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Daniel DeMelo

11 months

Please help us build our campaign to build a clean, safe, and engaged Portland — a Portland that's better for all of us. We Can Do Better. 🌹

I'm with DeMelo – Donate & Join!

We can do better, together. Contribute & build our movement.

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

7 months

Building a Max tunnel in the central city is a no-brainer. A tunnel allows faster commutes, brings affordable housing within reach, offers union jobs with fair wages, eases traffic, opens up downtown parking, and cuts greenhouse gas emissions. We Can Do Better.

Jarrett Walker

@humantransit

7 months

Portland: The east-west subway under downtown (for Blue and Red lines) is probably this region’s most worthwhile megaproject, apart from essential seismic work on bridges. Surface line thru downtown is much too slow to effectively connect E Portland to Wash Co jobs/opportunities

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

15 days

Proud to have earned the support of @reneforportland in my bid for Portland City Council. Backed by multiple mayoral candidates, I'm ready to tackle homelessness, strengthen public safety, and deliver the change our city needs. Together, we'll make Portland make sense.

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

8 months

Portland, we need to end our escalating and ongoing crisis of political violence. The celebration of the recent arson against the duly-elected @CommissionerRG reveals how urgently we need to re-assert our community's commitment to democracy and accountability. We Can Do Better.

Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

8 months

Terrorism is unacceptable. We must have no tolerance for those who are unaccountable to our democratic system and seek to use violence to subvert the will of the public. We Can Do Better.

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

8 months

Terrorism is unacceptable. We must have no tolerance for those who are unaccountable to our democratic system and seek to use violence to subvert the will of the public. We Can Do Better.

Maxine Bernstein

@maxoregonian

8 months

Family car torched at Portland Commissioner Rene Gonzalez’s home - ⁦ @catalinagaitan_ ⁩

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

1 year

Done! The Central City is underpopulated — it's no wonder that only 15% of my SE neighbors feel safe walking there at night. As Jane Jacobs shows, our neighbors keep us safe. Getting our downtown population density on par with Slabtown & Belmont would be huge:

Copmala Harris’ Strongest Soldier 🥥🌴🏈

@ShadowNeedsHelp

1 year

Hey! You know that huge committee for revitalizing downtown Portland? Well they have a survey; maybe you should fill it out and tell them that adding more housing is probably the best way to revitalize downtown. Will they listen? Probably not. But it's worth a try!

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

11 months

I'm a proud Kerns resident. My neighbors and I can walk from our apartments & homes to meet at coffeeshops, bars, grocery stores and cute stores. Every Portlander deserves the opportunity to live in a neighborhood like mine. I'm proud to support this effort to make that happen.

Portland: Neighbors Welcome

@PNWelcome

11 months

We're thrilled to formally launch our next big campaign: Inner Eastside for All. Our vision, co-signed today by 21 local institutions: making Portland's inner neighborhoods even better by re-legalizing street-scale apartment buildings on any lot.

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

1 month

‼️In other words, no Portlander will be booked into jail for the following offenses defined in City Code: 🏁 Street Takeovers 🚔 Unauthorized Use of Badges & Police Vehicles 🔫 Possessing a Loaded Firearm in a Public Place 💥 Unlawful Discharge of a Firearm Make it make sense.

Sophie Peel

@sophiegreenleaf

1 month

On Friday, Portland cops arrested a man for violating city's new camping rules. The Multnomah County Sheriff's Office refused to book him. The disconnect appears to come down to a misunderstanding of what the term "open booking" means. Wheeler mad.

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

2 months

🏳️‍🌈 Today I had the honor of helping break ground at Darcelle XV Plaza with @DanRyanPDX , @reneforportland , @NosseRob and @PDXParksandRec .

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

10 months

Portland deserves a municipal government that takes things seriously. We're a design-forward city: we should prefer Helvetica, Avenir or Garamond. We Can Do Better.

sacha!

@19Woodstock

10 months

Why did Portland BPS use Comic Sans in an official adopted ordinance 😭

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

1 month

The report: "The suburbs saw nearly twice the number of leases over 5,000 sq. ft. compared to downtown...office net absorption for the quarter remained negative for the 17th consecutive quarter." Downtown vacancy rate: 31.5%, highest in the nation.

Mitch Green for Portland City Council, District 4

@mitch4portland

1 month

There's a lot to gain by pushing a false "Downtown is Dead and in Shambles" narrative: favorable tax treatment for business and roll back on progressive values. But, it's just not true: Downtown office leasing is outpacing the suburbs. Let the evidence guide us, folks.

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

8 months

On the one hand, we urgently need more drug treatment facilities. On the other hand, @multco_johs has for six months refused to meet with its own Budget Advisory Committee, despite county code requiring our committee's participation in operational and strategic planning.

