Tomorrow my office is hosting a community resource fair from 11-2 at the Mt. Scott Community Center! Come grab some food, play some games, and get access from everything from legal services to household energy efficiency supplies! All ages welcome 💜

If I were a congressional legislator, or aspiring to be one, I would simply tell voters each day that Trump has raised the cost of gas, food, housing by serious margins just by daily blunder. And I would tie anyone refusing to check his power as party to those blunders. List the numbers, name names.

PCC Board of Directors: I'm asking you to do the right thing and step in and repair the damage that Dr. Benning's administration has done to labor relations at the college. @pccffap.bsky.social and PCCFCE make this institution run and deserve contracts that have a COLA that meets the moment ✊🎓👷‍♀️

Amen to this. Looking forward to serving on the Housing & Permitting Committee under your leadership, Councilor.

Happy St. Patrick's Day, New York.

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

A new proposal led by four Portland city councilors to spend unbudgeted housing dollars includes spending on several novel proposals, like a “rent buydown” plan to help erase debt accrued by affordable housing providers & a social housing strategy to purchase property for publicly-owned housing.

I’m pretty frustrated that I’ve learned about the details of this process by reading the news. Gotta say that I am concerned that a junket hosted by our counterparty in the deal is shaping our approach to the deal.

Good morning, Portland! Today, the Climate, Resilience, and Land Use Committee is considering our resolution to advance Inner Eastside for All that I’m leading with @councilormorillo.bsky.social and @councilorgreen.bsky.social! Watch here:

Had this been distributed as unrestricted grants to each state in proportion to population, this would have plugged 49% of the budget gap for ODOT. In just one week. Caveat emptor, napkin math, etc.

"In this case, it was a matter of high interest rates and lenders’ demands that the developer put up substantial equity of its own to access financing for the project."

Hundreds of you rallied and marched this past Saturday! Now, it's time to mobilize for a strike! 🪧 Please head to the picket lines tomorrow (Wednesday, March 11th) at 10:30am (all campuses) when Portland Community College Staff and Faculty plan to WALK OUT! 💙Info: www.pccstrike.com

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It’s going to be a wet week out on our roads. Stay safe and consider taking transit to work. It’s sustainable, safe and pushes back against fossil fuel dependence.

Great reporting and a good opportunity to reup for the public that my office has produced a series of reports, documents and letters that makes the economic case for why it's such a crucial program, while debunking claims or intimations that the tax was driving people out of the county.

Excellent morning for a bike ride into work. A little wet but nothing good gear can’t solve. Far better than sitting in traffic imo

ACTION ALERT: Support an Inner Eastside for All! We need your written testimony to support a resolution that would speed up the re-legalization of building apartments in Portland's high opportunity and amenity-rich Inner Neighborhoods! portlandneighborswelcome.org/ie4a-resolut...

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.

For those of you following on with the unbudgeted housing funds work session, we have been talking in reference to a one-pager* that mine and @councilormorillo.bsky.social offices developed ahead of this session. Here's that link. * it's two sided

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No, they should channel their anger into getting challengers lined up to primary incumbents who refuse to fight like our futures aren’t on the line.

While I wish frequency and connections were better, I do like this transit center. Can you tell which one it is?

The trash that occupies the White House (and any legislator failing to act to stop him) is bombing children in Iran. This is intolerable. The time for mass mobilization is now. Join an org, get into the streets, contact your reps. No war on Iran.

At the regular Council meeting this morning, during public comment, Tyler Fellini of @jwjpdx.bsky.social noted that the Mayor suggested that the 1/31 teargassing of Portlanders by the feds at the ICE Out Labor Rally was justified by the actions of a few. It was completely unjustified.

We heard the first pitch for Councilor Novick's office on abolishing sandwich board permits (endorse). Therein Spencer made the claim that hotdogs are a sandwich (also endorse). I told the public that I, conveniently, have a model that establishes that fact and I have read that into the record

East Portland: I want to hear about your budget priorities! We’re starting to ramp up discussions about the FY 26-27 budget, and your voices will help inform future investments, policies, and services in your neighborhood.

