PUBLIC TESTIMONY / WRITTEN COMMENTS
(All meetings are hybrid - in person or virtual)
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City of Portland
1st Wednesdays @ 9:30am; 3rd Wednesdays @ 6pm (Open Communications)
City Hall - 1221 SW Fourth Avenue, Portland, OR 97204, 2nd Floor Council Chambers
All Council & Committee Meetings (Agendas posted Thursday prior)
Ask questions: councilclerk@portlandoregon.gov
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Multnomah County
Thursdays @ 9:30am (in-person or virtual)
Multnomah Building - 501 SE Hawthorne Boulevard, Portland, OR - Boardroom 100
Sign up ahead of time: boardclerk@multco.us
Virtual Testimony (can select non-agenda item): https://www.multco.us/board/testimony
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Metro Council
Thursdays @ 10:30am (in-person or Zoom)
Metro Regional Center - 600 NE Grand Ave. Portland, OR 97232
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Portland Public Schools
‘Select’ Tuesdays @ 6pm - check Public Notices Page
Prophet Center - 501 N. Dixon Street, Portland, OR 97227
503-916-3741
Local Government Resources
City of Portland Impact Reduction Live Tracker
This interactive map is in ‘layers’ so you have to click on the icon that looks like 3 pieces of paper on the top right of the map to see reported websites. The default is set to clean campsites. There’s other data, including pounds of garbage removed.
Homeless Assistance Guide
Use this link to find information about shelter services, legal and workforce assistance, or how to reconnect someone with a loved one in another place.
Subscribe to Newsletters
If you register on this City of Portland website, you can subscribe or unsubscribe to any newsletter produced by the city - from bureaus, elected officials or community groups organized by the city.
Once you complete that step, it will navigate you to this website that has a lot of other local government newsletter resources, mostly from the state.
JOIN AN ADVISORY BODY!
City of Portland
Multnomah County
Neighborhood Associations
Getting involved in your local neighborhood association is a great way to get to know your neighbors and band together to try and help your neighborhood’s specific needs.
Neighborhood associations play a larger role in our new form of city government to lobby the new district-elected officials, so now is a great time to get involved!
Multnomah County Democrats
Anyone registered as Democrat in Multnomah County can join or run
Precinct Committeepersons (PCP) are elected in May of even-numbered years
You can apply to be a PCP on the 1st of each month
Board member elections occurs in late January every year
Multnomah County Republicans
Anyone registered as a Republican in Multnomah County can run or join
Precinct Committeepersons (PCPs) must register by March for May elections
If you want to see a change in your local party’s political platform, you have to join them and be a voice in the process. Join meetings, volunteer, run for office in the party.