Sophie Peel

@sophiegreenleaf

8 months

If all goes to plan, the chic Lolo Pass Hotel on East Burnside will be turned into a 60-bed drug treatment facility using millions each from Multnomah County, the city of Portland and the Oregon Health Authority.

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

4 months

👀 In just two years Berkeley boosted its shelter capacity by more than 57% and saw a 45% reduction in unsheltered homelessness. Meanwhile, @multco_johs refuses to commit to any reduction in unsheltered homelessness over any timeline. We Can Do Better.

Darrell Owens

@IDoTheThinking

4 months

shocking homeless stats here for Berkeley. The latest count says homelessness is back at early 1990s levels! Nearly half of homelessness is sheltered which is way high for the West Coast.

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

5 months

This morning I will testify at Portland City Council about the proposed Joint Office Homelessness Response Action Plan – a plan that will commit us to spending more than a billion dollars to increase unsheltered homelessness. We Can Do Better.

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

1 month

A bit too on-the-nose to respond to a call for transparency in public meetings by suggesting the petitioner should have used a backchannel to access non-public information.

The Oregonian

@Oregonian

1 month

Jessica Vega Pederson blasts Portland chamber exec in voicemail over criticism of post-Measure 110 plans

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

3 months

This patronizing misuse of public funds highlights the widening gap between Portland's out-of-touch bureaucracy and the Portlanders it must serve. Portlanders deserve accountability. This is how shirking responsibility led us to spend $100k on breathing exercises:

Portland League of Pissed Off Voters

@PissedVotersPDX

3 months

1/" @PBOTinfo considers an outside facilitator necessary to keep a lid on meetings of the NW Parking Stakeholders Committee." Current one is being "paid $241/hour under a $98,000 two-year contract approved behind the scenes."

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

4 months

Unacceptable. These fees and inclusionary set-asides act as taxes on new housing, driving up costs. Economics 101: taxing discourages, subsidy encourages. Portland’s housing strategy is making housing more expensive for the middle class and reducing overall housing supply.

Shane Dixon Kavanaugh

@shanedkavanaugh

4 months

Oh. "Portland officials have taken millions of dollars intended to spur creation of affordable housing and instead used the money to cover bureaucratic costs."

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

6 months

I'm the chair of the committee this plan proposes to replace. For six months @multco_johs refused to meet with our committee after we released a damning report. Communication was only re-established after they proposed dissolving our committee. We Can Do Better.

Ryan Haas

@ryanjhaas

6 months

The plan's tangible first step is creating three new committees. I'm sure the public will love that. "Multnomah County, Portland present plan to halve unsheltered homelessness by 2026"

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

10 months

Portland has been in a declared "Housing State of Emergency" since 2015. But providing new housing is still arduous and inordinately expensive. Let's legalize housing. We Can Do Better.

Sean Fraser

@SeanFraserMP

10 months

A few days ago I used the phrase “legalize housing” and I saw that people had questions. The reality is, many cities and neighbourhoods don’t allow you to build the kinds of homes that are going to help solve the housing crisis. We’re working with cities to change that.

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

10 months

Thank you @PNWelcome and @bikeloudpdx for putting on this amazing tour. Portland needs more housing. District 3 needs more housing. And we have plenty of room to grow. We Can Do Better.

Portland: Neighbors Welcome

@PNWelcome

10 months

Wow! We had 40+ folks (including five candidates for city council) show up yesterday for our Inner Eastside for All bike ride with @bikeloudpdx . Portland needs more homes in our walkable, amenity-rich neighborhoods - and we can't wait to add more homes to the central eastside.

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

10 months

Good. Let's build one of these every weekend. We Can Do Better.

BikePortland

@BikePortland

10 months

Before and after pics to show how exposed that corner was for the past 7 years vs what it looks like now after a very simple and quick change. (before pic by BikePortland, after pic by @PBOTinfo )

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

1 month

I'm deeply honored to receive the endorsement of our local police union @PPAVigil , representing hundreds of 911 dispatchers, officers, sergeants, detectives and officers. This support reflects our shared vision for a safer Portland for all.

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

6 months

Every Portlander deserves to feel safe navigating our streets. Neglecting our responsibility to shelter our neighbors harms not only our 4,000 unsheltered neighbors but also our 147,000 neighbors with accessibility needs. We Can Do Better.

Tiana Tozer

@TianaTozer

6 months

Still dealing with accessibility issues.

