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The Clean & Safe District is one of three Enhanced Services Districts where property management license fees are collected in order to fund enhanced services such as trash cleanup, events, visitor attraction, and business development.
About Enhanced Services Districts
The City of Portland Enhanced Services Districts (ESD) Program is governed by City Code 6.06 and overseen by the City's ESD Coordinator. There are thousands of place management districts across North America that go by many different names, including Business Improvement Areas (BIAs), Business Improvement Districts (BIDs), Community Benefit Districts (CBDs), Economic Improvement Districts (EIDs), Public Improvement Districts (PIDs), and so forth; in Portland, they are known as Enhanced Services Districts or ESDs. ESDs are intended to expand upon basic city services, adding economic resiliency, vibrancy, and vitality to a district.
To learn more about the ESD Program, visit the City's ESD Program webpage where you will find the ESD Handbook, ESD contracts, quarterly ESD program stats, Annual Reports, and information about the property management license fee.
About the Clean & Safe District
The Clean & Safe District was established in 1988 and is managed in partnership with Downtown Portland Clean & Safe, a non-profit that services one of the oldest, largest and most successful enhanced service districts in the nation. The Downtown Portland Clean & Safe ESD provides enhanced essential services to the people, places and businesses within the specific geographic boundaries of the ESD. Starting October 1, 2025, the Downtown Portland Clean & Safe ESD will undergo changes that will impact new and existing ratepayers. These changes include the expansion of the ESD’s boundaries from 213 to approximately 270 downtown city blocks. This expansion will also increase the ESD’s district ratepayers from 426 to 457.
Furthermore, the ESD’s new rate structure has been simplified and now includes a residential rate cap, which will reduce most residential assessments. These changes come after a successful ESD-led ratepayer outreach and engagement campaign throughout 2024, and an affirmative City Council vote in November 2024. These new changes are outlined in City Ordinances no. 19156 and 191960, passed by City Council on November 13, 2024. Learn more about the ratepayer outreach and engagement and view the City Council presentation slide deck.
2024 Changes to Clean & Safe District
On Aug. 21, 2024, Downtown Portland Clean & Safe petitioned the City of Portland asking for revised boundaries, a rate structure overhaul that will include residential rate caps, and a new 10-year district reauthorization.
Read the news article about the Downtown Portland Clean & Safe petition.
On November 13, 2024, Portland City Council approved the expansion of the Clean & Safe District in alignment with the District Petition.
Request Cleaning or Security Service
If you are located within the Downtown Portland Clean & Safe District and need help with a non-emergency cleaning or security issue outside of your building, call Downtown Portland Clean & Safe at 503-388-3888. Locations within the 2024 boundary expansion area may begin requesting services on Oct. 1, 2025.
Reports on Programs and Activities
Clean & Safe releases regular reports on their programs and activities. These reports can be found at:
Recent Reports
Contracts and Related Documents
Recent Contract Amendments
Sunset Review and Contract Renewal
The Clean and Safe ESD's current contract with the City runs through September 30, 2026 and its next sunset renewal was to occur prior to September 30, 2031. Following the adoption of Ordinances no. 19156 and 191960 passed by City Council on November 13, 2024, the existing contract and sunset will be set to renew prior to September 30, 2025.
As of October 1, 2025, the new Clean and Safe ESD license agreement and contract begins October 1, 2025. Its next contract review will occur prior to September 30, 2030, and its sunset renewal will occur prior to September 30, 2035.