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Emergency shelters and Winter City Services
  • The shelters are open from 8 p.m. until at least noon Thursday. More information: Multco.us/Cold. Check on your neighbors.
  • Find city services information: road closures, transportation updates, preventing frozen home plumbing, tree emergencies.
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Portland is a Sanctuary City

Find sanctuary city resources from the City of Portland's Immigrant & Refugee Program, including free legal services and state resources for reporting hate crimes, bias incidents, discrimination, and violations of Oregon's sanctuary laws.

Services and Resources for Public records

Request a Public Record

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Request specific records maintained within a City bureau and view online resources for records that may already be available.

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City of Portland Website
Interactive map for the Anti-Displacement Action Plan project

Affirmative Action Program (AAP) Plan and Reports

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Citywide and Bureau Affirmative Action Program (AAP) Plan and Reports

Annual Status Report 2022

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In 2022, we were tracking 40 audits with 226 recommendations. Topics ranged from internal financial focused subjects, such as payment card use and construction costs, to programs that impact Portlanders directly, such as the City’s approach to policing gun violence and cleaning up homeless camps.

Apply for a Secondhand Dealer permit

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Businesses that buy and sell property that is frequently the subject of theft (“regulated property”) must apply for a secondhand dealers permit. This permit needs to be renewed annually and is nontransferable.

Archives and Records Management Division 2022 Audit Status Report

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We are tracking one Archives and Records Management audit: Data Loss Prevention.

BOEC Director's Calendar

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Monthly or quarterly reproductions of the daily work calendar for the Portland Bureau of Emergency Communications Director.

BOEC Director's Report

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Monthly report from the Portland Bureau of Emergency Communications Director.

City of Portland Open Data Portal

City of Portland Website
City of Portland GIS and non-GIS related data available for download. Formats include API (GeoJSON , GeoService), Shapefile, Spreadsheet or KML. This is also the starting point to access citywide data in categories such as capital or planning projects, public safety, utilities, or transportation.
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City of Portland public safety dashboards

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Easily access links to all existing public safety data dashboards produced by teams within the City of Portland on this page.

E-Scooter and bike-share data from Ride Report

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Open Data Portal in partnership with the Portland-based tech company Ride Report. Provides academics, advocates, and other community members insight into how e-scooters and BIKETOWN bike-share are used around the city.
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Explore transportation data in PortlandMaps

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Explore open data mapped in PortlandMaps.com under the category "Transportation." Alphabetical by topic, everything from curb ramps to area parking permit areas to pavement markings, sidewalks, and speed limits.
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Find audio records of a hearing

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Search our archive for audio recordings of hearings.

Find City Council Meeting Records

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Find recent or past Council documents.
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Find public records with Permitting & Development

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Get records about building on private property. Get other records about code enforcement, permits, or land use review. Request records for liquor and cannabis businesses.

Fire Bureau 2022 Audit Status Report

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We are tracking one audit within the Portland Fire Bureau.

Get Income or Employment Verification for a City Employee

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BHR provides employment verification for mortgage applications, reference checks, loan applications, apartment leases, and anything that requires proof of employment.

Guide to the PBOT Equity Matrix

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The Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) uses a simple ranking index called an Equity Matrix to help make decisions on projects and programs. This map uses data on race, ethnicity, and income to apply a score to census tracts. It also uses data on limited English proficiency for more context.

Guide to the Vision Zero Dashboard

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The Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) created the Vision Zero dashboard to maintain transparency about efforts to reduce speeding, improve street design, support people to travel safely, and share citywide traffic crash summaries.

Land Survey - Transportation Engineering

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Land Survey section within the Engineering Services group of the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT). Support the design and construction of Capitol Improvement and various programmatic projects for PBOT, Environmental Services and other city bureaus.

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