This is tomorrow. Hope to you see you there! RSVP below crm.nonprofiteasy.com/6452/Pages/E...

The FY26-27 Budget Season has begun. The city will kick off the first stage of public engagement with a virtual budget listening session tonight from 6-7:30PM. Info on what to expect and how to join is posted here:

This morning's newsletter is all about that $106MM in unspent housing dollars. Sharing that here as well in case you haven't signed up yet (you should)

When Border Patrol shot two immigrants in Portland, they claimed they had ties to gangs. The Guardian later wrote a story exposing those claims as a smear campaign, but the narrative was regurgitated by city leadership that took DHS at their word. Now we see the true agitators in Eugene were DHS.

If you haven’t already signed up for our newsletter, please consider doing so. We’ve got an important update to share tomorrow regarding our oversight work and how best to approach our public dollars for housing.

Now that bs has a drafts feature just want to remind everyone of this sage bit of wisdom

Grateful to @councilorgreen.bsky.social and @counciloravalos.bsky.social for staying the course to look into this while we were being actively discouraged from passing this oversight resolution. Public dollars are precious, and public trust is even more precious. We can’t afford to lose it.

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While I’m alarmed at the sheer scale of unbudgeted funds in the PHB sub funds, I think the City Administrator’s memo today meets the mark in terms of responsiveness and transparency. It tells us the unvarnished truth that a serious problem exists and acknowledges need for audits.

Federal officers in Portland have been blocked from directing or using “chemical or projectile munitions,” including pepper balls, tear gas and other crowd control munitions at protesters outside the ICE facility.

If City Council does not have an accurate an reliable accounting of funds to make decisions for what services we save and cut, we cannot do our jobs. Council must exercise our oversight powers to prevent this from happening again, and I will strongly support Councilor Green’s oversight resolution.

I’ve met him. He’s a constituent of mine and spends his time and resources caring for those who need help, especially those who have been victims of assault by our Fed government and other fascists. This person is no more leader of antifa than you and I are.

Finally got a chance to read this. I really appreciate these proposals and largely agree. I’m actively working on the first item (IE4A, stay tuned). For item three, I tend to agree with the “gotta make the case to voters” on social housing frame. But, I’m thinking of it from the existing stock lens

Obviously unsettling to learn about even more unaccounted for funds especially during a period of fiscal strain for households and the city alike. This is precisely why I filed a resolution to initiate formal oversight proceedings in December. We’ll take that up on Wednesday.

There is no place for tear gas (or any indiscriminate chemical weapons) in Portland. I am working on legislation preventing its use, storage, or possession in City limits. This will be a multi-month process, but you can make it go faster by convincing swing-vote Councilors to support it. 1/4

“ICE must be abolished, and it will be.” Events like yesterday bring us closer to this truth. What I saw with my eyes was thousands of people united in solidarity against this stain on our country, and then their children were assaulted with chemical weapons. That’s not something you move on from.

Mayor Wilson has now indicated he will expedite the rule making process for the Detention Facility Impact Fee. I am grateful for that. We also need District Attorney Nathan Vasquez to outline how he plans to hold ICE agents accountable for the unlawful use of tear gas against a group of families.

If your children got tear gassed today I want to hear from you, even if you don’t live in my district. You can contact my office at [email protected]

Portland Mayor Keith Wilson: "Our nation will never accept a federal presence where agents wield deadly force against the very people they are sworn to serve." www.portland.gov/mayor/keith-...

I've seen videos of the indiscriminate use of tear gas on a large crowd that was clearly peaceful and filled with Portlanders of all ages, and well off the macadam facility. We banned tear gas for a reason. I join Councilor Green in calling for enforcement of our laws.

I just got tear gassed along with thousands of union members, many of whom had their families with them. Federal agents at the ICE facility tear gassed children. We must abolish ICE, DHS, and we must have prosecutions. I expect to see enforcement of our city code prohibiting the use of tear gas.

Next week council will hear this oversight resolution. The item has been noticed, but will require an amendment to adjust some dates to ensure there is adequate time to engage in the fact finding necessary to aid in Council's legislative functions.