The initiative—created by 350PDX, the Sierra Club, environmental lawyer Brent Foster and the NAACP of Portland—is about to begin gathering signatures to qualify for the November ballot. Called the Portland Clean Energy Fund, it's a tax of 1 percent on Portland revenues of businesses with more than $1 billion in annual sales nationally if they do at least $500,000 worth of business in the city. The money would go to fund renewable energy projects like solar panels and community food gardens.