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

11 months

This is beautiful. Let's build it. 🚲

BikePortland

@BikePortland

11 months

'Urban trails,' a bold plan for the next generation of Portland bikeways - Four talented local urban planners have worked on a side project for months. It's finally ready to share... (click photo for story)

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

3 months

As the Chair of the @multco_johs Community Budget Advisory Committee, I know how desperately our homelessness response system needs real accountability and transparency. I will speak before Council this morning to this effect.

Eric Fruits, Ph.D.

@ericfruits

3 months

The new IGA has no effective accountability provisions. Just a bunch of toothless advisory committees that will be stuffed with sycophants whose recommendations will be ignored ... like always. 6/8

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

3 months

Portland has failed to build the shelter system our crisis requires. I am committed to ending unsheltered homelessness within 2 years by: ⛺️ Building 3-4k "alternative campsites" to end unmanaged camping within 1 year 🛖 Building 3-4k "alternative shelters" over 2 years

Portland: Neighbors Welcome

@PNWelcome

3 months

PNW board member @kmahoneylaw has an op-ed in @portlandtrib today about addressing homelessness by providing support and housing, not handcuffs:

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

5 months

I will shortly provide this same testimony to the @multco Board of Commissioners.

Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

5 months

This morning I will testify at Portland City Council about the proposed Joint Office Homelessness Response Action Plan – a plan that will commit us to spending more than a billion dollars to increase unsheltered homelessness. We Can Do Better.

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

5 months

The so-called 'frontage improvement' scheme is little more than a covert and punitive tax, cynically targeting vulnerable new small businesses just as they are struggling to get off the ground. We Can Do Better.

KATU News

@KATUNews

5 months

A KATU Investigation found the city of Portland put expensive work requirements on a small business in order to get a building permit - despite many of those same improvements being included in and funded by an upcoming state project.

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

5 months

Portland is revising our camping ban after a judge struck it down without explanation (!?). Empowering the mayor to redraft the policy ensures swift action. The council can always revoke or alter this authority if needed. I'm committed to fair & lawful solutions for our city.

Sophie Peel

@sophiegreenleaf

5 months

Commissioner Rene Gonzalez wants to place control of the city's camping ban (not yet existent) under the future mayor and city administrator. Gonzalez is running for mayor. His stiffest competitor, Cmr. Carmen Rubio, calls his plan "inhumane."

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

10 months

These catch-22s in our mental health system are responsible for far too much suffering on our streets. There is no measure by which allowing a 60yo woman to shiver on our sidewalks covered in feces & urine is the more compassionate and respectful response. We Can Do Better.

Nicole Hayden

@Nicole_A_Hayden

10 months

One of the most distressing stories I’ve worked on: High bar for hospitalizing mentally ill Portlanders without consent leaves those in great need on the street.

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

3 months

"Using several nonprofits instead of one government agency is inherently inefficient due to weak oversight and an inability to take advantage of economies of scale."👀

Andrew Damitio 🏗️ (🏬🚝☢️🔆🔋♨️)

@AndrewDamitio

3 months

An outstanding piece by @SwannMarcus89 on the public procurement crisis in US cities. Nonprofit contracting has become a bloated network of sinecures & fraud for political allies, draining municipal budgets and worsening the provision of public services.

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

1 month

Oregon and Portland law stifle the production of the most affordable homeownership options for Portlanders. This is fixable: (🧵)

Iain 🥥 🌴

@maccoinnich

1 month

Condo liability laws are another huge issue that needs to be fixed, and not just for high rises. I'm very fond of the midrise condos here in Portland that Holst Architecture designed in the 2000s for developer Randy Rapaport. These kinds of buildings don't get built any more.

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

9 months

More than two-thirds of Portland Street Response clients are homeless. Using @multco_johs funds for this important program is a no-brainer. We Can Do Better.

Willamette Week

@wweek

9 months

City Commissioner Rene Gonzalez thinks the Joint Office of Homeless Services should use money from Metro’s supportive housing services tax to bankroll Portland Street Response.

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

4 months

Having faced violence and harassment from Proud Boys and others while reporting on public events, I know firsthand how these intimidation tactics aim to suppress free speech & undermine the foundations of our democracy. This trend must end. 🧵

Ashley Koch

@AshleyKochKGW

4 months

“if i catch you filming anymore, i’ll fuck you up” says the guy with two cameras claiming to be anti fascism

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

10 months

It's not just that cars with obscured plates are driven more violently — the drivers themselves are often connected with violent, organized crime. Removing unplated cars from Portland streets addresses both our interpersonal and traffic violence crises. We Can Do Better.

Portland Police

@PortlandPolice

10 months

Another FIT gun seizure and hopefully a shooting prevented. On Wednesday evening, the Focused Intervention Team stopped this no-plated Mercedes for a traffic violation and the driver’s license was suspended and he was uninsured.

