Councilor Green's Policy Action Areas

Councilor Green, Housing and Permitting vice chair, said, "One thing I will get done in office is advancing bold policies to take Portland in a new direction and to enable growth. We need to build housing, but we also need to do rent control. We need to do social housing, have tenant governance, and displacement policies. That's managed growth. We can do it all."

Title: Direct City Administrator to develop accelerated timeline for the Inner Eastside Area Planning Project and identify future area planning and zoning actions to advance housing production goals

Introduced By: Councilor Angelita Morillo; Councilor Mitch Green; Councilor Candace Avalos

Document Number: 2026-106

Portland City Council commits to housing expansion

Keep Portland Housed (Ordinance) - April 2026

"This is a generational opportunity to use these one-time dollars to set ourselves on a path towards truly affordable housing for all," said Councilor Green. "This package includes significant investments in programs proven to keep people housed now, and represents a major step towards a social housing model that can address our affordability crisis in the long-term."

Title: Adopt a supplemental budget for the Portland Housing Bureau for FY 2025-26

Document number: 2026-125

Introduced by: Councilor Angelita Morillo; Councilor Mitch Green; Councilor Candace Avalos; Council President Jamie Dunphy

Historic "Keep Portland Housed" Package

Creating a Committee of the Whole (Ordinance) - February 2026

Title: Amend Council Committee Code to allow for the creation of a Council Committee of the Whole (amend Code Section 3.02.050)

Ordinance 192147

Introduced By: Councilor Sameer Kanal; Councilor Mitch Green; Council President Jamie Dunphy

Document Number: 2026-071

Effective Date: March 27, 2026

Passed as Amended: February 25, 2026

First reading: February 19, 2025

Oversight Hearing for Unspent Housing Funds (Resolution) - February 2026

Title: Require City Administrator to release public records in reference to unspent surplus funds and schedule an oversight hearing

Resolution 37734

Introduced By: Councilor Mitch Green; Councilor Angelita Morillo; Councilor Candace Avalos

Document Number: 2026-046

Adopted as Amended: February 4, 2026

Detention Facility Impact Fee (Ordinance) - January 2026

Title: Add Detention Facility Impact Fee Code to ensure fair cost sharing in high-impact land uses and to reduce burden on Portland taxpayers (add Code Chapter 5.80)

Ordinance 192127

Introduced By: Councilor Angelita Morillo; Councilor Mitch Green

Document Number: 2025-429

Effective Date: January 2, 2026

Passed as Amended: December 3, 2025

First reading: November 19, 2025

Ban predatory AI rent-setting algorithms (Ordinance) - November 2025

Title: Amend Affordable Housing Code to add prohibition of anti-competitive rental practices including the sale and use of algorithmic devices (add Code Section 30.01.088)

Ordinance 192122

Introduced By: Councilor Angelita Morillo; Councilor Tiffany Koyama Lane; Councilor Mitch Green

Document Number: 2025-045

Effective Date: February 17, 2026

Passed as Amended: November 19, 2025

First reading: November 12, 2025

Reaffirm Council commitment to the Vision Zero Action Plan and convene a cross-bureau Vision Zero Task Force (Resolution)

Title: Reaffirm Council commitment to the Vision Zero Action Plan and convene a cross-bureau Vision Zero Task Force

Resolution 37716

Document Number: 2025-204

Introduced By: Councilor Tiffany Koyama Lane; Councilor Angelita Morillo; Councilor Olivia Clark; Councilor Mitch Green; Councilor Loretta Smith; Councilor Sameer Kanal

Adopted: September 17, 2025

Adopt the annual budget of the City and establish appropriations for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025 and ending June 30, 2026 (Ordinance) - June 2025

Title: Adopt the annual budget of the City and establish appropriations for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025 and ending June 30, 2026

Ordinance 192070

Introduced By: Mayor Keith Wilson

Document Number: 2025-240

Passed as Amended: June 18, 2025

First reading: June 11, 2025

Councilor Green Budget Amendments and Notes (Passed):

Green 2: Motion to Amend the Budget to Invest in the James Beard Public Market
Green 4: Motion to Amend the Budget to Transfer Council Office Funds to FY 2025–26 for District 4 Pedestrian Safety Projects
Green 9: Motion to Amend the Budget to Reduce External Materials and Services Spending and add funding for Housing, Arts, and Operational Capacity. Reductions in EMS spending through Green 9 enabled the following budget amendments to be funded:
- Green 3: Fund Portland Street Response Program Evaluation at $200,000
- Green 6: Provide one-time grant to Portland Center Stage at $200,000
- Clark 2: Critical Energy Infrastructure Hub Staffing at $170,000
- Dunphy 2: Fund Arts Economic Development at $365,000
- Kanal 4: Funding for Community Centers, Aquatics, the Portland Tennis Center PM hours, and Alternative Community Service at $265,000
- Kanal 4: Restoring funding for 1 Parks Service Dispatcher at $130,000
- Morillo 9: Restore analyst positions in the City Budget Office at $350,000
Green 10: Budget Note to Direct Oversight of External Materials and Services Reduction
Green 12: Budget Note for Anti-Displacement Task Force