Portland NORML: Who to Lobby

Welcome to the most comprehensive and accurate list of Portland and Oregon public officials in one spot on the Web. Although the focus here is on public officials who could help bring about reform of our marijuana laws, activists for many other causes should find it just as useful. (The section on Metro government is included for the sake of completeness - Metro has little or no impact on drug policy.) Drug-policy-reform activists or others who would like to post information on this page about Oregon city and county public officials outside the metropolitan area are invited to put together the particulars in the same format found here and e-mail us contributions or corrections.

How to Write Effective Letters

to Portland NORML's home page.

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Where to Register to Vote

Multnomah County Elections Division Web page: http://www.multnomah.lib.or.us/elect/index.html

Where to Register to Vote in Oregon: http://www.sos.state.or.us/elections/other.info/clerk.htm

NetVote 96 sponsored by Rock the Vote and MCI Communications, includes a page where one can obtain an Oregon voter's registration form. Give your address and in a few days you'll receive a stamped, addressed and mostly completed registration form to sign and drop in a mailbox. Plus a week before the election you'll get a reminder to vote.

City of Portland

Mayor Vera Katz
Portland Building, Room 501
1400 SW Fifth Ave.
Portland, OR 97204
Tel. (503) 823-4120
Fax: (503) 823-3588
E-mail: VeraKatz@aol.com
or mayorkatz@ci.portland.or.us
Web page: http://205.206.211.91/mayors/mportlnd.htm

Commissioner Jim Francesconi
Portland Building, Room 703
1400 SW Fifth Ave.
Portland OR 97204
Tel. (503) 823-3008
Fax: (503) 823-3017
E-mail: jfrancesconi@ci.portland.or.us

Commissioner Charlie Hales
Portland Building, Room 701
1400 SW Fifth Ave.
Portland, OR 97204
Tel. (503) 823-4681
Fax (503) 823-4040
E-mail: hales@europa.com
Web page: http://www.europa.com/~hales/

Commissioner Gretchen Kafoury
Portland Building, Room 704
1400 SW Fifth Ave.
Portland, OR 97204
Tel. (503) 823-4151
Fax (503) 823-3036
E-mail: gkafoury@ci.portland.or.us

Commissioner Erik Sten
Portland Building, Room 702
1400 SW Fifth Ave.
Portland, OR 97204
Tel. (503) 823-3589
Fax: (503) 823-3696
E-mail: Esten@ci.portland.or.us

Office of Neighborhood Associations
a bureau of the City of Portland.
Portland Building
1400 SW Fifth Ave.
Portland, Oregon 97204
Phone: (503) 823-4519
Fax: (503) 823-3050
TTY: (503) 823-6868
E-mail: ona123@teleport.com
Web page: http://www.teleport.com/~ona123/

Association for Portland Progress
520 SW Yamhill St., Suite 1000
Portland, OR 97204
Tel. (503) 224-7916
E-mail: app123@teleport.com
Serves: Downtown, Old Town/Chinatown.

Central Northeast Neighbors
5540 NE Sandy Blvd.
Portland, OR 97213
Tel. (503) 823-3156
E-mail: cnn123@teleport.com
Serves: Beaumont-Wilshire, Cully, East Columbia, Hollywood, Madison South, Rose City Park, Roseway, Sumner, Sunderland.

East Portland District Coalition
1917 SE 122nd Ave.
Portland, OR 97233-1303
Tel. (503) 256-0014
E-mail: east123@teleport.com
Serves: Argay, Centennial, Hazelwood, Mill Park, Parkrose Community Group, Parkrose Heights, Parkrose Neighborhood Association, Powellhurst-Gilbert, Wilkes.

Neighbors West/Northwest
1819 NW Everett St., Room 205
Portland, OR 97209
Tel. (503) 223-3331
E-mail: nwn123@teleport.com
Serves: Arlington Heights, Forest Park, Goose Hollow, Hillside, Linnton, Northwest District Association, Northwest Industrial, Pearl District, Sylvan-Highlands.

