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Homelessness​

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• Supported proven Housing-First solutions to homelessness, cooperative housing models and related resources

• As Chair of the City Council Housing Committee, directed millions of dollars from the City’s Housing Trust Fund to create new affordable housing

• Voted for all four LD2003 amendments to update, reform and simplify zoning to allow for more housing development.

• Opposed relocating the homeless shelter six miles from downtown to a residential neighborhood

• Supported the creation of the Social Housing Task Force to accellerate housing production

• Supported affordable housing mandates for housing developers

• Supported limits and fees on short term rentals like Airbnb to mitigate community impact

• Opposed zoning and development policies favoring corporate interests over neighborhood needs​​​

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Health, Safety &
Environment

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• Wrote and passed a resolution opposing unsafe, illegal ICE activity and demanded that we investigate ways to protect our residents

• Supported programs to ensure proper disposal of needles, which reduced needles in public by over 50% in less than one year

• Helped to bring USL Soccer to Portland, and funded renovations to Fitzpatrick Stadium to support the Hearts of Pine

• Consistently backed climate policies protecting Portland’s waterfront and increasing resilience against climate change

• Supported a ban on harmful pesticides despite pesticide industry opposition

• Worked to close environmental loopholes still exploited by polluters

 

​Education &
Schools

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• Consistently supported school budgets and public education initiatives

• Successfully campaigned to repair four of Portland's oldest schools with a citizen bond initiative

• Opposed efforts to cut $1.2 million from underfunded classrooms

• Restored trust and collaboration between the City Council, School Board and Portland Public Schools

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Workers’ Rights & Economic Equity

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• Supported universal paid sick leave for all Portland workers

• Championed reform of corporate welfare to ensure publicly funded housing businesses pay livable wages

• Supported the minimum wage campaign leading to Portland’s current policy

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Democracy, Civic & Political Engagement

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• Championed and supported Portland’s Clean Elections initiative

• Advocated for creation of office of Civic & Community Engagement to improve collaboration between City Hall and residents

• Supported police body cameras for transparency and accountability

• Led successful effort to ban facial recognition technology in Portland and influenced a statewide law

• Co-chaired the Racial Equity Steering Committee producing strong equity recommendations now implemented internally

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