Priorities

Community Safety

Everyone deserves to feel safe—not only from violence, but from the economic, social, and environmental conditions that fuel violence in the first place. Safety is the foundation for a thriving life.

We must expand our investments in innovative solutions that we know work, such as Portland Street Response, as well as build partnerships with community-based organizations to above all reduce gun violence, hate crimes, domestic violence, and dangerous traffic conditions.

Shelter and Housing

We didn’t get to our current housing crisis overnight. A lot of factors brought us to where we currently are, and it is going to take dedicated collaboration and work to get us to where we need to be as a city and a region.

As City Councilor, I will work with my colleagues to use all the tools in our toolkit to build shelters with wraparound services that meet our unhoused neighbors’ needs, and collaborate with partners—community, county, region, state, federal, and industry—to achieve our permanent housing goals.

Climate Action

We need less talk about our climate emergency and more action. Our climate crisis is killing Portlanders, such as in my zipcode in Lents, which experienced more deaths than any other zipcode during the 2021 heat dome. Extreme weather, increasing wildfires, and more frequent floods are a few examples of the growing climate crisis.

I am a lifelong climate advocate, and I will continue to advocate for growing our tree canopy, to support the work of the Portland Clean Energy Fund to guide our city to a just transition, and to invest in active and resilient transportation choices.

Building Better Government

East Portland has long been left behind in terms of investment and involvement. A better government means that we respect community members by engaging all of us in decisions in a meaningful way that honors our time and effort.

From day one in office, I will ensure that our transition to a new coordinated bureau system centers accountability and transparency, and that East Portlanders can both decide and track how their tax dollars are spent and how we are moving forward on our shared priorities.