Northeast Coalition of Neighborhoods
4815 NE Seventh Ave.
Portland, OR 97211
Tel. (503) 823-4575
E-mail: necn123@teleport.com
Serves: Alameda, Boise, Concordia, Eliot, Grant Park, Humboldt, Irvington, King, Piedmont, Sabin, Sullivans Gulch, Vernon, Woodlawn.

Southeast Uplift
3534 SE Main St.
Portland, OR 97214
Tel. (503) 232-0010
E-mail: seul123@teleport.com
Serves: Ardenwald-Johnson Creek, Brentwood-Darlington, Brooklyn, Buckman, CENTER, Creston-Kenilworth, Eastmoreland, Foster-Powell, Hosford-Abernethy, Kerns, Laurelhurst, Lents, Montavilla, Mt. Scott-Arleta, Mt. Tabor, Pleasant Valley, Reed, Richmond, Sellwood-Moreland, South Tabor, Sunnyside, Woodstock.

Southwest Neighborhood Information, Inc
7688 SW Capitol Highway
Portland, OR 97219
Tel. (503) 823-4592
E-mail: swni123@teleport.com
Serves: Arnold Creek, Ashcreek, Bridlemile-Robert Gray, Collins View, Corbett-Terwilliger-Lair Hill, Crestwood, Far Southwest, Hayhurst, Homestead, Maplewood, Markham, Marshall Park, Multnomah, South Burlingame, West Portland Park, Wilson, Multnomah Village Association, SW Business Association, Hillsdale Business and Professional Association.

North Portland Neighborhood Office (NPNO)
2410 N. Lombard St.
Portland, OR 97217
Tel. (503) 823-4524
E-mail: npno123@teleport.com
Serves: Arbor Lodge, Bridgeton, Friends of Cathedral Park, Hayden Island, Kenton, Overlook, Portsmouth, St. Johns, University Park.

City of Portland home page: http://www.ci.portland.or.us/

Multnomah County

Beverly Stein
Multnomah County Commissioners Chair
Portland Building
Room 1515
1120 SW Fifth Ave.
Portland, OR 97204
Tel. (503) 248-3308
Fax: (503) 248-3093
E-mail: mult.chair@co.multnomah.or.us
Web page: http://www.multnomah.lib.or.us/cc/bev/
Elected at large.

Dan Saltzman
District 1
Multnomah County Commissioner
Portland Building
Room 1500
1120 SW Fifth Ave.
Portland, OR 97204
Tel. (503) 248-5220
Fax: (503) 248-5440
E-mail: Dan.S.SALTZMAN@co.multnomah.or.us

Gary Hansen
District 2
Multnomah County Commissioner
Portland Building
Room 1500
1120 SW Fifth Ave.
Portland, OR 97204
Tel. (503) 248-5219
Fax: (503) 248-5262
E-mail: gdhansen@teleport.com
Web page: http://www.multnomah.lib.or.us/cc/ds2/

Tanya Collier
District 3
Multnomah County Commissioner
Portland Building
Room 1500
1120 SW Fifth Ave.
Portland, OR 97204
Tel. (503) 248-5217
Fax: (503) 248-5262
E-mail: tanya.d.collier@co.multnomah.or.us
Web page: http://www.multnomah.lib.or.us/cc/ds3/

Sharron Kelley
District 4
Multnomah County Commissioner
Portland Building
Room 1500
1120 SW Fifth Ave.
Portland, OR 97204
Tel. (503) 248-5213
Fax: (503) 248-5262
E-mail: sharron.e.KELLEY@co.multnomah.or.us
Web page: http://www.multnomah.lib.or.us/cc/ds4/

Michael D. Schrunk
Multnomah County District Attorney
600 County Courthouse
Portland, OR 97204
Tel. (503) 248-3162
Fax: (503) 248-3643
E-mail:
(Executive Assistant Kelly Bacon): Kelly.G.Bacon@co.multnomah.or.us
(or Brenda B. Clark:) Brenda.B.Clark@co.multnomah.or.us
Web page: http://www.multnomah.lib.or.us/da/

Dan Noelle
Multnomah County Sheriff
12240 NE Glisan St.
Portland, OR 97230
Tel. (503) 255-3600
Fax: (503) 253-2663
Web page: http://www.multnomah.lib.or.us/sheriff/

Metropolitan Human Rights Commission
1120 SW Fifth Ave., #516
Portland, OR 97204
Tel. (503) 823-5136
Fax: (503) 823-0119

Multnomah County home page: http://www.multnomah.lib.or.us/

Find out what Multnomah County commissioner district you live in here at this map.