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

2 months

This is tragic and preventable. Prolonged disorder on our streets and 20+ minute responses to violent crimes are eroding professional policing in favor of private security and vigilantism. We must re-staff @PortlandPolice to keep public safety truly public.

KATU News

@KATUNews

2 months

KATU interviewed a man living on Southeast Clinton Street who was trying to stabilize the homeless camping situation in his neighborhood by screening people and letting those who "passed" set up camp. On Tuesday, he was stabbed to death on his street.

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

9 months

As a software engineer, I can state confidently that this should not have cost $300k. Whenever possible, government-built software should be open source — it's both more transparent and cheaper. We Can Do Better.

Sophie Peel

@sophiegreenleaf

9 months

Whoopsies.

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

9 months

In 1942 the US partnered with Portland to build housing for 40k Portlanders in 110 days. Ending our housing affordability crisis requires an "all of the above" approach — thank you @RepRashida for considering the federal gov's role in addressing this crisis. We Can Do Better.

Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib

@RepRashida

9 months

I introduced the Public Housing for the 21st Century Act. It's time for the federal government to ensure that all communities have access to the latest best practices and options for developing mixed-income public housing that is affordable and financially-sustainable.

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

4 months

ENDORSEMENT ALERT: I'm honored to receive the endorsement of @runforsomething ! Their support of young candidates running for office for the first time is invaluable. I'm excited to continue working hard to create positive change in our community. We Can Do Better.

Run for Something

@runforsomething

4 months

🚨OR ENDORSEMENT ALERT🚨: Run for Something is proud to endorse @Demelo4portland for City Council, District 3 of Portland, OR!

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

6 months

Time and time again we see our vulnerable neighbors left behind as local government prefers patronage to progress. @multco_johs leadership is more concerned with handing money to political allies than extending a hand to people who need our help. We Can Do Better.

Aaron Mesh

@AaronMesh

6 months

East county officials say their requests for help have largely gone ignored, even as the Joint Office of Homeless Services has consistently failed to spend the money it has budgeted, leaving tens of millions of dollars sitting idle. @NigelJaquiss reports.

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

2 months

At ~$1,602/word, every sentence in this statement could have otherwise built at least one shelter bed.

Shane Dixon Kavanaugh

@shanedkavanaugh

2 months

Multnomah County's new new seven-sentence declaration on vision, mission and values. Cost: $250,0000

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

5 months

Portland – my campaign is less than 20 donors away from qualifying for >$40k in matching funds! If you haven't already, would you be a total hero and kick in a quick $5 to $20 to push me over the finish line? If you have, would you bother your friends?

I'm with DeMelo – Donate & Join!

We can do better, together. Contribute & build our movement.

secure.actblue.com

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

8 months

Unacceptable. Every day we allow our homelessness crisis to be mismanaged is another day of misery & death on our city's streets.

Portland Is What We Make It (So We're to Blame)

@PortlandPITA

8 months

This a MUST read from the founder of the most effective affordable housing provider in Portland who just can't do it anymore. Why is everything such a mess?

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

1 month

🚨 Thrilled to announce another major endorsement! The Portland Fire Fighters' Association @iaff43 , representing over 700 firefighters and EMTs, have endorsed my bid for Portland City Council.

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

9 months

"It’s a housing supply problem, not a drug problem. The states that led in drug overdoses in 2022, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee and Louisiana, all have fewer homeless people today than in 2007." - @IDoTheThinking We Can Do Better.

Progressives Need To Get Real on Housing

I Love You, But . . . Some of You Are Not Serious People.

darrellowens.substack.com

Alnick

@alnickmnathan

9 months

"[Leftists] are unable to contend with the facts that socially progressive but very exclusionary regions with lots of demand to live there but little supply in dwellings causes severe homelessness. So they will fall back on capitalism." By @IDoTheThinking

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

11 months

Spent the day yesterday talking with our homeless neighbors with the incontrovertible @kevinvdahlgren . Too many of our unsheltered neighbors have been waiting far too long for even the most basic assistance. We Can Do Better.

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

10 months

If we want to ensure our frontline workers are paid a living wage and have the opportunity to advocate for themselves in their workplace, let's employ them directly. We need to end the privatization of the core functions of our government. We Can Do Better.

Willamette Week

@wweek

10 months

Multnomah County’s Preschool for All program requires its providers to pay teachers between $19.91 and $37 an hour… quite a bit more than the average Oregon child care worker, who makes $13.39/hour.

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

5 months

More than 70% of Multnomah County residents feel taxes are too high. My commitment to No New Taxes — backed by @GovTinaKotek — is rooted in my commitment to democracy. Public service means letting the public lead. We Can Do Better.

