VISTA/$50
VISTA/$50 MILLION FROM THE BUDGET.
BUDGET.
BUDGET. >>> A HOTEL OWNER IS IN JAIL
ACCUSED OF SETTING FIRE TO HIS
BUSINESS WITH GUEST INSIDE.
THIS IS KGW NEWS AT 11:00.
THE CORONAVIRUS CASES IN OREGON
ARE STILL ON THE RISE,
MULTNOMAH COUNTY GOT THE OKAY
FOR PHASE 1 REOPENING.
THIS COMES AS THE GOVERNOR
ANNOUNCED AN MANDATE ON MASK
WEARING IN CERTAIN COUNTIES.
MIKE BENNER BEGINS OUR COVERAGE
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT. >> Reporter: THE TYPICALLY
LIVELY SPIRIT OF 77 BAR HAS
BEEN EERILY QUIET FOR MONTHS.
COME FRIDAY, GENERAL MANAGER
BRANDON BOUTIN WILL BE
WELCOMING BACK PATRONS.
>> WE HAD BEEN PREPARING FOR
THE OPENING FOR THE LAST TWO
MONTHS.
MONTHS.
MONTHS. >> Reporter: BECKONING THAT
SENTIMENT IS THE OWNER OF HAND
IN STONE SPOT ONE NORTH
WILLIAMS.
WILLIAMS.
WILLIAMS. HE IS ALSO GEARING UP TO OPEN
DOORS TO CLIENTS FOR THE FIRST
TIME IN MONTHS.
>> FINALLY WE OPEN. WE WERE
READY TO GO.
WE WERE READY LAST FRIDAY.
WE WERE READY PROBABLY EVEN A
FEW WEEKS AGO.
>> Reporter: ON WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON, GOVERNOR KATE GAVE
MULTNOMAH COUNTY THE LONG-
AWAITED GREEN LIGHT TO ENTER
PHASE 1 OF REOPENING.
>> DESPITE AN INCREASE IN COUNTY
CASES, THE COUNTY HAS NOT
EXPERIENCED AN UPTREND IN NEW
HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS AND
HOSPITALIZATIONS REMAIN WELL
WITH INCAPACITY.
WITH INCAPACITY. >> Reporter: BECAUSE OF THAT,
RESTAURANTS AND BARS CAN REOPEN
ALONG WITH BARBERSHOPS, SALONS,
GYMS AND FITNESS CENTERS.
ALL OF THEM WITH RESTRICTIONS.
GATHERINGS OF UP TO 25 PEOPLE
WILL BE ALLOWED AS WELL.
>> THIS WILL NOT BE A RETURN TO
BUSINESS AS USUAL.
WE NEED TO KEEP DOING WHAT WE
KNOW WILL SLOW AND STOP THE
SPREAD OF THE VIRUS.
>> Reporter: AT HAND STONE
SPOT, CLIENTS WILL BE ALLOWED
INSIDE UNTIL THE TIME OF YEAR
APPOINTMENT AND THERE WILL BE
PLEXI GLASS AT THE FRONT DESK.
>> WE HAVE INSTALLED AIR
PURIFIERS TO RENEW THE AIR AND
KILL ANY BACTERIAL.
>> Reporter: PEOPLE WILL FIND
ADDICT'S VOICE IN BETWEEN
TABLES AT SPIRIT 77 IN THE
DOORS WILL BE OPEN TO ALLOW FOR
GOOD AIRFLOW.
GOOD AIRFLOW. >> I HOPE THOSE WORKING AT HOME
WILL SWING BY AND HAVE A BEER,
NACHOS AND HAVE A MEETING AND
HANDOUT ON THE WI-FI FOR AS
LONG AS THEY WANT.
WE FEEL SUPER LUCKY AND WE ARE
EXCITED TO GET OUT ON THE OTHER
SIDE OF IT.
>> Reporter: IN ADDITION TO
MULTNOMAH COUNTY, WE HAVE KNOWN
THE TRI-COUNTY AREA OF
MULTNOMAH, WASHINGTON AND
CLACKAMAS WILL BE TREATED AS
ONE REGION.
ONE REGION. THEY WILL MOVE TO PHASE 2 TO
GET THERE OR BACKWARDS IF
NECESSARY.
