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It is clear that more work needs to be
♦ done by the ch ief and City Council to
prevent discrimination within the bureau.
Relationships between the Sexual Minorities
Roundtable and the bureau need to be
improved. As your city commissioner, I com
mit to taking an active role in police over
sight and to be proactive in preventing hate
crimes and discrimination.
L oren B undeson
L iz C allison
S erena C ruz
I
ln my past six years in elected office I par-
* ticularly have brought women into more
empowered positions in community work. I
organized people for environmental projects to
improve urban fish and wildlife habitat. In 1994,
I helped organize the first watershed council for
Tryon Creek, and most of our members were
women. I also helped another woman be
appointed on my Conservation District board.
She later ran for election to this position and
won.
1 will continue to try to motivate more
♦ people to join in local political and civic
life. Inclusion of different perspectives helps to
strengthen Portlands cultural fabric and makes
our city a more interesting and vibrant place to
live.
"1 City Council just approved this as a cul-
J * ture district. Need to establish early medi-
ation/discussion sessions with city bureau staff
for both neighborhood and business associations
and police.
T h e Portland Police Bureau particularly
♦ needs improved leadership from the
police commissioner, who happens to he the
mayor. W ithout clear, compassionate and
sensible direction from its own commission
er, this type of hierarchical bureaucracy co n
tinues to send contradictory messages both to
its own members and to the general public.
T h e street officers are overworked and
stressed, and they will convey this to the pub
lic. T h e current chief has not been a good fit
for Portland. City Hall under the current
mayor places too much reliance on expensive
national searches for upper bureaucratic staff,
as this habit wastes city funds and cuts out
Portland’s own best talent from serious
consideration.
I
1 co-sponsored the ordinance establishing a
♦ domestic partnership registry in the coun
ty. Since September 2000, over 385 couples
have registered as domestic partners. We
deserve full recognition of gay marriage— the
registry takes us one step closer by providing
documentation to assist in obtaining employer-
provided health and other benefits. I co-spon-
sored the county’s first Civil Rights Ordinance
in November 2001, banning discrimination in
employment, housing and public accommoda
tions based on sexual orientation, source of
income and gender identity. I amended the
county employees Charitable Giving Campaign
policies to mandate that any agency receiving
employee contributions must have anti-discrim
ination policies. 1 was honorary chair of
AlDSWalk 2001.1 strongly support Basic Rights
Oregon and actively worked on the No on 9
Campaign.
1 will continue to work with the newly
# elected commissioner of labor to change
the policies of the Bureau of Labor and Indus
tries so that discrimination complaints based
on gender identity will he investigated and
enforced. All discrimination complaints
under the city and county Civil Rights Ordi
nances must have equal protection and
enforcement. 1 will make sure that all city hir
ing, contracting and purchasing procedures
follow anti-discrimination and affirmative
action policies.
1 support the establishment of the Bum-
♦ side Triangle Advisory Group. The city
should work to improve the Triangle’s identity;
we can install better identifiers to mark the dis
trict, formally declare it a district, provide sup
port for G LBT businesses and ensure adequate
police patrols.
I have been active in civil rights for sexual
♦ minorities since the early 70s. I marched
in the first Gay Pride parade in Portland. I
talked with the Portland Police along with Dar-
celle XV. They wanted to know how to include
sexual minorities into the community, to pre
vent ATTACKS. IT W ORKED. The Portland
Police had a listening ear and were more objec
tive than they are given credit for. I have been
active on human rights forums and worked on
campaigns to elect officials that were for the
rights of sexual minorities— former Gov. Bar
bara Roberts and Rep. Gail Shiblcy’s campaigns
as well as numerous others. I have also worked
behind the scenes to better educate people
including Republicans, Independents and
Democrats.
1
The quest for equality is an ongoing job.
w ♦ As a commissioner, my job would be to
make sure that my door is open to you and to say
I have been there since Day One. None of my
opponents have.
The most important way to preserve the
Burnside Triangle is by getting those busi
nesses involved with the city and preserving the
area from the wrecking hall and developers who
have an eye on the district as we speak. We must
preserve this area, and I would make it para
mount on my list.
The Portland Police Bureau is to some
♦ degree on the right track, which was started
by former Mayor JE “Bud” Clark and fonner
Chief Tom Potter. I would love to see Katie Pot
ter as our next police chief. I really think that
Chief Potter was more effective than Chief
Kroekcr. We have come a distance, and we can
go a step further by having a new chief from with
in the ranks. The Portland Police are second to
none and deserve a hand at being open-minded.
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Over the past 20 years, I have supported
♦ gay and lesbian candidates for public office.
My family is a proud supporter of the Cascade
AIDS Project. I also support the Employment
Non-Discrimination A ct and the inclusion of
“sexual orientation” as a protected classification
under Oregon law. In 1980-82,1 worked for Bar
ney Frank, first as a campaign aide and later as
his legislative assistant in Washington, D.C. In
1 9 9 9 ,1 invited Barney Frank to be the keynote
speaker at the Campaign for Equal Justice annu
al fund-raising luncheon. I am proud to have his
support in this race. In a landmark legal case, I
successfully represented a health care worker
who was fired for opposing HIV discrimination
in the workplace.
Hire a staff that reflects the diversity of
* the Portland community. Work to contin
ue to expand domestic partnership benefits for
city employees. Lobby Salem to include sexual
orientation as a protected classification under
state law. Actively oppose discrimination in
our community.
1 support the decision to establish the
♦ Burnside Triangle Advisory Group, which
will work to preserve this historic gay cultural
district for Portland. The city can help by
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