The Oregon legislature failed to pass a comprehensive transportation package in 2025, and now TriMet and transit agencies across the state are beginning to face massive cuts to service. It's imperative we restore and expand transit service in the 2027 legislative session. https://loom.ly/RoS4Syk

I wrote a guest blog post for @pdxforall.bsky.social sharing why I'm voting YES on Measure 120 this May. #orpol https://www.portlandforall.org/news/passing-measure-120-would-help-minimize-cuts-to-trimet-transit-agencies-across-oregon

Spent the sunny afternoon surrounded by community celebrating the fight for economic justice and protection of immigrants' rights. Thanks to all who helped organize events around the state. Happy May Day!

This May Day, I'm eager to uplift this fantastic article in the Salem Statesman-Journal written about my constituent, colleague and friend Reyna Lopez. https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/local/2026/04/26/reyna-lopez-leader-oregon-farmworker-union-pcun/89757638007/

‘White Female Mamdani’ Mayor of Seattle Caught Blowing Taxpayer Money on Personal Limousine: tinyurl.com/3n2k7jsv

When immigrant rights are under attack, what do we do? STAND UP!! FIGHT BACK!! May Day is especially important this year. Consider showing up in support of economic justice and immigrant communities by attending one of these rallies tomorrow: https://loom.ly/LOg2T-M

Rep. @justinjpearson.bsky.social : “This is an attack on Black political power. To take away our representation.”

Our immigration system is cruel, chaotic, and broken. In Dilley, I met dozens of families desperate for help because they have done nothing wrong and are suffering in prison while the system fails to function. These families, these children, are not a threat.

Black women are up to 3 times more likely to die in childbirth than white mothers, but the systemic and racist drivers of these terrible outcomes can be changed. Proud of my friend Roberta Hunte for her leadership in educating, organizing, and advocating for these changes.

One thing is clear: we need to be building more affordable and accessible homes for current and future Oregonians available at all ages, wages and stages of life. 🏘️ #orpol

Good morning! My interview with Dan Jaffee on KBOO's Old Mole Variety Hour airs at 9am this morning - tune in to hear my thoughts on how the Oregon legislature is responding to the grave threat posed by the looming Trump tax bill. Tune in on 91.7fm in Portland or online: 📻 https://loom.ly/TjugLzo

As this New York Times article shows, transportation is an affordability issue. If policymakers want to address Oregon's rising cost-of-living, it's critical that the 2027 transportation package prioritize making it easier to get around without needing to own a car. #orleg https://loom.ly/GaJbgS4

Oregon must build more homes for Oregonians at all ages, wages and stages of life. Thank you to Governor @tinakotek.bsky.social for signing these bills to help make it easier to build more homes across the state. https://loom.ly/Pl2DzHE

This world is still beautiful and worth fighting for. Happy Earth Day!

Wow. SCOTUS’s “shadow docket” was first established to stop the Clean Power Plan. It’s remarkable how many assaults on democracy, or at least on established process, over the last decade have served to protect fossil-fuel interests from the energy transition. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...

It’s all well and good for tech leaders to endorse UBI. But it feels convenient to only focus on a distant political prospect. The GOP, right now, is doing reverse-UBI (work requirements on SNAP). It’d be nice to hear more objections to that.

I joined state legislators from 27 states calling for Trump's impeachment and removal from office and for Congress to enforce its constitutional war powers. #NoWar #DueProcess #Impeach #NoKings https://housedems.com/over-200-legislators-sign-statement-amid-escalating-war-with-iran/

A historic number of Senators voted to stop the transfer of bulldozers and bombs to the Israeli military tonight. And we will continue to grow and get louder until we have stopped arming Israel. Fund people, not bombs. Stop arming Israel.

The Keep Portland Housed amendment to the TAO (technical adjustment ordinance) passed!! Portland has a historic social housing and revolving loan fund!! Thank you to my cosponsors @councilorgreen.bsky.social @counciloravalos.bsky.social and @councilordunphy.bsky.social 💓

Woohoo! Congrats to @pnwelcome.bsky.social and everyone who labored for years to make this vision for "4 floors and a corner store" possible!

On Yom HaShoah, the reading of Holocaust victims’ names claims the power of humanizing the lives lost to Hitler's regime of Nazi fascism. As we face rising antisemitism and war mongering one antidote to the desensitizing overwhelm and violence is affirming one another's inherent human dignity.

Dear god. Very, very serious allegations of mass civil rights violations at the State of Florida's Everglades immigration detention center (officially known as "Alligator Alcatraz").

On Wednesday next week at 5pm, we’re rallying to support a resolution to accelerate the planning process for the Inner Eastside Area Planning Project, potentially delivering an Inner Eastside upzoning a year or more sooner than the current timeline for the project. But how did we get here? 🧵

This is horrific. A U.S. citizen describes the facility in Arizona that her husband was brought to while he waited to be put on a deportation flight. Dozens of people were crammed into tiny cells, there was a "chain of people vomiting" from filthy toilets, no medical care, and only one meal per day.

Hungarians showing how to win big in an unfair election: organize AND protest AND vote AND demand profound change.

