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====Historical Monuments====
* [[https://www.change.org/p/remove-golden-brawny-woodsman-idol-from-the-oregon-capitol-building|Petition to remove the golden brawny woodsman idol from the Oregon capitol building]]

====Public Safety====

[[https://www.portland.gov/council/agenda/2024/1/24|1/24/2024 4 communications calling for Gaza cease-fire]].  We denounce all such calls unless they first call for release of the hostages, and a renunciation of the Hamas charter and its genocidal jihad against the Jews.

Commissioner Rene Gonzalez responds on Instagram, gets his car firebombed.

[[https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/communication/placed-file/110-2024|1 communication]] calls on Portland to join Oakland, San Francisco and 50 other municipalities in calling for Gaza cease-fire. 

The RCIF supports Portland's "sister-city" relationship with Ashkelon, Israel. [[Oregon-Israel-Palestine relations]]

====Houselessness and Economic mobility====

====Behavioral Health====

Oregon Supreme Court should reverse its mistaken decision permitting obscene performances and live-sex shows, and allow legislators and city councilors to shut down Portland's exploitative sex-trafficking industry.   Oregon Const 1 § 1 "each person shall be held responsible for the abuse of this right".

[[https://www.oregonlive.com/health/2024/02/long-awaited-study-of-oregons-mental-health-gaps-puts-500-million-price-tag-on-needed-beds.html|3,000 new beds at $500MM needed in Oregon]], above and beyond 2021 funding, not including operational and staffing costs.

===== Law and Legal Aid======
[[https://oregonlawcenter.org/|Oregon Law Center]] founded by Steve Lowenstein.  [[https://lowensteintrust.org/|Steve Lowenstein Trust]] Recognizing those who are making a difference for the underserved



=====Drafts In Progress====
  * [[Open letter to Taborspace at Mt. Tabor presbyterian church re Cease fire and freeing of the Israeli hostages held illegally in Gaza]]
  * [[Anti-imperialist working group]]
  * [[Open letter to Multnomah County Board of Commissioners re Neglect or Abdication Public Duty to provide County services]]
  * [[Open letter to Multnomah County Board of Commissioners re Posted messages that slander and incite genocide, and justify anti-Jewish violence]]


  * [[Commentary and Revisions of BastardsLivesMatter.org]] - complain, kvetch, and propose your changes here.
  * [[Open letter to Multnomah County Board of Commissioners re Lack of Accessibility or Information on Public Meetings]].  Addressed in testimony 2/15/2023