​Education &
Schools

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• Consistently supported school budgets and public education initiatives

• Backed Portland’s largest school bond to rebuild public schools

• Opposed efforts to cut 1.2 million from underfunded classrooms​

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Housing &
Homelessness

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

• Supported cooperative housing models and provided related resources

• Backed creation of the Social Housing Advisory Committee

• Supported affordable housing mandates on 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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Environment &
Public Health

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

• Supported a ban on harmful pesticides despite pesticide industry opposition

• Worked to close environmental loopholes still exploited by polluters

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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 the Office of Community and Civic Engagement

• 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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