Watch or listen to the panel Watch the recorded video of the discussion: Watch the video replay on local television stations: Additional Materials: About the program This webinar clarifies how Multnomah County’s government and programs impact its residents. Multnomah County has been a recurrent topic in local news lately, from homelessness policy to public safety to Preschool for All. But how much do you really know about the county? To answer these questions, we have invited a Read more
Ballot Analysis: City of Portland Parks & Recreation Levy Learn about Multnomah County Ballot Measure 26-260 If you plan on mailing your ballot, Multnomah County Elections recommends mailing it no later than Thursday, October 30 to ensure it’s postmarked and received by an election office in time to count. Oregon law requires all elections offices to count any mailed ballot postmarked on or before Election Day that arrives within seven days of Election Day. However, due to recent USPS changes, ballots may not be postmarked on the same day they are dropped off to the post office or USPS collection Read more