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Bill to audit and update Statewide Planning Goal 1 draws wide support and organized opposition
Summary
House Bill 2950, which would direct DLCD to form an advisory committee to audit and update Statewide Planning Goal 1 (citizen involvement), drew support from planners and civic groups and coordinated opposition from business and development organizations.
Representative Thuy Tran and supporters told the committee House Bill 2950 would create a goals advisory committee to audit and recommend updates to Statewide Planning Goal 1, the statute that directs citizen involvement in land-use planning.
Proponents including planners, 1000 Friends of Oregon and other civic groups said Goal 1 — adopted in the 1970s and without substantive update — relies on outmoded notice methods and has not kept pace with modern engagement practices or equity considerations. Jonathan Harker, chair of the legislative and policy affairs committee for the Oregon Chapter of the American Planning Association, said Goal 1 has no implementing administrative rules or updates since 1974…
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