Jess supports the rights of poor and working-class Portlanders to access housing, employment, transportation, health care, and the ears of their government leaders to listen to their concerns. Below is a list of the many items they hope to work on when elected.

Pedestrian and traffic safety.

Housing affordability. 

Creating career pathways for people in the recovery community.

Leveraging my community relationships to start a statewide housing “summit” to address the housing crisis

Expanding the data tracked in the Health & Human Services committee

Addressing the area median income, which is currently calculated by the county and sets the affordability rate for Portland.

Making the Greater Portland Metro more affordable to the people who use it.