Draft:Multnomah County Commission

Multnomah County
Commission
Multnomah County; Commission
Type
Type	Unicameral
Term limits	2 terms (8 years), resets after 4 years out of office
Leadership
County chair	Jessica Vega Pederson ; since November 8 2022
Structure
Seats	5
Political groups	Officially nonpartisan Democratic (5);
Length of term	4 years
Elections
Voting system	First-past-the-post; Single-member districts
Last election	November 5, 2024
Next election	November 3, 2026
Meeting place
	Multnomah Building; Portland, Oregon
Website
	Multnomah County Commission

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The Multnomah County Board of Commissioners, colloquially the Multnomah County Commission, is the five member governing body of Multnomah County, the most populated county in the U.S state of Oregon, which includes the major US city of Portland.^[1]

It is comprised of a county chair, elected at-large, and four districted commissioners.

Current members

District	Name	Party^[a]	Residence	First elected
Chair	Jessica Vega Pederson	Democratic	Portland (Hazelwood)	2016
1	Meghan Moyer	Democratic	Portland (Crestwood)	2024
2	Shannon Singleton	Democratic	Portland (Cathedral Park)	2024
3	Julia Brim-Edwards	Democratic	Portland (Mount Tabor)	2022
4	Vince Jones-Dixon	Democratic	Gresham	2024

Districts

Multnomah County is divided into four districts, with each commissioner representing a district of approximately 200,000 people.

District	Represented areas
1	Cities and unincorporated areas: Burlington, Dunthorpe, Holbrook, Riverwood, and Sauvie Island. Portland city neighborhoods: Arlington Heights, Arnold Creek, Ashcreek, Bridlemile, Brooklyn, Buckman, Collins View, Crestwood, Downtown, Far Southwest, Forest Park, Goose Hollow, Hayhurst, Hillsdale, Hillside, Homestead, Hosford-Abernethy, Linnton, Maplewood, Markham, Marshall Park, Multnomah, Northwest District, Northwest Heights, Northwest Industrial, Old Town Chinatown, Pearl District, Richmond, South Burlingame, South Portland, South Waterfront, Southwest Hills, Sylvan-Highlands, and West Portland Park.
2	Cities and unincorporated areas: Maywood Park Portland city neighborhoods: Alameda, Arbor Lodge, Argay, Beaumont-Wilshire, Boise, Bridgeton, Cathedral Park, Concordia, Cully, Dignity Village, East Columbia, Eliot, Grant Park, Hayden Island, Hollywood, Humboldt, Irvington, Kenton, King, Lloyd District, Madison South, Overlook, Parkrose, Piedmont, Portsmouth, Rose City Park, Roseway, Sabin, St. Johns, Sullivan's Gulch, Sumner, Sunderland, University Park, Vernon, and Woodlawn.
3	Portland city neighborhoods: Brentwood-Darlington, Centennial (portions), Creston-Kenilworth, Foster-Powell, Hazelwood, Kerns, Laurelhurst, Lents, Mill Park, Montavilla, Mt. Scott-Arleta, Mt. Tabor, North Tabor, Parkrose Heights, Pleasant Valley (portions), Powellhurst-Gilbert (portions), Russell, South Tabor, Sunnyside, Wilkes (portions), and Woodstock.
4	Cities and unincorporated areas: Bonneville, Corbett, Dodson, Fairview, Gresham, Troutdale, Holbrook, Interlachen, Latourell, Orient, Springdale, Warrendale, Wood Village. Portland city neighborhoods: Centennial (portions), Glenfair, Pleasant Valley (portions), Powellhurst-Gilbert (portions), Russell, Sumner, Wilkes (portions), and Woodland Park.

History

Multnomah County and its Commission were formed in 1854.^[2] From 1854 to 1966, the Commission had three members. Since then. it had had five, including a county chair. George W. Vaughn, Emsley R. Scott, and James Bybee served as the first three commissioners.^[3]

In 1934, the entire Commission was recalled for "gross irregularities" in awarding the contracts for the Burnside and Ross Island Bridges. The recall of the three commissioners, who were all supported by the Ku Klux Klan, is credited with significantly reducing the Klan's influence in Portland.^[4]

In 1974, Alice Corbett became the first female member of the Commission. In 1987, with the election of Gladys McCoy and Polly Casterline, Multnomah County became one of the first county governments in the country to have an all-female Board of Commissioners.^[5] McCoy was also one of the first African Americans elected to public office in Oregon.^[6] In 1998, Serena Cruz became the first Latino elected to the Commission.^[5]

In 1976, the Commission was districted. Prior to this, the Commission was elected at large, with position 1 serving as chair.^[7]

Former members

^[8]

Year	Chair	Commissioner #1	Commissioner #2	Commissioner #3	Commissioner #4
1985	Pauline Anderson	Gretchen Kafoury	Caroline Miller	Earl Blumenauer	Gordon Shadburne
1986				Earl Blumenauer
1986				Bonnie Morris
1987	Gladys McCoy	Pauline Anderson	Gretchen Kafoury	Caroline Miller	Polly Casterline
1988				Caroline Miller
1989				Rick Bauman
1989					Sharron Kelley
1990
1991			Gary Hansen
1992
1993		Dan Saltzman		Tanya Collier
	Hank Miggins
	Bev Stein
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998		Diane M. Linn		Lisa Naito
1999			Serena Cruz
2000
2001					Lonnie J. Roberts
	Bill Farver	Pauline Anderson
	Diane M. Linn	Maria Rojo de Steffey
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007	Ted Wheeler		Jeff Cogen
2008
2009		Deborah Kafoury		Judy Shiprack	Diane McKeel
2009	Jana McClellan		Barbara Willer
2010	Jana McClellan
2010	Jeff Cogen
2011			Loretta Smith
2012
2013
	Marissa Madrigal
		Liesl Wendt
2014		Liesl Wendt
2014	Deborah Kafoury	Jules Bailey
2015
2016
2017		Sharon Meieran		Jessica Vega Pederson	Lori Stegmann
2018			Susheela Jayapal
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023	Jessica Vega Pederson			Diane Rosenbaum
				Julia Brim-Edwards
			Jesse Beason
2024			Jesse Beason
2024			Shannon Singleton
2025		Meghan Moyer	Shannon Singleton		Vince Jones-Dixon