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A proposal to divert money from Portland’s ground-breaking climate action fund to hire more police may qualify for the fall ballot.

OPB reporters Monica Samayoa and Troy Brynelson explain the latest attempt to tap the Portland Clean Energy Fund to start today’s newsletter.

Also this morning, the Trump administration has released its plan to triple logging in the Blue Mountains.

Here’s your First Look at Tuesday’s news.

— Bradley W. Parks

Top story

Measure to divert Portland climate funds to hire more police could be headed to voters in November

A Portland police-backed initiative to hire more officers using millions of dollars from the city’s climate action fund could be decided by voters in November.

The Enhanced Community Safety campaign announced yesterday that the group has collected more than 62,000 signatures.

That’s more than the 40,000 required to qualify for the November election. The campaign is led and supported by the Portland Police Association, a car dealership owner, and a former Portland City Council candidate.

The ballot proposal aims to use 25% of the Portland Clean Energy Fund’s annual revenue to hire 400 officers. That would divert roughly $50 million from climate programs to hire more officers and provide training. (Monica Samayoa and Troy Brynelson)

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3 things to know

• The federal government has released its long-awaited proposal to triple logging across three national forests in the Blue Mountains of northeast Oregon and southeast Washington. (April Ehrlich)
• The people who grow Oregon’s state fruit in the Hood River Valley could be saddled with debt or forced to close up shop entirely after a disastrous pear season. (Alejandro Figueroa)
• A recently released national report ranks Oregon 23rd out of 50 states in “child well-being.” The report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation suggests Oregon is good at giving kids healthcare, for example, but worse at teaching them how to read. (Elizabeth Miller)

Northwest headlines

• Check out free Oregon State Park parking passes at your local library (Kristian Foden-Vencil)
• Oregon regulators propose steep psilocybin fee hikes (Jake Thomas, Oregon Capital Chronicle)
• Shelter opening moves Grants Pass toward closing downtown resting sites (Jane Vaughan, JPR)
• Penalties loom for Washington if state doesn’t improve food stamp error rates (Jake Goldstein-Street, Washington State Standard)
• Microsoft cuts 4,800 jobs, including many at Xbox in a ‘reset’ of its gaming division (AP)

Listen in on OPB’s daily conversation

“Think Out Loud” airs at noon and 8 p.m. weekdays on OPB Radio, opb.org and the OPB News app. Today’s planned topics (subject to change):

• ‘Death of a Drag Queen’ returns for second run in Portland
• Portland musician Marisa Anderson explores folk music from around the world in new album

One more look

$3 jacket bought by Portland teen could net thousands at auction

A 19-year-old from Portland scored a piece of sports history while digging through bins at an area Goodwill.

A gold jacket with some loose stitching and light stains he purchased for about $3, turned out to be a warmup jacket worn by basketball great Wilt Chamberlain in the 1972-1973 NBA season. The jacket is now up for sale on Sotheby’s, an auction site for fine arts and collectables, where it is estimated to sell for between $150,000 and $250,000.

Quinn Brown, a Lincoln High School graduate, says he started reselling thrifted clothes while in high school after his twin sister introduced him to bins of clothes at Goodwill. Until recently, his biggest sale was a ’90s-era T-shirt that netted him $250. (Casey Frizzell)

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