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
Deep gratitude to community members and policymakers, including Reps Jones Isadore and tran, who helped pass House Bill 4100, which ensure polluters, not taxpayers, are liable for any cleanup and remediation at their oil terminals after an earthquake or a natural disaster. #DisasterResilience
Thank you to everybody who came to our post-session town hall last night. #orleg
Thanks for attending last night, Brian!
Learn more about Senate Bill 1567, which sets up a $20 million Construction Revolving Loan Fund to build more market-rate and affordable homes all over the state of Oregon. #orleg
Thank you so much to Cassie Wilson and 1000 Friends of Oregon for inviting me on to their series Transit Talks. 🚍
https://loom.ly/nBENozQ
This is tonight! Hope to see you at APANO. Not too late to RSVP:
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Thank you to @counciloravalos.bsky.social, @councilormorillo.bsky.social and @councilorgreen.bsky.social for sponsoring the Resolution to advance the Inner Eastside for All plan, and thank you to @pnwelcome.bsky.social for pushing for more homes across the City of Portland.
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
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
After 6 sessions, I still feel awed to participate in this 250 year old experiment in democracy. It's not a given and we must fight to protect it. In these short 5 weeks, we advanced key policies on housing, immigrant rights and democracy defense - and have much more work ahead. #orpol #orleg
SB 1521 provides greater flexibility and more stringent funding requirements for inclusionary zoning programs in the greater Portland area.
This is a bipartisan victory ensuring Oregon continues to build more homes available to a wider range of income levels.
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And our Law Enforcement Accountability and Visibility Act (HB 4138)! 🎉
🎉 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
Thank you for all your help, Chair Avalos.
What a joy to welcome my constituent Oriana Korol and the Unpresidented Brass Band to the Capitol this session and celebrate our right to protest with music, creativity, and courage in the face of devastating assaults on our immigrant communities. #iceout #orleg #orpol
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. https://loom.ly/6GqJ-Ko
Thank you Salem high students for showing up strong for our communities, our families, our neighbors today! I can't think of a better way to end a week that brought important parts of Oregon's immigrant justice package forward. Take action at the link in my bio. Sí, se puede! #orleg #orpol #iceout
Shoutout to @sightline.org's @andersem.bsky.social, who just testified in support of SB 1521 to reform and fully fund inclusionary zoning, to the House Rules committee this afternoon.
Multiple bills endorsed by PNW are continuing to move forward ahead of the end of the legislative session. #orleg
Public education is a cornerstone of our democracy and public schools are the places in our neighborhoods where families access so many vital services and connections. Celebrating passage of the OR federal tax disconnect bill, but we need to do more. I'll be in this fight with you. #orleg #orpol
If Big Tech wants to build here, it should be on Oregon’s terms — strengthening our state – and without another blank check from Oregonians.
Let the Governor's Data Center Advisory Committee know what you think should guide our state's policies around data centers:
https://loom.ly/7YYjsqA
Join me in giving your public comment at the Governor’s new Data Center Advisory Committee first public meeting this Friday! This committee's decisions will shape our economy, water, air, and ability to fund essential services for decades to come. Take action here! https://loom.ly/7YYjsqA
This passed the Oregon Senate on Friday, 21-6, with all Democrats and 4 Republicans in favor.
External issues have led to some process hurdles for but thanks to Speaker @repfahey.bsky.social it’s headed to House Rules, then hopefully to the House floor.
@trimet.org’s 72 bus route is the busiest in the state.
I’m lifting up the work of @repthuytran.bsky.social + @repwillychotzen.bsky.social to support $3 million from the legislature to transform a car-centered, dangerous state highway to a safe and welcoming neighborhood street.
🚍 ACTION ALERT! 🚍
82nd Avenue is East Portland's Main Street, and our community deserves frequent and reliable transit.
Join me and Representative Thuy Tran in asking the legislature to fund full Business Access and Transit Lanes on 82nd Avenue: #orleg #orpol
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Oregon, I hear you loud and clear. NOW is the time to make sure Oregon legislators hear your voices of support too. Take action to protect our communities from ICE violence, submit testimony, and send your emails here: https://loom.ly/2kwctyI #orleg #OrPol
My A11 amendment--which would have made data centers & crypto currency mining operations ineligible for these tax breaks--failed, but the fight's not over, for econ devt that nurtures OREGON-based businesses, with long-term family-wage jobs, rooted in our state.
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Heartfelt thanks to everyone who came worked for the last three years as part of our Protect Oregon Journalism coalition to support the Oregon Journalism Protection Act.
While our bill won't be continuing this session, I am committed to carrying this work forward with your support. #orleg #orpol
10 years ago at an APANO Lobby Day with 100 other APANO members advocating for #OurFamiliesOurHealth and housing justice, I never imagined I'd be the State Senator welcoming our community to the Capitol. It's inspiring to imagine the next generation of leaders in our hallways today! #orpol #orleg
