Service-Area Cockpit

Community & Economic Development

This page turns the CED scorecard into a work-session operating cockpit: permitting, housing, PCEF, economic development, arts/youth, and spectator venues all in one source-backed view.

Core question

Can CED connect budget asks and public narratives to measurable outputs and outcomes, or are major decisions still being made without operational proof?

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Start with the six CED lanes, then open the lane tied to the work session, policy question, or budget request.

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Why it matters

CED spans high-stakes areas where activity counts can hide whether the city is actually delivering housing, permits, climate outcomes, and economic benefit.

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CED priority metric · 2024

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ECONOMIC GROWTH: Real Gross Domestic Product for the city of Portland

Latest official value

$80.20Bil

CED priority metric · FY 2024 - 25

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HOUSING COSTS: Percentage of households spending more than 30% of income on housing costs

Latest official value

39.4%

CED priority metric · FY 2024 - 25

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AFFORDABLE HOUSING: Percentage of Portland’s housing units that are regulated and affordable to households

Latest official value

CED priority metric · FY 2024 - 25

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CENTRAL CITY HOUSING: Number of housing units constructed in the Central City

Latest official value

634

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QUALITY JOBS: Percentage of workers in Portland able to meet basic income needs

Latest official value

58%

CED priority metric · FY 2024 - 25

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BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED: Total number of building permits for commercial and residential issued

Latest official value

6,442

May 7 CEDSA hearing map

CED questions Council actually asked

The CED page should not just show a portfolio. It should help staff answer the live work-session issues: PCEF/Moda displacement, Prosper workforce cuts, downtown ROI, housing/permitting evidence, and arts/children grant tradeoffs.

Open one issue before the hearing, then use the linked official source packets to separate what Performance Portland can prove from what still needs follow-up data.

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Work-session issue

PCEF / Moda opportunity cost

May 7 CEDSA: Novick pressed whether the administration had identified which PCEF priorities would be displaced by a proposed $75M Moda contribution; the answer did not identify a displacement plan. Morillo, Kanal, and Green raised the weak climate nexus, CIP authority, and opportunity-cost problem.

What exact PCEF program, reserve, or future-year CIP commitment would be reduced, delayed, or reclassified to make room for the arena contribution?

GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION: Lifetime greenhouse gas reduction by Portland Clean Energy Fund (PCEF) funding area2024 · 10,685 LOCAL CARBON REDUCTION: Percentage reduction in carbon emissions from 1990 levels2023 · -25.8%FUNDING SAVED FOR EMERGENCIES: Dollars in reserve funding for the general fund discretionary budgetFY 2024 - 25 · $74.80Mil RISK OF EXPIRING FUNDING: Percentage of General Fund Discretionary spending supported by one-time fundingFY 2024 - 25 · 7.8%

Work-session issue

Prosper Portland workforce cuts and downtown ROI

April 8: Smith and Dunphy flagged workforce development as a protection priority. May 7 CEDSA: Pirtle-Guiney pressed whether Prosper was preserving administrative capacity while reducing grant dollars; Avalos challenged the downtown-first ROI theory; Green asked for evidence behind downtown marketing and Clean & Safe / ESD overlap.

For each Prosper reduction, how many workers, small businesses, storefronts, or technical-assistance recipients lose direct service, and what measurable downtown return is expected instead?

WORKFORCE READINESS: Number of workers provided training and/or workforce placement through City-funded programsFY 2024 - 25 · 1,695 SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE: Number of small businesses helped through technical or financial assistanceFY 2024 - 25 · 1,089 QUALITY JOBS: Percentage of workers in Portland able to meet basic income needs2024 · 58%ECONOMIC GROWTH: Real Gross Domestic Product for the city of Portland2024 · $80.20Bil

Work-session issue

Housing, permitting, and unbudgeted housing funds

April 8: Zimmerman named permitting and housing capacity as core city functions. Subsequent budget discussion flagged large unbudgeted PHB housing funds as a major council deliberation topic. May 7 CEDSA kept CED accountability focused on whether housing/permitting claims connect to measurable outputs.

How many units are completed, under construction, committed but not started, or delayed, and which permitting bottleneck explains delay?

AFFORDABLE HOUSING PRODUCED: Number of housing units produced and in progress receiving City or Prosper supportFY 2024 - 25 · 3,514 CENTRAL CITY HOUSING: Number of housing units constructed in the Central CityFY 2024 - 25 · 634 CITY-FINANCED CONSTRUCTION: Number of financed housing programs and projects for constructionFY 2024 - 25 · 7 BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED: Total number of building permits for commercial and residential issuedFY 2024 - 25 · 6,442

Work-session issue

Arts, Children's Levy, and grant-accountability tradeoffs

May 7 CEDSA: Arts staff quantified small-grant and sponsorship reductions; the Children's Levy clarified it has no general-fund ask and no decision packages; Ryan praised the levy administrative cap and connected it to workforce/cannabis-fund collaboration.

How many grants, youth served, partner dollars, exhibitions, performances, sponsorships, or levy-funded services change under the proposed cut?

COMMUNITY GRANTS: Number of grants awarded by Portland Children's Levy and Office of Arts & CultureFY 2024 - 25 · 512 FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO PARTNERS: Dollar amount of grants and partnership funding by Office of Arts & Culture and Portland Children’s LevyFY 2024 - 25 · $40.57Mil YOUTH SERVED: Number of children served by Portland Children's Levy and Arts & CultureFY 2024 - 25 · 52,413 AWARENESS OF PDX 311: Percentage of Portlanders who have heard of the 311 program2024 · 58.6%

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