Loretta Smith

Context

Councilor. From the city website (retrieved 2026-10-22); verify. Member of the Community & Public Safety Committee. Pressed for firm cost figures and offsets for Portland Street Response and said homelessness and mental health services belong with Multnomah County.

Issues

• Ida B Wells High School Rebuild Land Use Appeal
• Portland Street Response Funding
• Body-Worn Camera Footage Release Procedures
• FY 2026-27 Fall Supplemental Budget
• FY 2027-28 Budget Calendar
• Council Operations Staff Merit Increases
• Business License Tax CEO Pay Ratio Surtax
• Citywide Asset Management Strategy - vice chair; called the strategy underwhelming and asked for an asset-by-asset registry
• Local Regulation of Automated Vehicles - raised worker displacement and safety
• Lloyd Event District Event Parking Rate - seconded the do-pass motion; voted aye
• ODOT Naito Parkway Property Transfer MOU - asked about affordable housing potential; voted aye
• Oregon Arena Joint Authority IGA - questioned who wrote the impact statement; did not want to delay.
• East Portland Tax Increment Financing Community Leadership Committee Appointments - asked which nominees live in District 1.
• Home Forward Board of Commissioners Appointments - asked nominees about the qualities needed in stressful situations.
• Community Board for Police Accountability Alternate Appointment - moved the do-pass referral and praised the appointee.
• Council Leadership Election Process - argued the Charter says the mayor breaks all ties; plans to seek a declaratory judgment.

Log

• 2026-10-21 - Finance & Governance Committee (Whole) - Asked about District 1 membership on the TIF committees; questioned the Home Forward nominees; moved the police board referral; and argued the leadership election work group's options conflict with the Charter.
• 2026-10-21 - Council - Asked who wrote the arena impact statement and opposed delaying the vote.
• 2026-10-13 - Public Works Committee - Vice chair. Criticized the lack of an asset registry, pressed PBOT on drivers who would lose work, seconded the Lloyd parking motion, and voted aye on both referrals.
• 2026-10-15 - Finance & Governance Committee (Whole) - Pressed for a list of reserve and contingency uses, questioned the merit amendment and the surtax exemption, and voted no on the budget calendar.
• 2026-10-22 - Page created from public sources.
• 2026-10-20 - Community & Public Safety Committee - Questioned Portland Street Response funding against a deficit she put at $170 million, asked for the full cost of 24/7 operation, and asked whether families see body camera video first.
• 2026-10-15 - Council - Seconded the motion; asked about bond financing; suggested a 10 p.m. summer end time; voted aye.
• 2026-10-08 - Finance & Governance Committee (Whole) - Asked whether testimony time would be shortened.