Tina for Oregon [[link removed]]
Good morning, John—

This is a longer email than usual, but it’s important, and I hope you have the time to read it all the way through. I’d like to talk about an issue that is very important to all Oregonians — the humanitarian crisis in our own backyards.

The homelessness crisis is a complex problem that needs to be addressed with people-centered solutions that can help people achieve stability and permanent housing.

I am the only candidate with the experience and plan to tackle the housing and homelessness crisis. I championed legislation that increased housing access, shelter capacity, rent assistance, and other housing needs.

At the beginning of 2020, I called for a statewide emergency declaration on the homelessness crisis and developed a homelessness relief package that we were ready to pass in the 2020 legislative session.

Unfortunately, one of my opponents, Republican Christine Drazan, led her colleagues to walk off the job and flee the state, which ultimately killed every bill we were working on – including that homelessness relief package. Ironically, Christine is now calling for the very same emergency declaration in an attempt to rewrite her failed record on homelessness.

Thankfully, we didn’t give up on the people of Oregon or let Rep. Drazan’s obstructionism get in the way. We were able to successfully pass many of these proposals within a year. But we lost momentum nonetheless.

There’s clearly much more we have to do. As Governor, I will start tackling the crisis in the following three ways:

*
Within
my
first
30
days
in
office,
I’ll
form
a
special
emergency
management
team
with
one
mission:
end
unsheltered
homelessness
for
veterans,
families
with
children,
unaccompanied
youth,
and
seniors
by
2025.
*
*
I’ll
immediately
prioritize
expanding
managed
shelters,
improving
access
to
mental
health
and
addiction
services,
and
getting
new
street
outreach
teams
on
the
ground
to
help
people
get
off
the
streets,
tent
by
tent.
*
*
On
Day
One,
I
will
issue
an
executive
order
to
increase
the
pace
and
scale
of
housing
production
statewide,
with
a
focus
on
financing
housing
that’s
affordable
for
middle
class
families.

Oregonians deserve a governor who will roll up her sleeves, sweat the details, and find real solutions to Oregon’s biggest problems. I am the only candidate in this race who will always put people over politics.

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– Tina
Tina for Oregon
PO Box 42307
Portland, OR 97242
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