Voters renew PCC bond

Voters on Nov. 7 approved a $185 million bond measure at Portland Community College. Measure 26-196, which was endorsed by the Northwest Oregon Labor Council and many unions, captured nearly 58 percent of the vote. The measure does not increase the tax rate because it is a renewal of an expiring bond. The money will be used to finance the renovation of PCC’s workforce training facility in the Cully neighborhood and expand the health technology building at its Sylvania campus.