Other Multnomah County groups to lobby:

Community Corrections Advisory Committee
Tel. (503) 248-7057

Purpose: Actively participate in the design of the County's Community Corrections Plan and application of financial aid; observe the operation of Community Corrections in the County; make an annual report and develop recommendations for improvements if necessary.
Members: Fifteen to twenty-three members: one Law Enforcement Officer; one District Attorney; one Circuit Court Judge; one Public Defender or Defense Attorney; one Probation or Parole Officer; representative of a private correctional agency; one County Commissioner; thirteen lay citizens (one of whom shall be a member of a minority ethnic group) and one ex-offender. Appointed pursuant to the Multnomah County Charter for two-year terms.
Metropolitan Human Relations Commission
Tel. (503) 823-5136

Purpose: foster mutual understanding and respect, and to protect the human rights of all persons in the City of Portland and Multnomah County regardless of socioeconomic status, religion, ethnicity, race, national origin, disability, age, gender and sexual orientation.

Members: Fifteen members: six members appointed by County Chair with approval of Board of County Commissioners and nine members appointed by Mayor of the City of Portland. Three-year terms.

Multnomah Council On Chemical Dependency
Tel. (503) 248-3691

Purpose: Advise the County Alcohol and Drug Program Office on the identification of alcohol and other drug abuse prevention and treatment needs and monitor and support the efforts of various private, non-profit entities providing alcohol and other drug services under County contract.

Members: Twenty members who are knowledgeable in the problem of misuse of alcohol and other drugs: representatives of the geographic area including minority members reasonably reflecting the proportion of the minorities' need for alcohol/drug programs in the community. Appointed to two-year terms by County Chair with Board of County Commissioner approval.

Multnomah County Public Safety Council
Tel. (503) 248-5213

Purpose: Provide assistance to the Department of Community Corrections, the Juvenile Justice Division, the Multnomah County Sheriff, the District Attorney, and the other agencies and functions within the criminal justice system; and make regular reports to the Board of County Commissioners on all matters effecting Multnomah County criminal justice programs.

Members: Eighteen members appointed in accordance with Section3.70 of the County Charter: the County Chair; the District Attorney; the County Sheriff; the residing Judge of the County Circuit Court; the Chief of the Portland Police Bureau; the Chief of the Gresham Police Department; the County Manager of the Department of Community Corrections; the County Manager of the Department of Social Services; County Director of Juvenile Justice Division; the Metropolitan Public Defender; one representative each from the Cities of Wood Village, Fairview, Troutdale, and Maywood Park; two members from areas such as mental health, social services, the health professions, labor, business, n\minorities, and the religious communities; one representative of the Citizens Crime Commission; and one County resident appointed to a two year term by the Citizens Involvement Committee.

Washington County

Linda Peters, Chair
Washington County Board of Commissioners
Washington County Public Services Building
155 N. First Ave.
Hillsboro, OR 97124
Tel. (503) 648-8685
Fax: (503) 693-4545
Elected at large
Web page: http://www.ci.hillsboro.or.us/Washington/deptmts/cao/bd_comm/peters.htm

Kim Katsion
District 1
Washington County Board of Commissioners
Washington County Public Services Building
155 N. First Ave.
Hillsboro, OR 97124
Tel. (503) 648-8685
Fax: (503) 693-4545
Web page: http://www.ci.hillsboro.or.us/Washington/deptmts/cao/bd_comm/katsion.htm

Kathy Christy
District 2
Washington County Board of Commissioners
Washington County Public Services Building
155 N. First Ave., Suite 300
Hillsboro, OR 97124
Tel. (503) 648-8681
Fax: (503) 693-4545
Web page: http://www.ci.hillsboro.or.us/Washington/deptmts/cao/bd_comm/christy.htm

