+2 @tinakotek.bsky.social, pauses new data centers on state-owned land
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0 for the Oregon Legislature, who authorized $120M for 2026 wildfire suppression and response costs
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Who moved Oregon forward this week? | August 30–September 5, 2026
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+3 Tobias Read; Oregon Legislature, added ballot safeguards amid Postal Service uncertainty
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-1 Home Forward, Raising rent burdens on low-income households
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#HomeForward #PortlandHousing #AffordableHousing #Section8 #HousingAffordability #LowIncomeHousing #Portland #OregonHousing #OregonPolitics #GovernmentAccountability #OregonRainmakers

+1 U.S. HUD / Department of Justice, pushed Multnomah County to stop giving extra housing-priority points for race and identity linked factors

#MultnomahCounty #Portland #HousingPolicy #Homelessness #FairHousing #CivilRights #HousingEquity #HUD #DOJ #OregonPolitics #OregonRainmakers

+1 Oregon Investment Council; Elizabeth Steiner, plans to reduce PERS private equity from 23% to 19%
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Corporations and wealthy people hire lobbyists. What if Oregonians hired professional lobbyists for specific policy changes we actually want?
See the proposals and tell us what you’d fund: www.oregonrainmakers.com/take-action
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Who moved Oregon forward this week? | August 23–29, 2026
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-2 City of Independence, fenced off city parks amid funding dispute
+1 Friends of Community Parks, provided $30k to reopen two parks
#Oregon #IndependenceOregon #CityOfIndependence #OregonPolitics #LocalGovernment #PublicParks #CommunityParks #GovernmentAccountability #PublicSpending