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October 9
Action alert: Urge Governor Kotek – no use of SB 4 executive authority without exhausting all our options
Governor Tina Kotek has proposed a 373-acre urban growth boundary expansion north of Hillsboro, using her executive authority under last year’s Senate Bill 4. The proposed expansion threatens the livelihoods of our farmers and farmworkers, takes out some of the most productive farmland in the world, and undermines our statewide tech workforce and economy.
Bypassing our land use protections and using the executive authority granted under SB 4 is premature right now. SB 4 only grants this option when the state has exhausted all other existing options within Oregon’s urban growth boundaries. It is a tool of last resort only, and we’re not there yet.
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