Roy Rogers
District 3
Washington County Board of Commissioners
Washington County Public Services Building
155 N. First Ave.
Hillsboro, OR 97124
Tel. (503) 648-8685
Fax: (503) 693-4545
Web page: http://www.ci.hillsboro.or.us/Washington/deptmts/cao/bd_comm/rogers.htm

Andy Duyck
District 4
Washington County Board of Commissioners
Washington County Public Services Building
155 N. First Ave.
Hillsboro, OR 97124
Tel. (503) 648-8685
Fax: (503) 693-4545
Web page: http://www.ci.hillsboro.or.us/Washington/deptmts/cao/bd_comm/duyck.htm

District Attorney Scott Upham
Washington County Justice Services Building
150 N. First Ave.
Hillsboro, OR 97124
Tel. (503) 648-8671
Fax: (503) 640-3407
Web page: http://www.ci.hillsboro.or.us/Washington/deptmts/da/damain.htm

Jim Spinden
Washington County Sheriff
150 N. First Avenue
Hillsboro, OR 97124
Tel. (503) 648-8700
Fax: (503)-648-8610
E-mail: sheriff@co.washington.or.us
Web page: http://www.ci.hillsboro.or.us/Washington/deptmts/sheriff/sheriff.htm

Washington County home page: http://www.co.washington.or.us/

Board of Commissioners' home page: http://www.ci.hillsboro.or.us/Washington/deptmts/cao/bd_comm/bocmain.htm

Find out what Washington County commissioner district you reside in at this map.

Clackamas County

Judy Hammerstad
Clackamas County Board of Commissioners
906 Main St.
Oregon City, OR 97045
Tel. (503) 655-8581
Fax: (503) 650-8944
One of three at-large commissioners

Darlene Hooley
Clackamas County Board of Commissioners
906 Main St.
Oregon City, OR 97045
Tel. (503) 655-8581
Fax: (503) 650-8944

Ed Lindquist
Clackamas County Board of Commissioners
906 Main St.
Oregon City, OR 97045
Tel. (503) 655-8581
Fax: (503) 650-8944
One of three at-large county commissioners

Terry Gustafson
District Attorney
Clackamas County Courthouse
807 Main St., #7
Oregon City, OR 97045
Tel. (503) 655-8431
Fax: (503) 650-8944

Clackamas County home page: http://co.clackamas.or.us/

Metro

A directly elected regional government that serves more than 1.2 million residents in Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington counties and the 24 cities in the Portland, Oregon, metropolitan area.

Metro
600 NE Grand Ave.
Portland, OR 97232
Switchboard: (503) 797-1700
Council Offices: (503) 797-1540
Council Fax: (503) 797-1793
Web page: http://www.multnomah.lib.or.us/metro/

Ruth McFarland
Presiding Officer
Metro, District 1
600 NE Grand Ave.
Portland, OR 97232
Tel. (503) 797-1540
Fax: (503) 797-1793

Don Morissette
Metro, District 2
600 NE Grand Ave.
Portland, OR 97232
Tel. (503) 797-1540
Fax: (503) 797-1793

Jon Kvistad
Metro, District 3
600 NE Grand Ave.
Portland, OR 97232
Tel. (503) 797-1540
Fax: (503) 797-1793

Susan McLain
Metro, District 4
600 NE Grand Ave.
Portland, OR 97232
Tel. (503) 797-1540
Fax: (503) 797-1793

Ed Washington
Metro, District 5
600 NE Grand Ave.
Portland, OR 97232
Tel. (503) 797-1540
Fax: (503) 797-1793

Rod Monroe
Metro, District 6
600 NE Grand Ave.
Portland, OR 97232
Tel. (503) 797-1540
Fax: (503) 797-1793
E-mail: monroer@metro.or.gov
Web page: http://www.multnomah.lib.or.us/metro/council/rod.html

Patricia McCaig
Metro, District 7
600 NE Grand Ave.
Portland, OR 97232
Tel. (503) 797-1540
Fax: (503) 797-1793