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

9 months

Despite having a fifth of New York's population, Oregon has almost twice as many unsheltered homeless people. We Can Do Better.

Darrell Owens

@IDoTheThinking

9 months

At least NYC built a lot of a shelters though, it still ranks in the bottom five of unsheltered homeless. Clear a more effective anti-encampment strategy than just sweeping people but California doesnt believe in looking at other places so

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

3 months

More than 80% of Multnomah County residents are Portlanders, and much more than 80% of active Multnomah voters are Portlanders. We need to have a serious conversation about City-County consolidation. The independence of @multco is increasingly a legal fiction.

John Horvick

@horvick

3 months

Final turnout for the primary election in Multnomah County. Interactive chart:

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

6 months

Note that this plan contains ZERO goals around actually reducing the number of people sleeping on our streets. They aim to shelter half of the currently unsheltered — but @multco_johs anticipates that for every person they shelter another will become homeless. We Can Do Better.

Sophie Peel

@sophiegreenleaf

6 months

County and city leaders pledge new set of homelessness goals even as they flounder on existing ones.

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

3 months

Privatizing essential government functions erodes service quality, undermines worker wellbeing, and opens the door to patronage and corruption. How can Portlanders trust the city to take on our housing & homelessness crises when we lack the capacity to maintain a few cameras?

BikePortland

@BikePortland

3 months

PBOT: Steel Bridge bike path closed indefinitely due to camera malfunction

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

2 months

TOMORROW – join me, @bikeloudpdx , @stephrouth , @LinnDavid , @olsonforpdx , @iamrevnat , @MariahHudsonpdx , @jonathantasini , @WillMespelt , @pnwpolicyangel , @MD4PDX , @Michael4PDX , @EliforPortland , @mitch4portland and more for a ride, swim and other fun! See you at Essex Park at 3:30!

BikeLoud PDX

@bikeloudpdx

2 months

Four Quadrant Candidate Splash Ride this Wednesday, July 3 at 3:30pm. Four feeder rides start in each of the new city council voting districts. Meet and hear from local candidates for City Council, enjoy an easy 5 mile bike ride, and then we'll ride to the river for a swim!

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

7 months

A wildfire emergency ends when the wildfire is extinguished. A snow emergency ends when the snow melts. A "90-day Fentanyl Emergency" with no actionable or measurable goals is merely a 90-day Fentanyl Panic. We Can Do Better.

KOIN News

@KOINNews

7 months

The 90-day emergency declaration focused on Portland’s city center has left critics — including county commissioners — wanting more urgent action.

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

11 months

Anyone who spends time downtown can quickly identify how fentanyl & P2P methamphetamine is distributed in our communities. Possession is decriminalized — so let's do everything possible to take on dealers and organized crime. We Can Do Better.

Willamette Week

@wweek

11 months

“How on earth could people be receiving meaningful treatment in a facility that has drug dealers outside 24 seven,” mused Mayor Ted Wheeler in text messages obtained by WW.

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

10 months

Thanks for having me on @rationalinpdx and @azcfilm ! I'm ready to ensure our Portland government is accountable, transparent and engaged. Learn more at

DeMelo For Portland

Every Portlander knows: We Can Do Better. Daniel DeMelo is ready to deliver for all of our neighbors in Portland City Council District 3.

demelo4portland.com

andy chandler

@azcfilm

10 months

Just recorded a great episode of NW Fresh with Portland City Council candidate @demelo4portland with @rationalinpdx co-hosting as we discuss a LOT of Portland issues and the upcoming 2024 election!

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

5 months

Deeply proud that in Portland we have a press corps with the bandwidth to zero in on the design of a single crucial intersection. Other cities aren't so lucky to have @BikePortland !

BikePortland

@BikePortland

5 months

Safety advocates say ODOT and PBOT are rushing into a bad design of a crucial crossing of SE Powell Blvd at 79th, which is also the route of a n'hood greenway. They're raising the alarm to get elected officials to step in and demand a redesign.

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

9 months

We need more guardrails on public camping. This "tiny home" alleged to be connected to violent organized crime was parked on a public right of way right next to Reed College. Unacceptable. We Can Do Better.

KGW News

@KGWNews

9 months

Drugs, firearms, stolen vehicles seized, 8 people arrested in Portland during yearlong investigation

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

5 months

Join me this Sunday at 10am at @goodcoffeepdx on SE 12th and Salmon in Buckman. Don't miss this opportunity to connect and contribute to meaningful change. We Can Do Better.

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

9 months

Even in the current economic client there's more interest in providing housing and mixed-use space than Portland allows for. We Can Do Better.

