CCE seminar series Dr. John Perona, series coordinator This presentation available at:

1. CCE seminar series Dr. John Perona, series coordinator This presentation available at: www.pdxClimateEd.com

2. Tonight’s seminar • Climate change and climate justice (Sam Baraso, Multnomah Cty Office of Sustainability) • Portland Clean Energy Fund (Tony DeFalco, Verde) • Seminar series wrapup and suggestions -fill out form tonight -email to johnjperona@gmail.com -email to Francine: fchinitz@hotmail.com

5. What is the Portland Clean Energy Fund?

6. What Would the Measure do? • Generate $30 million a year in spending in the City of Portland focused on: • Renewable energy & energy efficiency • Job training and contractor support • Sustainable agriculture • Innovation • Create a grant committee to oversee fund allocation • Adopt ambitious workforce equity and contractor equity, with strong metrics for measuring success

7. How would the funding be raised? • The measure would impose a 1% surcharge on Billionaire Retail Corporations. • Corporations with over $ 1 billion in national revenue (like Starbucks, McDonald’s, GAP, Nordstrom, Walmart, Bank of America) would have to pay a 1% surcharge on their annual revenue made within the City of Portland. • Groceries, medicine, credit unions, co-ops, and utilities are exempt

8. Why tax Billion Dollar Retailers? They have record high revenues & pay a record low effective tax rate. Unlike manufacturers, retailers have to be in the city if they want to sell to people in the city (ie- very limited risk of job flight). These corporations do not pay their fair share already AND they just received massive tax breaks from the Federal Government. There is a serious need for funding to support a transition to a socially just energy future. We’re asking for just 1% from the top 1%!

9. How would the funds be spent? • Funding categories include: • Renewable Energy and energy efficiency, with at least half for low-income households • Job training, apprenticeships and contractor support • Local sustainable food production • 9-person Committee (appt’d by Council) would recommend fund allocation to qualified non-profit applicants • City Council approves (legally required) • Non-profits distribute funds to individuals, businesses, and other qualified applicants to support measure goals

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15. Steering Committee

16. July 6: DEADLINE FOR SIGNATURES! April 20: Final court hearing January: Filed measure August - October: Get out the vote! (GOTV) November 6: ELECTION DAY! May: Signature gathering begins! March 23: First court hearing Timeline

17. How to get involved with PCEF! How to get involved with PCEF! • Sign up for weekly campaign updates • Follow PCEF & share throughout your own networks: • PortlandCleanEnergyFund @pdxcleanenergy • Collect signatures to get on the ballot! • Get trained to become a campaign spokesperson • Are you affiliated with an organization who hasn’t endorsed? Encourage them to! • Fundraise / donate

18. Who’s on board? (our 150+ endorsers!) Who’s on board? (our 150+ endorsers!) Community Organizations & Businesses 350.org International | 47th Avenue Farm | A&R Solar | Abacus Energy | Able Farms | Accessory Dwellings Strategies | AFSCME Local 189, 2505, 3336, 3580, and 88 | Alliance for Democracy | Alpha Energy Savers | Birdsmouth Construction | Blossom Earthworks | Center for a Sustainable Economy | Center for Biological Diversity | Climate Action Coalition | Climate Jobs PDX | Climate Solutions | Communitecture | Community Alliance of Tenants | Community Energy Project | Constructing Hope | Democratic Socialists of America (Portland Chapter) | Depave | EcoFaith Recovery | Enhabit | Equal Exchange | First Unitarian Portland - Community for Earth | FMYI (for my innovation) Corporation | Food and Water Watch | Friends of Outdoor School | Good Energy Retrofit | Green Hammer | Green Lents | Green Savers |H.E.L.P. | Hacienda CDC | HELP/Create Plenty | Home Performance Guild | Hot Lips Pizza | Human Access Project | Human Solutions | Indow Window | Ink Built Design | Intelekia Law | Jubilee Oregon | Los Mayos Taqueria | Mixteca Catering | Monqui Presents | Mudbone Grown | National Association of Letter Carriers, Branch 82 | Neighbors for Clean Air | New Foods Market | Onward Oregon | OPAL Environmental Justice Oregon | Orange Splot | Oregon Consumer League | Oregon Latino Health Coalition | Our Children’s Trust | Passive House Northwest | People-Places-Things | Portland Area CSA Coalition| Portland Buddhist Peace Fellowship | Portland Community Reinvestment Initiatives Inc. | Portland Forward | Portland Harbor Community Coalition | Portland Jobs With Justice | Portland Tenants United | PortLaundry | Prism House PDX | Prisma Point | Propel Studio | Pyramid Communications | Right 2 Survive | ROSE Community Development | Rosewood Initiative | Schoolyard Farms | SEIU Local 49 | Self Enhancement Inc. | Slow Hand Farm | Soft Box Films | Sunbridge Solar | Sustainable Energy and Economy Network | SynchroSolar | The City Repair Project | The League of Women Voters of Portland | The Main Street Alliance of Oregon | The Waypost | Tivnu: Building Justice | United Nations Association of Portland | Urban A.G. Solutions | Urban Greenspaces | Urban League of Portland | Willamette Riverkeeper | Wonder Ballroom