NECESSARY. MIRIAM, POLK AND HOOD RIVER
COUNTY'S HAVE BEEN APPROVED FOR
PHASE 2 REOPENING ON FRIDAY.
MIKE BENNER FOR KGW NEWS.
>> THE GOVERNOR IS ALSO MAKING
THIS MASK MANDATE TO INDOOR
PUBLIC PLACES IN CERTAIN
COUNTIES.
COUNTIES.
COUNTIES. COUNTIES ARE MULTONOMAH,
WASHINGTON, CLACKAMAS, HOOD
RIVER, MARION, POLK AND LINCOLN
. THE ROLES ALREADY.
YOU WOULD BE REQUIRED TO WEAR
THEM INSIDE THE RESTAURANT BUT
THE STATE HAS NOT SPECIFICALLY
SAID IF YOU HAVE IF YOU CAN
TAKE THEM OFF WENT YOU ARE
SEATED AND WHEN IT COMES TO
EATING.
EATING.
EATING. WE DON'T KNOW THE SPECIFICS.
THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE SAYS
THERE IS NO PLAN FOR ENFORCING
THE MASK REQUIREMENT YET IT IS
STILL A REQUIREMENT.
>>> ARKANSAS 122 NEW
CORONAVIRUS CASES REPORTED
TODAY.
TODAY.
TODAY. WE
TODAY. WE HAVE SEEN A SIGNIFICANT
SPIKE IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS.
IN THE PAST FEW DAYS, MANY OF
THE CASES HAVE BEEN FROM UNION
COUNTY.
COUNTY.
COUNTY. THERE ARE A TOTAL OF 242 CASES
THERE WITH MANY WENT TO THE
LIGHTHOUSE UNITED PENTECOSTAL
CHURCH.
CHURCH.
CHURCH. COUNTY HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE
PLANNING TWO TRY TO TESTING
CLINICS TOMORROW AND FRIDAY.
>>> WE JUST TOOK TO THE
HAWTHORNE BRIDGE TO CONTINUE TO
FIGHT TO THE END OF SYSTEMIC
RACISM AND POLICE BRUTALITY.
THEY MARCHED FROM REVOLUTION
HALL TO WATERFRONT PARK WITH
SIGNS THAT READ BLACK LIVES
MATTER AND IN WHITE SUPREMACY.
A GROUP OF PROTESTERS IN THE
PEARL BEGIN GROWING TONIGHT.
THEY ARE OUTSIDE OF MAYOR
WHEELER'S APARTMENT AS WE SPEAK
NEAR 18th AND GLEASON.
SOME HAVE TENSE SAYING THEY ARE
PREPARED FOR WHAT THEY ARE
CALLING AN OCCUPATION.
EARLIER TONIGHT THEY WERE
SHINING GREEN LASER IS ON THE
SIDE OF THE BUILDING AND INTO
THE BUILDING WHERE NOT ONLY THE
MAYOR LIVES.
MAYOR LIVES. DEMONSTRATORS HAVE BEEN CALLING
FOR THE CITY TO DEFUND THE
POLICE BUREAU.
POLICE BUREAU. COMMISSIONERS PARTLY DO THAT
TODAY BUT DEMONSTRATORS SAY IT
IS NOT ENOUGH.
CITY COMMISSIONERS VOTED TO CUT
$15 MILLION FROM THE BUREAU.
ONLY ONE VOTED AGAINST IT
SAYING IT DID NOT GO FAR ENOUGH.
>> AS YOU KNOW IT HAS BEEN A
BUDGET YEAR LIKE NO OTHER.
>> Reporter: THE ONLINE CITY
COUNCIL MEETING COVERED MANY
ISSUES.
ISSUES.
ISSUES. >> WE LIVE IN AN UNDERSERVED
OVER POLICED NEIGHBORHOOD.
>> Reporter: MANY OUTSIDE THE
MAYOR'S APARTMENT CALLING FOR
$50 MILLION IN CUTS ARE UPSET
THE BUDGET ONLY PROPOSES $15
MILLION.
MILLION.
MILLION. >> TAKE ANOTHER $35 MILLION AWAY
FOR THE EFFORT TO CRIMINALIZE
DRIVING WHILE BLACK.
>> Reporter: THEN THE VOTES,
COMMISSIONER JOE AND HARDISTY.
