#5. Support Transition to a Sustainable Economy and Green Jobs Strategy.
Good idea.
Portland should help develop more green industry and infrastructure. The street car and the street car manufacturing plant is a good example.
Hire locals to install city subsidized solar panels on houses.
In California I heard a utility is developing solar power plants on warehouse roofs which they lease! Good for the businesses, utility,the city economy and environment.

Raise more revenue by levying a sales tax on big national retailers in Portland which would also encourage people to shop local business more.
Every dollar spent locally circulates in the local economy three times more than national businesses.
An example is Walmart. 90% of the money spent there is siphoned off to Arkansas and China! While 45% of the money spent at local businesses stays in Portland.
The coming recession/depression will greatly devalue the U$ dollar so maybe Portland could experiment with developing its own official, (but voluntary) local currency which will hold its value better than the dollar and possibly it could be only spent at locally owned businesses.