We are making Oregon safer and welcoming for all our neighbors. In the face of authoritarianism, we won't let violence against our communities and violations of our Constitution go unchecked. We will protect us and come through the other side of this together. #orleg #orpol https://loom.ly/dF1Ezl8

I had a blast joining Friends of Trees and APANO for a planting event in the Jade District last weekend. 🌳 Please add your name to our petition to create a new Jade District Park and increase greenspace in one of the City's most park deficient areas. Sign the petition: https://loom.ly/G6Hb138

PCEF funds are not a slush fund. PCEF funds are for climate action. They are for environmental justice – for helping the communities I represent in East Portland. We should not be bending the rules to fund projects that were never part of that promise, or we risk losing the public’s trust.

I was proud to join the CEI Task Force to call on the City and State to decentralize Oregon's fuel storage and keep our entire state safe in the event of a disaster. We've made progress, passing HB 4100 this session, but we can't risk waiting any longer. #orpol #orleg https://loom.ly/OhrzJWk

It's Trans Day of Visibility and to my transgender friends, neighbors, constituents and community, I see you! I see your courage to live whole heartedly in this world, in the face of violence and cruelty, and I pledge to continue to fight for the rights, protections, and dignity we all deserve.

Maintaining and expanding housing affordability must be one of our key strategies for local and statewide economic development. Thrilled to see Portland's Residential Infill Project get coverage in the Washington Post this week: https://bsky.app/profile/washingtonpost.com/post/3mhduc6r65j2l

V disturbing to hear that someone entered a local mosque in my district & yelled death threats at worshippers. No one should ever feel unsafe or targeted because of their faith. In a time of rising anti-Muslim rhetoric, I urge law enforcement to investigate this incident as a potential hate crime.

If only they had invented some sort of large vehicle that takes groups of people places they need to be at a relatively low price, guess our only option is to fund automated single occupancy cars 😔

Thank you to everybody who came to our post-session town hall last night. #orleg

It’s imperative that policymakers in both states continue to push back against an oversized, bloated project and demand that ODOT propose and deliver a right-sized bridge with a right-sized budget that doesn’t bankrupt our state. #orpol #orleg

If Oregon policymakers are serious about addressing cost-of-living concerns and ensuring Oregon is an affordable place for all to live, we simply must invest a transportation system that provides alternatives to car dependency. #orleg https://loom.ly/NEcn57E

Shout out to @senkhanhpham.bsky.social and @councilorgreen.bsky.social for supporting PCC workers on the picket lines this morning. We're holding it down on Day 3! #PCCstrike #WeFixPCC

Today, I joined the picket line of striking faculty, academic professionals, and classified employees at Portland Community College. I proudly support these committed workers who make PCC such a vibrant learning community and urge PCC to settle a fair contract soon. #solidarity @pccffap.bsky.social

Right here on 82nd Ave, Kristle Delihanty & PDX Saints Love inspire us to see beyond the limits of our current challenges and envision a healthier, more loving, more just future. https://pdxsaintslove.org/donate KOIN spotlight: https://www.koin.com/news/portland/kristle-delihanty-pdx-saints-love/

Let’s discuss our wins, losses, concerns, and hopes for the interim and next session. Hope to see you Monday, March 16, at APANO—8188 SE Division St, Portland, OR 97206. RSVP here: https://qr.link/SxrKac #orpol #orleg

I am proud of the work we accomplished this session, and looking forward to taking our next steps together towards the Oregon I know we can build. #abetterOregonispossible #orpol #orleg

loved this quote from Senator Pham: “I believe in inclusionary zoning as a mechanism to economically integrate neighborhoods, not as a tax on all new housing.”

Now that I have some desk time, I'm going to expand this into a brief thread to lay out the basics of the proposal that we discussed today for spending this unbudgeted housing money.

🎉 Celebrating key bills from our democracy defense agenda crossing the finish line today! I was proud to chief sponsor the Strengthening Patient and Provider Privacy Act (HB 4088), Protect Your Door Act (HB 4114), and Anti-Discrimination Protections for Immigrant Workers (HB 4111). #orpol #orleg

It's a start! Thanks to the over 200 Oregonians who took action last week to testify or write to the governor's data center advisory council last week to make your voices heard! Because of your actions, we were able to win this 1.5 yr moratorium on data center tax breaks.

It's a start! Thank you, @djgrayber.bsky.social and the over 200 Oregonians who wrote/testified to the governor's data center advisory council last week to make your voices heard! Thanks to you, we were able to win this 1.5 yr moratorium on data center tax breaks! www.oregonlive.com/silicon-fore...

New reports are more than 100 Iranian schoolgirls are dead after Israeli & US bombs hit their school as classes began. These fascists want you to believe they are the good guys for mass murdering Iranian children. They were children. In school. And now they’re dead because of Trump & Netanyahu.

By waging war on Iran, the president is making it more likely that other countries will develop nuclear weapons—to protect themselves from the U.S. trib.al/cifN57t

Trump’s bombing of Iran is reckless and a direct threat to American and Iranian lives. Launching military strikes without congressional authorization or evidence of an imminent threat is not strength. It is an abuse of power. Tell your Members of Congress to put an immediate stop to this war.