19. Who’s on board? (our 150+ endorsers, continued!) Notable Individuals Bill McKibben | Naomi Klein | State Representative Tawna D. Sanchez (HD 43) | State Representative Alissa Keny-Guyer (HD 46) | State Senator Lew Frederick (SD 22) | Tom Kelly Faith Leaders Bishop David Brauer-Rieke |Havurah Shalom Governing Board |Multnomah Friends Meeting | Pastor Adam Phillips | Pastor Andy Goebel | Pastor Donald Frazier | Pastor Valerie Chapman | Rabbi Ariel Stone |Rabbi Callie Schulman | Rabbi Debra Kolodny | Reb. Robyn Hartwig | Rev. Amanda Zentz-Alo | Rev. Andrew Guthrie | Rev. Andrew Rickel | Rev. Aric Clark | Rev. Beth Neel | Rev. Bill Gates | Rev. Cecil Prescod |Rev. Chris Craun | Rev. Chris Hyde | Rev. Connie Yost | Rev. David C. Dornack | Rev. David Knapp | Rev. David Wheeler | Rev. Dr. Barbara J. Campbell | Rev. Dr. Janet Parker | Rev. Dr. Mark Brocker | Rev. Eilidh Lowry | Rev. Elizabeth Durant | Rev. Elizabeth Winslea | Rev. Erin Martin | Rev. Greg Neel | Rev. Heather Wenrick | Rev. Jonna Alexander | Rev. Joshua Dunham | Rev. Joshua Kingsley | Rev. Julia Nielsen | Rev. Kate Lore |Rev. Katie Larsell | Rev. Kerlin Richter | Rev. Lynne Snouse Lopez | Rev. Mark Knutson | Rev. Melissa Reed | Rev. Michael Ellick | Rev. Ron Werner Jr. | Rev. Sarah Kinsel | Rev. Solveig Nilsen-Goodin | Rev. Suzan Ireland | Rev. Tara Wilkins | Rev. Vern Groves | Rev. Walter John Boris| Rev. William Sinkford Neighborhood AssociationsArbor Lodge| Boise | Brentwood Darlington | Concordia | Cully | Eliot | Foster Powell | Hosford Abernathy | Humboldt | Irvington | Kerns | Linnton | Piedmont | Portsmouth | Richmond | South Tabor | Sullivan's Gulch | Sunnyside | Woodlawn

20. With your help, we can pass this and set an example for the rest of the country!

22. Many thanks! Chelsea Maricle Nathan Grey Mark McCleod Francine Chinitz Margaret Eickmann Jennifer Wohl Tamara Staton Daniela Brod Frank Granshaw Judy Perry Melanie Plaut John Kitchens Elianne Lieberman Citizens’ Climate Lobby Portland chapter