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$50 million for the alignment of
outcomes, roles, responsibilities, risk
and incentives in Oregon’s behavioral
health system
$31 million for opening two 24-bed
patient units at the Oregon State
Hospital Junction City campus, which
will make more bed space available at
the Salem campus, and a $20 million
special purpose appropriation for
increased staffing levels
$21 million for community restoration
and clinical services, rental assistance
and wraparound support, and sup-
porting the needs of individuals who
have been ordered by a court to receive
services enabling them to assist in
their own criminal defense
$6.5 million for mobile response and
stabilization services for children
with behavioral health needs
$5.7 million for interdisciplinary
assessment team services for youth
with intensive behavioral health needs
Tackling the Housing Crisis
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$410 million for the Local Innovation
and Fast Track (LIFT) Housing and Per-
manent Supportive Housing programs
$130 million for affordable housing
preservation and affordable housing
property acquisition loan programs
$100 million for constr uction,
rebuilding and financing initiatives
for housing for displaced survivors of
the Labor Day 2020 wildfires
$94 million for other housing initia-
tives, including shelter operations, down
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payment assistance, affordable home-
ownership development, manufactured
home park preservation and operational
capacity for organizations administer-
ing rental assistance programs
$30 million to cover 100% of missed
rental payments for applications sub-
mitted to the Landlord Compensation
Fund and $5 million for a landlord
risk fund (SB 278)
$20 million for the Behavioral Health
Housing Incentive Fund (HB 2316)
$10 million for the Healthy Homes
Repair Fund (HB 2842)
$5 million for domestic violence/sex-
ual assault survivor housing assistance
$4.8 million for fair housing enforcement
$4.5 million for long-term rental
assistance for youth at risk of home-
lessness (HB 2163)
$3.6 million for unaccompanied
homeless youth (HB 2544)
Investing in Wildfire Recovery and
Disaster Preparedness
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$200 million for essential workforce
and local communities on the frontlines,
managing/mitigating wildfires (SB 762)
$150 million reserved in a special
purpose appropriation to address nat-
ural disaster preparedness, response
and recovery activities, including
potential responses to the drought
crisis in the Klamath Basin
$150 million for wildfire recovery
housing
$75 million for food and shelter for
wildfire-impacted communities
Activate Arts, an arts nonprofit in Lincoln County, offers summer camps that are
free for all youth in grades 1-8. It also is looking to hire high school youth art mentors.
The organization is dedicated to creating inclusive and accessible art that is cul-
turally affirming. It is the only arts organization on the central Oregon coast that is
led by people of color. Siletz Tribal member Creed Taylor is an active board member.
Activate Arts is facilitating two arts camps, with one being a mural-making
summer camp. Last summer, it commissioned a mural in honor of the late Siletz
Tribal member Agnes Pilgrim, affectionately known as Gramma Aggie. The mural
is located at the turnaround on SW 51 st Street in Lincoln City, Ore.
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$28 million for planning and rehabili-
tation of high-hazard dams
$23 million for reimbursement to
counties for lost tax revenues
$20 million for FEMA Hazard Miti-
gation Grant match
$20 million for grants for fire hardening
and energy efficiency during rebuilding
$19.75 million for grants for ripar-
ian and upland restoration, as well as
floodplain restoration and reconnection
$15 million for levee inspection,
accreditation, certification or repair
project grants
$6 million total for firefighter appren-
ticeships to the Jackson County Fire
District, Clackamas Fire District and
Eugene Springfield Fire Department
($2 million each)
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Focusing on Racial Equity
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$100 million to implement the Cover
All People program (HB 3352)
$11.7 million for the Oregon Youth
Employment Program, along with
statute changes to ensure at least 75%
of participating youth are from com-
munities of color, rural communities
or historically underrepresented com-
munities (HB 2092)
$10 million to compensate local govern-
ments for the elimination of individual
post-prison supervision fees (SB 620)
$10 million special purpose appro-
priation for the Transforming Justice
Initiative
$10 million capitalization of the Cer-
tification Office for Business Inclu-
sion and Diversity Loan Fund
$10 million for loan-loss reserve
program grants to lenders to address
institutional and social barriers that
have made access to capital nearly
impossible for small business owners,
especially those in rural, veteran and
BIPOC communities (HB 2266)
$9 million for technical assistance to
underrepresented businesses in the Ore-
gon Business Development Department
$4 million for the Criminal Justice
Commission to establish a new restor-
ative justice grant program
$3.8 million for the Oregon Diversity
Procurement Program
$2 million to the Innovation Law Lab
for immigration defense
$1.5 million for the Reimagine Safety
Fund
$1.2 million for the expungement
of criminal records for marijuana
infractions
$1.2 million for a diversity, equity
and inclusion initiative at the Oregon
Youth Authority
$1 million for equitable water access
and $500,000 for indigenous energy
resiliency in Water Resources budget
$905,000 for implementing the Sanc-
tuary Promise Act (HB 3265)
$600,000 to the Teacher Standards
and Practices Commission for start-
up costs for developing nontraditional
pathways to licensure
$500,000 for a study of the impacts
of State School Fund spending and to
determine if this spending results in
disparities between students who are
Black, Indigenous or People of Color
(BIPOC) and non-BIPOC students
Two positions in the Department of
Forestry for DEI, environmental jus-
tice, sustainability officer and liaison
to Tribal governments
One position for a DEI officer at the
Oregon Parks and Recreation Dept.
A bilingual compliance specialist
position to support Spanish speakers
in the investigation of wage claims
and complaints (BOLI)
A full-time DEI specialist at BOLI to
work proactively with apprenticeship
training agents to develop strategies
and supports to ensure greater par-
ticipation and success for women and
minorities in apprenticeship
Two new language access positions
to improve translation services in the
state legislature: a language access
coordinator to develop and implement
a plan to provide language access
services, and a Spanish language
interpreter to provide in-house Spanish
language interpretation and translation
Improving Water Systems
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$276 million for drinking water, storm
water and sanitary sewer water proj-
ects statewide using American Rescue
Plan Act funds (HB 5006)
$95 million to capitalize grant and
loan funds for water projects
$71 million for enhanced capacity,
planning support, stakeholder engage-
ment, water quality, groundwater and
surface water availability and alloca-
tion, groundwater well and septic sys-
tem financial assistance programs, and
environmental protection programs
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Improving Transportation
Infrastructure
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$80 million for safety improvements
to Oregon 213/82 nd Avenue
$32 million for Phase II of the New-
berg Dundee Bypass (OR-219 section)
$5 million for the Hood River-White
Salmon Interstate Bridge
$4 million for the Sunrise Gateway Cor-
ridor Community Visioning Concept
$3.3 million for rehabilitation of the
Lake County Railroad
Local Project Funding
I am especially grateful and excited
that the following projects that I advocated
for were approved for Lottery Bond and
America Rescue Plan funding:
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Toledo: Sanitary Sewer Extension,
Port of Toledo: $2.425 million
Toledo: Greater Toledo Pool Recre-
ation District: $3 million
Waldport: Water Tank Replacement:
$2.2 million
Depoe Bay: Restoration of Pilings and
Docks: $2.9 million
Eddyville: East Lincoln County Fire-
hall: $4 million
Siletz: Tribal Arts & Heritage Soci-
ety: $750 thousand
Newport: Big Creek Dams Remedia-
tion: $14 million
Newport: Oregon Coast Aquarium:
$5.1 million
August 2021
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