>> I WANT TO SPEAK DIRECTLY TO
THOSE WHO ARE OUTRAGED THAT WE
DID NOT HAVE THE AUDACITY TO
CUT $50 MILLION OUT OF THE
POLICE BUDGET.
POLICE BUDGET. I WANT TO BE CLEAR. THAT $50
MILLION NUMBER WAS BASED ON
NOTHING.
NOTHING.
NOTHING. THERE WAS NO ANALYSIS DONE.
HAD THERE BEEN, I WOULD HAVE
BEEN THE FIRST ONE TO REVIEW
THE ANALYSIS.
THE ANALYSIS. >> I AM PROUD AND HONORED TO
SUPPORT THIS BUDGET THAT STARTS
THE PROCESS OF US COLLECTIVELY
REIMAGINING WHAT OUR POLICE
FORCE LOOKS LIKE. I AM PROUD TO
THAT I.
THAT I.
THAT I. >> Reporter: COMMISSIONER CHLOE
VOTED NOTE LAST WEEK SAYING SHE
WANTED MORE POLICE POSITIONS CUT
.
.
. >>
. >> I
. >> I TOOK A PRINCIPLED STAND
AFTER BEING FROZEN FROM THE
FINAL DECISION FOR MY
COLLEAGUES TO GIVE VOICE TO THE
COMMUNITY KNOWING THAT MY NO
VOTE WOULD MAKE NO FUNCTIONAL
DIFFERENCE.
DIFFERENCE. THE BUDGET WOULD PASS WITH OR
WITHOUT ME AND TAKE EFFECT ON
JULY 1. THAT IS WHAT WILL
HAPPEN TODAY.
HAPPEN TODAY. WHILE I SUPPORT THE AMENDMENTS,
I THINK MY COLLEAGUES FOR THIS
WORK. I AM IN SOLIDARITY WITH
THE COMMUNITY.
THE COMMUNITY. >> Reporter: COMMISSIONER
AMANDA FRITZ.
AMANDA FRITZ. >> THIS IS A DOCUMENT THAT
COMES FROM EVERYBODY IN THE
CITY WORRYING ABOUT THEIR JOBS
AND HOW THEY CAN DO THEIR JOB
BETTER AND WANTING TO BE PERFECT
PLUG THE PUBLIC SERVANTS WHO
SERVE OUR COMMUNITIES AS WELL
AS WE CAN.
>> Reporter: LAST WAS MAYOR
WHEELER.
WHEELER.
WHEELER. >> I SIT HERE BEFORE YOU AS A
MIDDLE AGED WHITE GUY WHO IS
FORTUNATE IN SO MANY WAYS.
I DO BELIEVE THAT I HAVE AN
IMPORTANT ROLE TO PLAY IN THIS
TRANSITIONAL PERIOD.
TRANSITIONAL PERIOD. AS I SPEAK, THERE ARE HUNDREDS
OF YOU IN FRONT OF MY APARTMENT
BUILDING.
BUILDING.
BUILDING. I HEAR YOU AND I SEE YOU.
I AM GOING TO BE WITH YOU ALL
THE WAY.
THE WAY.
THE WAY. >> Reporter: THE COMMISSIONERS
THAT THE $15 MILLION REDUCTION
WILL ILLUMINATE A FOUR
POSITIONS AND ADD UP ABOUT $27
MILLION IN CUTS AT THE POLICE
BUREAU BECAUSE THE PREVIOUS
CORONAVIRUS RELATED CUTBACKS.
SOME WILL GO TO SOCIAL SERVICES
WITH THE REST UP IN THE AIR FOR
NOW.
NOW.
NOW. >>
NOW. >> THE MAYOR MENTIONED THE
PEOPLE OUTSIDE EARLIER TODAY.
I WONDER IF HE FEELS THE SAME
WAY NOW AT 11:08.
MANY ARE WORRIED ABOUT THE MOVE.
JUDITH SAYS THE PLAN WILL BE
PORTLAND VULNERABLE TO
CRIMINALS.
CRIMINALS. BEEN SAYING THAT POLICE NEED
MORE FUNDING, TRAINING, A VERY
HIGH BAR FOR ENTRY.
TO DEFUND MOVEMENT IS DANGEROUS