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The Future of Natural Gas Utilities
by Pat DeLaquil, PCP Under Governor Brown’s Executive Order 20-04, the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is engaged in rulemaking on a Climate Protection Program to reduce GHG emission reductions from three main sources: Fuel suppliers; Natural gas suppliers; and Stationary industries. Results from the energy system modeling work supporting the rulemaking show natural gas…
Read More >Legislative Update: Climate Change Bills
By Tracy Farwell and Catherine Thomasson Big wins and some losses on Climate Change in Salem As we face another heatwave in Southern Oregon that sucks the desert dry due to drought we did have some wins… HB 2021 – Clean Energy for All passed along party lines. This commits our 2 commercial electric companies…
Read More >Campaign Finance Reform with Teeth
Voters resoundingly approved constitutional amendment Measure 107 last November, to allow finance limits… But unless follow-up legislation establishes stringent, comprehensive limits— Legislation aimed to benefit everyday (esp. poor) people will be impaired. That includes many, many bills for which MultDems advocate in our Platform
Read More >Star Voting is the way to heal democracy
By Sara Wolk, PCP, SCC Delegate and Executive Director of the Equal Vote Coalition Necessity is the mother of invention and not surprisingly this has been a groundbreaking year for election reform. In Oregon the Equal Vote Coalition is collecting signatures for twin ballot initiatives in Multnomah and Lane Counties to fundamentally change the way…
Read More >Your direct voice in county decision-making is gone
A report on the state of community participation in county processes and oversight By Bernardino De La Torre, Chair of the Multnomah County Citizen’s Involvement Committee What has happened? Independent community involvement in Multnomah County government, created by community initiative and embedded in the County Charter, is gone – but the Charter has not changed! …
Read More >UPDATE: Election Integrity Study Group
By Gary Lietke – 2021 03 11 Central Committee presentation Article 8 of our MultDems Platform is usually summarized with the label of “Election Integrity”, but it’s so much more. Our study group addresses Governance, Campaign Finance, Elections, Political Party Election Integrity, Representation, Voting Rights & Suppression, and Voting Systems. We are actively recruiting for…
Read More >Now is the moment to do something REAL on money in politics
By James Ofsink, PCP November’s Measure 107 received more YES votes than any other issue to ever grace an Oregon ballot. The measure updated our constitution to explicitly include the common-sense value that Oregonians can set reasonable limits on money in our political system. Every single county in Oregon voted YES, in Multnomah County over…
Read More >Black Leadership in Oregon History
During Black History Month, it’s good to reflect on just a few of the many leaders of color, who have worked hard for equity and inclusion and helped make Oregon a better place. This month, Multnomah County Democrats want to honor people who blazed trails and worked with many others to bring change to our…
Read More >Long Overdue: Progress on a Sexual Harassment Policy for the Multnomah Democrats
The Rules Committee is working on a sexual harassment policy and an ethics committee to deal with all forms of discrimination. As Rules Chair, I mean to take charge and responsibility for something getting done. And I want you involved. Policies affect people’s lives and we need to hear your policy input and, if you…
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