Oregon State Officials

Governor John Kitzhaber
State Capitol Building
Salem, OR 97310
Tel. (503) 378-3111
or (503) 378-4582
Fax: (503) 378-8970
second fax: (503) 378-6075
Web page: http://www.governor.state.or.us/governor.html

Ted Kulongoski
Oregon Attorney General
100 Justice Building
Salem, OR 97310
Tel. (503) 378-6002
Fax: (503) 378-6306
E-mail: Ted.KULONGOSKI@state.or.us

Phil Keisling
Oregon Secretary of State
136 State Capitol
Salem OR 97310-0722
Tel. (503) 986-1523
Fax: (503) 986-1616
E-mail: phil.keisling@state.or.us
Web page: http://www.sos.state.or.us/soshome.htm

Jack Roberts
Oregon Secretary of Labor
Tel. (503) 731-4070
E-mail: Jack.R.ROBERTS@state.or.us

Oregon OnLine: http://www.state.or.us/

Oregon Government Resources Online: http://www.state.or.us/governme.htm

Oregon Criminal Justice Services Division: http://www.das.state.or.us/CJSD/cjsd.htm
E-mail: cjsd@state.or.us (still publicized on their Web site but invalid, at least to us)

Oregon's Congressional Delegation

Call your congressional delegation toll-free (proably at least until the November 1996 elections) by dialing 1-800-962-3524 and asking for the office of the representative or senator you wish to lobby.

When writing to your congressional representatives, please note that you should never specify their building or room number. The Capitol Hill people prefer that you use the address format below.

The Honorable Gordon Smith
United States Senate
Washington, DC 20510-3704
Tel. (202) 224-3753
Fax : (202) 228-3997
Web page: http://www.senate.gov/senator/gsmith.html
Republican, Pendleton
Oregon's "junior" senator
Term expires: 2002

The Honorable Ron Wyden
United States Senate
Washington, D.C. 20510
Tel. (202) 224-5244
Fax: (202) 228-2717
E-mail: wyden@teleport.com
Latest: senator@wyden.senate.gov
Web page: http://www.teleport.com/~wyden/
Democrat, Portland
Oregon's "senior" senator

District Office 1:
500 NE Multnomah Blvd., Suite 320
Portland OR 97232
Tel. (503) 326-7525
Fax: (503) 326-7528

District Office 2:
151 W. 7th Ave., Suite 435
Eugene OR 97401
Tel. (541) 431-0229
Fax: (541) 431-0610

District Office 3:
Federal Courthouse, #118
310 W. 6th St.
Medford OR 97501
Tel. (541) 858-5122
Fax: (541) 858-5126

The Honorable Elizabeth Furse
Oregon Congressional District 1
United States House of Representatives
Washington, D.C. 20515
Tel. (202) 225-0855
Fax: (202) 225-9497
Web page: http://www.house.gov/furse/welcome.html
E-mail: FurseOr1@hr.house.gov
Democrat, Hillsboro

District Office:
2701 NW Vaughn St., #860
Portland, OR 97210-4003
Tel. (503) 326-2901
1-800-422-4003 (Oregon only)
Fax: (503) 326-5066

The Honorable Robert Smith
Oregon Congressional District 2
United States House of Representatives
Washington, D.C. 20515
Tel. (202) 225-6730
Fax: (202) 225-5774
Web page: http://congress.nw.dc.us/cgi-bin/member.pl
Republican

District Office: Medford
Tel. (503) 776-4646

The Honorable Earl Blumenauer
Oregon Congressional District 3
United States House of Representatives
Washington, DC 20515
Tel. (202) 225-4811
Fax: (202) 225-8941
Democrat, Portland

District Office: Portland
Tel. (503) 231-2300
E-Mail: write.earl@mail.house.gov

The Honorable Peter DeFazio
Oregon Congressional District 4
United States House of Representatives
Washington, D.C. 20515
Tel. (202) 225-6416
Fax: (202) 225-0373
Democrat, Springfield
E-mail: PDeFazio@hr.house.gov
Web page: http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~pdefazio/