Iain 🥥 🌴

@maccoinnich

9 months

Maximum possible massing for the Lloyd Center redevelopment. Taken from the second Design Advice Request drawing package:

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

7 months

It might be worthwhile to pause the effort to setup district offices until we actually have district electeds who are more familiar with the challenges & geography of their districts. We Can Do Better.

Sophie Peel

@sophiegreenleaf

7 months

The thing that's making it so hard for the city to find district offices for the future City Council in four quadrants of the city? The city's fiber network, which is a system of cables strung both above and underneath the ground.

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

6 months

Deeply unacceptable. How can $3 million only suddenly be made available? Portlanders deserve transparency & accountability. We need a coordinated homelessness response system ready to approach this issue with the urgency required. We Can Do Better.

Aaron Mesh

@AaronMesh

6 months

Mayor Ted Wheeler’s office says the city has asked the Joint Office for two months for cash to help residents at the city’s Clinton Triangle pod village transition into housing. On Friday, the logjam broke. @sophiegreenleaf and @NigelJaquiss report.

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

7 months

As a queer Portlander, I'm deeply concerned by overrepresentation of LGBT+ people within our homeless population. Which is why I'm surprised that this report doesn't celebrate that our shelter system appears to not disparately exclude transgender Portlanders:

Portland Mercury 🗞

@portlandmercury

7 months

A new policy paper reports queer people are more likely to experience homelessness, but the region isn’t set up to adequately serve them. Nonbinary residents face extra hurdles finding emergency shelter in a system that often serves men or women only.

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

3 months

No need to worry @azcfilm – at least 6.25% of the committee will be "from the general public"! And in a telling Freudian slip, the final proposal drops the word "Community" from the title of the committee it seeks to abolish.

andy chandler

@azcfilm

3 months

As @demelo4portland pointed out in @rationalinpdx 's new episode, the new Homelessness Response Action Plan from JVP/county/city conveniently does away with the Budget Advisory Committee that's been ringing budget alarms 🤔

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

11 months

As the grandson of a Portuguese immigrant, and as a visitor to many of the locations on this itinerary, I can say this: The stops on this tour offer as much insight into Portuguese drug policy as Ellis Island might inform on American drug policy.

Willamette Week

@wweek

11 months

Later this month, a coterie of lawmakers and local officials will descend on Lisbon, Portugal, to learn about the country’s approach to tackling addiction. Oh, and do a little sightseeing.

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

6 months

This is a fair question to ask. A better question remains unanswered: Why does this need to be privatized? Why does Portland's government lack the capacity "to conduct voter outreach aimed at educating historically disenfranchised populations"? We Can Do Better.

Willamette Week

@wweek

6 months

Two city commissioners—Rene Gonzalez and Dan Ryan—are questioning the neutrality of the city's voter outreach.

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

1 month

To ensure we're building enough condos to make condo ownership is affordable, I'm committed to: - Relaxing inclusionary housing requirements for condo buildings - Lobbying the state to relax defect liability - Providing bonuses/waivers to dense owner-occupied housing

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

10 months

In 2012, 60% of Portlanders reported feeling safe walking in their neighborhood at night. 10 years later, only 40% felt the same — and only 13% feel safe walking in the central city. Every Portlander deserves to feel safe in their neighborhood. We Can Do Better.

John Horvick

@horvick

10 months

New FBI crime stats came out recently. Here are the Oregon (blue) & US trendlines for violent and property crimes.

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

8 months

@CPBWorks @CommissionerRG I grew up here. I've been tear-gassed, pepper-sprayed and beaten while confronting organizations opposed to our democracy. I guess I just have a good intuition about these things:

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

10 months

The 2021 reforms were a step in the right direction. To ensure we keep building affordably, we need to reduce the onerous fees for providing housing, streamline design review and eliminate archaic & regressive zoning. We Can Do Better.

Iain 🥥 🌴

@maccoinnich

10 months

Portland's 2021 zoning reforms allowed the developer below to plan for four new homes in the space previously occupied by 2-car garage, while preserving the existing house on the lot. With the removal of the curb cut, the city also got two new street trees.

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

4 months

🚨 WATCH: As Chair of the Multnomah County Central Community Budget Advisory Committee, this week I delivered an explosive report to the @multco board exposing years of county failures – and a roadmap for addressing those failures.

Amanda Fritz

@AmandaFritzRN

4 months

County Budget Advisory Committee to Chair Vega Pederson: Nothing’s Improved, Despite Your Promises Last Year

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

8 months

Every day we continue to allow our neighbors to go unsheltered is another day of misery, poverty and death. We Can Do Better.

