The Facts, Fully Sourced.

Every claim on this site links to a primary source: the certified ballot title, the measure's full text, city budget documents, the City Club of Portland's research report, and campaign finance records at the Oregon Secretary of State. You don't have to take our word for anything — and you shouldn't take theirs.

Start here:

• What the measure actually does — the six paragraphs of charter text, and what they leave out.

• How we got here — a proposal that Portland's Charter Commission and Council declined to put on the ballot, now back at double the cost.

• The independent research — what City Club of Portland found after nine months of study.

• Setting the record straight — their claims, our sourced responses.