"The most urgent challenge facing Portland? Soon, no one but the well-heeld will be able to pay rent or mortgages west of 82nd Avenue."
This has already happened, and by the way, who cares?  Not City Hall or any other hipsters who refuse to acknowledge that the majority of Portlanders DO LIVE east of 82nd now and as a population are underrepresented and disregarded by the city.  And facing increased traffic caused by the hipster inflow.   Not everyone can ride bikes year round  to work, school and  family activities.  
Portland needs  a city council  comprised of geographic representation, not west siders and urbanites who only go east to get to PDX. 
As for worrying about making it easier to fire "bad cops,"  that bogus.  The city should support the  grossly underfunded police and 911,  both of which are  dealing with the same staffing levels from 20+ years ago --despite a doubling of the population.  Its not good, and when those 20+ year public servants start retiring, look out.