Blanchet House & Farm

@blanchethouse

8 months

Today we learned that a guest died from hypothermia this weekend. Her close friend came to tell us. He didn’t know where to go to share his tears and heartbreak because he has no one else and he was feeling suicidal. Duke, our peer support staff, helped him make a safety plan and

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

5 months

At just $3/person/night, shelters like R2D2 could end unsheltered homelessness with an $8M budget. The city & county must back cost-effective solutions like R2D2. It's fiscally responsible and morally right. We Can Do Better.

Ryan Haas

@ryanjhaas

5 months

One of Portland’s oldest homeless villages is running out of money

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

11 months

I want to build a Portland where our neighbors don't need to take public safety into their own hands. We Can Do Better.

Qagggy!

@Qagggy

11 months

This bollard in front of Powell’s Books was installed by advocates and it’s still there.

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

11 months

Massing breaks don't just produce ugly buildings — design review standards like these make housing unaffordable and inefficient. Our Portland neighborhoods can be both affordable and beautiful. We Can Do Better.

Alfred Twu

@alfred_twu

11 months

An idea I proposed to North Berkeley design standards that Planing Commission voted on: allow ornament as an alternative to requiring notches, bump outs, & multiple materials on large buildings. This keeps building interesting, while also saving on structural & energy costs. 🏘️

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

5 months

Portland has set a goal of achieving a 25% bike commute share citywide. But this is statistically impossible (!) unless we first demonstrate success within individual neighborhoods. Despite having the second-most-biked ZIP code in the US, we still fall short by >10%. 🧵/

Civic Grit

@civic_grit

5 months

#2 Back to Portland for 97214 with 14.07% cycling

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

7 months

Unacceptable. We Can Do Better.

Nicholas Kristof

@NickKristof

7 months

Very troubling: Oregon had by far the highest percentage increase in fentanyl deaths of any state since 2019. My guess is this is because of a combination of geography (West Coast has scene more fentanyl trafficking) and utterly failed policy choices.

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

1 year

Come say hi! 🍻

BikePortland

@BikePortland

1 year

Also note that if weather is bad and we aren't out on the patio, we'll be across the street at 2nd floor event space above Ankeny Tap & Table. It's nice up there! And we have our first RSVP from a council candidate. Daniel DeMelo (Dist #3 ) @demelo4portland will stop by!

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@demelo4portland

1 month

FRIDAY — I'll be joining @future_portland and tens of other candidates at Rogue Eastside, 4-6 PM. You're invited! Come say hi! 🍻

Future Portland

@future_portland

2 months

We hope to see you next Friday at our happy hour on the patio at Rogue! Candidates will be joining us and sharing their new campaign trading cards while you chat with them about their priorities. RSVP:

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

11 months

Portland should do everything possible to assist housing providers in making full use of this new transit-oriented-development program, which will help ensure new housing is more affordable and environmentally-friendly. We Can Do Better.

Joe Cohen

@CohenSite

11 months

If you have a development within a half-mile of a rail transit station that you’re having trouble financing, the federal government now has $35 billion dollars of low-interest-rate loans you might be eligible for

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

7 months

Deeply excited to announce a monumental endorsement from @314action ! Proud to have the backing of scientists & engineers committed to evidence-based decision-making. Together, We Can Do Better.

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

9 months

Public drug use is already criminalized. It is still illegal to drink a beer or smoke a joint on our sidewalks. This proposal would merely hold fentanyl and methamphetamine users accountable to the same expectations we have for drinkers and tokers. We Can Do Better.

KOIN News

@KOINNews

9 months

Controversy surrounds the recommendation to criminalize public drug use.

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

5 months

@Enby_Rat_PDX I'd love to meet other "conservatives" who are queer cyclists committed to ending homelessness, supporting labor rights, ensuring safe streets for all, promoting transparency & accountability, building housing abundance, and strengthening our social safety net.

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

1 year

Every Portlander deserves a good place to get boba within a five-minute walk of their home.

Ashley Koch

@AshleyKochKGW

1 year

Downtown Portland may no longer have Target but there are no fewer than 6 places to get boba within a five-minute walk of my apartment

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

5 days

Woke up Friday morning to political vandalism at my home. Unacceptable. We cannot allow the politics of fear and intimidation to prevail in Portland.

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@demelo4portland

4 months

SUNDAY – Join me at Portland Coffee Roasters at 815 SE Oak St.

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@demelo4portland

1 year

We spent more than $70k, set up a 21-member committee representing more than 80 Portland-area organizations, and paid a team of management consultants to write a 107-page study – just to toss all that work aside?🤔

Maxine Bernstein

@maxoregonian

1 year

A Multnomah County-led behavioral health executive committee that’s been working to fill an enormous gap in the Portland area — the lack of mental health crisis treatment and drug and alcohol sobering services — has disbanded.

