A thorough summary of the city’s widening budget deficit and initial measures to reduce it, including hundreds of possible job losses and significant cuts to several agencies and programs, were provided by Portland authorities on Friday.
According to recently released budget documents, the city now faces a combined shortfall of more than $150 million between cuts to other essential municipal services like transportation, permitting, and water and sewers, and its general fund, which primarily supports police, fire, parks, and homeless services.
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