Mayor Keith Wilson has called for 700 managers and supervisors to make a full-time return to their worksites in downtown Portland by April 2025, as part of a strategy to end unsheltered homelessness and make Portland a safe,

The move comes after an earlier return-to-office proposal floated by Wilson received pushback, prompting him to backtrack on that plan.

New Portland Mayor Keith Wilson is using his first weeks in office to mandate all city government managers and supervisors to return to in-person work full-time starting in April. The change will affect roughly 700 employees who have been working remotely or hybrid.