Team Hayes for Portland

09/07/2025

MONDAY NIGHT 9/8 @ 7pm! Join me at the premiere of a documentary about the historic 2024 Portland election for the new form of government. I allowed the great Nathan 🎬 to film various campaign activities and events so it will be interesting to see what footage made it into the final product. 🍿

There will be other electeds and candidates in attendance - I can't wait to see all of us in one place again! 🥳

Buy tickets and learn more at the link in my bio! 🎟️

07/18/2025

Y'all, I'm not going to sugar coat it - Gateway Fred Meyer announcing their closure in September is horrible news for East Portlanders, and something we've been warning local leadership about for a few years now.

The continuous illegal camping along the I-205 multi-use path, the ease of access via transit from this area over to the Bottle Drop, and the lack of concern for the safety and livability of East Portlanders from our elected officials is something we've grown accustomed to.

We continue to lose convenient options, making our already difficult lives even harder. We already live in a food desert out here, forcing our neighbors to spend more time and money traveling to find what they need. People who live near highways are generally lower income than most others, and losing amenities means they're living exposed to higher levels of noise and air pollution for no reason at all once the convenience of the location disappears.

Losing this store, and previously Kohl's, means we're not just losing groceries, we're losing a place to buy home goods and even worse, a pharmacy in a time where our federal government already made it harder for some areas like ours to access these services when they permitted the Walgreens / Rite Aid merger a few years ago.

Our neighbors are at risk of losing their jobs, or at least having to spend more time and money traveling to a new location if they choose to do so. I thank UFCW Local 555 for their support of union employees at this store and I apologize to the residents of this neighborhood for the lack of true assistance to the area to prevent businesses from giving up on y'all. We need to make safety and livability a top priority of our elected officials again!

07/05/2025

Happy Independence Day!

I hope you're able to have the day off to spend with your loved ones. While I know people aren't necessarily feeling very patriotic with what's going on federally right now, we still thankfully have a lot of freedoms as Oregonians.

As summer officially kicks off, I hope you all have fun and stay safe, but most importantly, stay involved in your communities!! Join the block parties, check on your neighbors when it gets too hot out, and get out to the parks and events all over Portland this summer. Happy 4th! 🎆

06/15/2025

Happy Father's Day!

I want to celebrate the fathers who wake up everyday and work hard to provide and protect their children.

We are rarely celebrated and in a time where being a man is often dismissed as problematic or treated as a joke I want to thank every father for getting up and not giving up!

I can't help but think about the children that woke up today without a father, especially the fathers taken by gun violence. I know both the pain of losing a family member to police violence and family from community violence. Few know this pain, but many seem to have an opinion about it.

I will never stop fighting to create a safe community where fathers live and children can enjoy the gift of having a father. Where community policing preserves life and where community members see every life as one to be valued and protected. Have an amazing Father's Day!!! 💪🏿❤️

04/09/2025

I'm buying my ticket - see you there! 🥳

If you missed my newsletter - check out why I support Future Portland here: https://mailchi.mp/teamhayesforportland/please-join-me-at-a-public-safety-discussion-fundraiser-4-23?e=1eea4f216e

Have you bought your tickets yet? Our fundraiser on 4/23 is filling up fast, make sure you don't miss out! This is your opportunity to become a founding member of our expanding grassroots organization while hearing from some of our public safety leaders. We'll see you there!

Link to purchase tickets in bio! There's also a volunteer sign up link with a few slots left.

03/14/2025

A quick shout out to my mama, she is my best friend, my biggest ally, and a huge reason I ran for office last year and will not stop fighting for my community. I am so proud of the volunteer work she does for our homeless neighbors and for myself and my family.

Check the link to read the full story: https://www.opb.org/article/2025/03/12/east-portland-city-hall-council-oregon-transportation-bureau-infrastructure-roads-light/

02/19/2025

This Friday I will be saying a few words on behalf of my "little brother" Deian Salazar, who helped a lot with my own field campaign this fall, kick off his own campaign for David Douglas School Board that will be on your ballot in May.

Please stop by and say hi to me, meet my friend and hear what he's about and how he plans to help students at DDSD. 🎊🍕

Deian Salazar

01/18/2025

Thursday morning I testified to the board about gun violence as a public health emergency. Specifically, I gave them data about our homeless neighbors being one of our most highly affected groups in recent times. Join me in asking the to prioritize this in the FY26 budget as our Surgeon General declared this a national public health emergency last year.

Houseless individuals represented roughly 40% of homicide victims and 30% of firearm homicide victims in 2024, but are less than 1% of the greater Portland area population. This disparity in homicide victimization means they are approximately 650 times more likely to be killed than housed Portlanders.

Let's invest more in programs we know work under the Ceasefire model! I look forward to working on this with Chair , Commissioner and our new County Commissioners and !