During the November 2022 election, Portland-area voters approved a measure that will reform the city’s election system and form four new voting districts. The Independent District Commission ...

Public input and data about Portland’s neighborhoods are going into the maps, with everything from race and ethnicity representation to school districts and transportation access.

Three draft district map proposals based on Independent Districting Commission deliberations. (Maps via Maja Harris/Rose City Reform). Portland’s Independent Districting Commission (IDC) has selected ...

The three maps are broadly similar. All three keep the westside and outer East Portland as distinct voting blocs, and bunch North and inner Northeast Portland together.

We talk to Josh Laurente and DaWayne Judd, co-chairs of the Independent District Commission, about their proposed maps for how to divide the city into four districts.

An independent commission working with the City of Portland released Thursday three map drafts for the new Portland City Council districts coming in 2025.

The boundaries haven't changed since the mid-2000s, but population shifts have occurred during that time, resulting in an ...

The public will weigh in on the maps, titled Alder, Cedar and Maple, in June and July, with the selection of a final single map scheduled for August. Credit: Portland Independent Districting ...

SW Trails arcGIS map of walking trails in Southwest Portland. (Source: SW Trails PDX) There are many lovely walks in SW Portland, in some ways it is a walker’s paradise, but don’t go it alone. Most ...