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

8 months

This is a great 🧵 and op-ed explaining the missteps in Portland's inclusionary housing program. Ensuring complete funding for affordable housing leads to more affordable housing availability and reduced market-rate rents. We Can Do Better.

Michael Andersen

@andersem

8 months

I've got an op-ed in the @Oregonian today making the case for Portland to fully fund its inclusionary housing program, which is: - currently underfunded & malfunctioning - cost-efficient & effective when fully funded - well within our means to fund fully

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

5 months

To be clear, my preferences are ranked as follows: 1. Develop shelter capacity to end unsheltered homelessness. 2. Courts explain their rulings. 3. The Mayor has authority to swiftly amend camping policies in response to unexplained court decisions.

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@demelo4portland

9 months

Here in Portland we're spending huge sums of public $$$ to retrofit schools and libraries to be earthquake safe. We should look to programs like this both to fund these important efforts and to address our housing crisis. We Can Do Better.

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@3_under_scores_

9 months

Wow, NYC's government developed this in 1977 to fund a school.

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

7 months

"At a gathering of business leaders last year, then-Portland Police Chief Chuck Lovell told the group that the cans-for-fentanyl exchange was so routine that some dealers were even accepting cans instead of cash." We Can Do Better.

Sophie Peel

@sophiegreenleaf

7 months

Once again @NigelJaquiss writing the type of story I daydream about writing.

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

2 months

If I had a nickel for every time @sophiegreenleaf exposed local arts funding as a patronage slush fund, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's concerning that it's happened at least twice.🤔

Shane Dixon Kavanaugh

@shanedkavanaugh

2 months

Two Words: 🐯Water Tigergate.🐯 After the Removal Of His Treasured Mural, the Mayor’s Chief of Staff Requested a $40,000 Grant For An Ex-Girlfriend’s Niece via @sophiegreenleaf

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

10 months

I'm a homeowner who would love if my neighborhood had more neighbors. And we can add more housing — literally, yes, in my backyard.

Smackinthemiddle

@leaningcenter1

10 months

@demelo4portland Sure. Make sure you have funds for the other homes in the neighborhood. It’s not fair to homeowners in the area who bought into a quiet area. The people like you come along and think you can add more housing in backyard etc. No. No. No. leave homeowners alone.

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

11 months

At the @BikePortland happy hour learning about this proposal from its designers! Portland can be a world-class biking city. I'm prepared to pour the concrete to make that happen. Portland cyclists know — We Can Do Better 🚲

Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

11 months

This is beautiful. Let's build it. 🚲

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

10 months

We need to do everything we can to encourage housing production. That means both making it easier to build more affordably and tackling our homelessness & livability crises. We Can Do Better.

The Oregonian

@Oregonian

10 months

Apartment construction is slumping in Portland and its suburbs

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

8 months

In February of last year the @multco_johs Budget Advisory Committee passed a formal resolution requesting a briefing on this @multco Housing Multnomah Now program. 11 months later we have received no response. We Can Do Better.

NigelJaquiss

@NigelJaquiss

8 months

Multco Auditor Jennifer McGuirk didn't like what she found when looking at a $780k contract awarded to a Seattle nonprofit last year. She singles out former Com Susheela Jayapal for influencing the process. Jayapala denies any wrongdoing.

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

6 months

@ryanjhaas

Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

6 months

I'm the chair of the committee this plan proposes to replace. For six months @multco_johs refused to meet with our committee after we released a damning report. Communication was only re-established after they proposed dissolving our committee. We Can Do Better.

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

8 months

Once again @PortlandGov and @trimet are forced to step in to cover for @multco 's mismanagement of private contractors. We Can Do Better.

Sharon Meieran

@SMeieran

8 months

Our amazing @trimet staff and @PDXFire are working under unsustainable conditions. Change is needed.

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

1 year

I take this bike lane whenever I'm returning home from downtown. It feels a lot better, but it needs some real curbs and/or bollards. 🚲

Ray Delahanty | CityNerd

@Nerd4Cities

1 year

You can put all kinds of paint, signs and signals at a high-conflict location and drivers will STILL ignore all of it, apparently

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Daniel DeMelo

@demelo4portland

10 months

Unacceptable. Shameful. Our governments should be excited to share their spending on every effort approved by voters. On preschools and on homelessness, @multco has broken its promise to Portlanders. Portland must lead. We Can Do Better.

Shane Dixon Kavanaugh

@shanedkavanaugh

10 months

MultCo Chair Jessica Vega Pederson's bruising year of setbacks, big & small, continues. Preschool For All, whose creation she led, has vastly underspent its very large budget & its 2030 goals appear imperiled, per documents dug up by @sophiegreenleaf .

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