District offices:
151 W. Seventh Avenue, Suite 400
Euegene, OR 97401
Tel. (541) 465-6732
or 1-800-944-9603

P.O. Box 1557
Coos Bay, OR 97420-0333
Tel. (541) 269-2609

612 SE Jackson St., Room 9
Roseburg, OR 97470
Tel. (541) 440-3523

The Honorable Darlene Hooley
Oregon Congressional District 5
United States House of Representatives
Washington, D.C. 20515
Tel. (202) 225-5711
Fax: (202) 225-5699
Democrat, West Linn
Web page: http://congress.nw.dc.us/cgi-bin/member.pl

District office: Salem
Tel. (503) 588-9100

Other Federal Officials

President Bill Clinton
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
Washington, D.C. 20500
Tel. 1 (202) 456-2461
Tel. 1 (202) 456-1414
E-mail: president@whitehouse.gov
Web page: http://www1.whitehouse.gov/WH/Welcome.html

Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott
R - Mississippi
Tel. (202) 224-6253
487 Russell Senate Office Bldg.
Washington, D.C. 20510
Web page: http://www.senate.gov:80../senator/lott.html

House Speaker Newt Gingrich
The Capitol
Washington, D.C. 20515
Tel. (202) 225-0600
Web page: http://www.house.gov/gingrich/
E-mail: Georgia6@hr.house.gov

U. S. House of Representatives Directory - 104th Congress 1995-1996: http://www.eff.org/pub/Activism/Congress_contact/house95.list

U.S. House of Representatives home page: http://www.house.gov/

U.S. Senate home page: http://www.senate.gov/

U.S. House Republican Conference: http://www.house.gov/gop/HRCHome.html

U.S. House Democratic Caucus: http://www.house.gov/demcaucus/welcome.html

U.S. House Democratic Leadership: http://www.house.gov/democrats/

U.S. Senate Directory 104th Congress 1995-1996: http://www.eff.org/pub/Activism/Congress_contact/senate95.list

U.S. Congressional Black Causus: http://drum.ncsc.org/~carter/CBC.html

U.S. Senators' telephone and fax numbers: http://www.eff.org/pub/Alerts/senate95.list

U.S. Representatives' telephone and fax numbers: http://www.eff.org/pub/Alerts/house95.list

Congressional Committee Directory: http://www.eff.org/pub/EFF/Issues/Activism/Congress_cmtes/

White House Executive Offices: http://www.eff.org/pub/EFF/Issues/Activism/exec_branch_us_contact.list

Political Party Links

Reform Party of Oregon: http://american-party.org/
Democratic Party of Oregon: http://www.dpo.org/
Benton County: http://www.peak.org/~bcodems/bcodems.html
Jackson County: http://www.mind.net/democrat/
Marion County: http://www.willamette.edu/~jchamber/mcdcc.html

Oregon Democratic Leadership Council: http://www.teleport.com/~odlc

Republican Party Home Page: http://ezinfo.ucs.indiana.edu/~erifoley/rep.html

Yahoo - Government: Politics: Regional: http://www.yahoo.com/Government/Politics/Regional/U_S__States/

Oregon GOP pages at this time include this excellent summary of addresses and vital statistics on Oregon voters and Ken Weide's Oregon Republicans page. Any others will be linked when found - or please give us a tip.

Activist Resources

League of Women Voters of Portland:
921 SW Morrison St.
Portland, OR 97205
Tel. (503) 228-1675
Office hours: 9:30 am-2:30 pm Mondays through Thursdays.

Project Vote Smart: the first owners' manual for voters: http://www.vote-smart.org/

Rock the Vote: http://www.rockthevote.org/

Stardot, at http://www.stardot.com/zipper/ matches your representative to your zip code, so you don't even need to know your congressperson's name or district to get their office number. (Because of overlapping districts and zones, the accuracy is only 85 percent however, so double-check the results if you're not sure.)

U.S. National Debt Clock: including money we borrow to incarcerate victimless drug offenders: http://www.brillig.com/debt_clock/

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