How Charlie Hales wants to spend Portland's $3.5B budget

Portland Business Journal:

Here are a few components of Portland Mayor Charlie Hales' proposed budget.

The city is forecasting $484.5 million in discretionary general fund money next year. The total budget will entail more than $3.5 billion.

Hales, who's pushed the need for street improvements often during the past year, calls for $30.4 million for basic services. That includes almost $20 million more for streets. “Portlanders asked us to focus on fixing our streets. I listened. This budget does that,” Hales said in…

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