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My budget amendments preserve key emergency and fire safety personnel, advance pathways to housing, and invest in hygiene and workforce development - weigh in by Monday, May 18th, 2026.
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We'll be dedicating all day Monday, May 18th to public testimony– it will be the final chance to give it this budget season. Below, you'll find information on my budget amendments, sample testimony, and links to sign up for verbal and written testimony.
Portland Fire and Rescue First, Green 1 (Did Not Pass)
It's unacceptable to cut the nearest fire engine to the Critical Energy Infrastructure Hub, particularly as we head into a hot, dry summer. Portland Fire and Rescue First restores frontline emergency and fire safety personnel and services by trimming managerial bloat across city bureaus.
The amendment protects and restores union jobs that deliver core services that the Mayor's proposed budget eliminated:
- Fire Station 22: Fully reverses cuts that would eliminate the fire engine and reduce on-duty firefighters
- Advanced Life Support (ALS) Rescue Units: Reverses half of the cuts to ALS services.
This delivers on years of demands from organized labor to stop the replacement of workers who deliver services with excess layers of highly paid administration.
Yes Votes:
- Councilor Kanal
- Councilor Avalos
- Councilor Morillo
- Councilor Dunphy
- Council Green
- Councilor Koyama-Lane
No Votes:
- Councilor Clark
- Councilor Zimmerman
- Councilor Ryan
- Councilor Smith
- Councilor Pirtle-Guiney
- Councilor Novick
Proven Pathways to Housing, Green 2 (Did not pass)
Redirects $3 million from the current dysfunctional shelter budget to support and expand democratically governed micro-villages - compact communities where residents participate in leadership and decision-making. Villages that incorporate democratic decision making consistently deliver better housing outcomes, higher resident satisfaction, and better relationships with surrounding neighborhoods.
Proven Pathways to Housing would fund the current shelter model for only three more months, placing the remainder of the city's shelter budget into a set-aside fund to map a direct route to a more humane, evidence-based model.
Submit testimony
"Please pass Councilor Green 2 and 3, Care Package, to invest in public bathrooms, laundry service, litter collection, workforce development, and dignified cost-effective pathways to housing. These evidence-based pathways care for both Portlanders and public spaces. It's time for the current harmful shelter model to end, and this is a safe and sensible transition to get us there."
Sanitation, Hygiene, and Workforce Development, Green 3 (PASSED)
Redirects $1 million from the city's homeless sweeps budget into programs that provide basic hygiene, public sanitation, and workforce development programs. These include public bathrooms, free laundry services, and low-barrier job opportunities that meet people where they are. We can address basic sanitation, and we can do it in a way that respects our shared humanity.
Submit testimony
"Please pass Councilor Green 2 and 3, Care Package, to invest in public bathrooms, laundry service, litter collection, workforce development, and dignified cost-effective pathways to housing. These evidence-based pathways care for both Portlanders and public spaces. It's time for the current harmful shelter model to end, and this is a safe and sensible transition to get us there."
Core-Services Realignment Pause, Morillo-Green-Novick 1 (Did not pass)
Support the Core Services Realignment Pause, a decision package that gives a one-year pause on eliminating 46 frontline FTE positions which was proposed in the mayor's budget. This amendment would use $3.25M of the Business License Tax operating reserve to fund the pause, while committing to a worker-centered review process.
Submit Testimony
"Do not cut front-line workers. Please vote yes Morillo-Green-Novick 1, which will put a pause on eliminating 46 front-line positions. Protect the people who keep our community running and invest in the services residents rely on every day."