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Former Beaverton official Jenny Hariyama emphasizes legislative partnerships, equity lenses and targeted homelessness responses
Summary
Jenny Hariyama, who described experience in Beaverton and regional partnerships, told Eugene council she relies on legislative strategy and coordinated IGAs to secure funding, uses an equity lens for CIP prioritization, and described outreach strategies that reduced visible encampments near a library.
Jenny Hariyama (identified in the meeting as Hariyama) told Eugene City Council on Jan. 13 that legislative relationships, intergovernmental agreements and targeted outreach are central to her approach to homelessness, climate and economic priorities.
Hariyama described Beaverton’s experience in negotiating intergovernmental agreements for supportive housing funded through Metro and said the city avoided using the general fund for one shelter project by pursuing state and federal capital grants. She told council a $2–3 million earmark was lost on one senior-housing project but was later replaced through an aggressive legislative strategy: “we aggressively went... to our…
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