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Making a Difference…

Making a Difference…. Building Outreach That Works Doug Riggs / Ryan Fisher. Game Plan for The Day. Oregon Legislature 101 - - Who are these people? Dos and Don’ts of Advocacy How can we impact the process? Key: Leave the room more positive and better prepared to advocate for CHCs.

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Making a Difference…

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  1. Making a Difference… Building Outreach That Works Doug Riggs / Ryan Fisher

  2. Game Plan for The Day • Oregon Legislature 101 - - Who are these people? • Dos and Don’ts of Advocacy • How can we impact the process? • Key: Leave the room more positive and better prepared to advocate for CHCs

  3. Understanding the Changing Capitol --Senate 16-14 --House 30-30 --Kitz in charge --November Direction: --Two incumbent loses (Telfer and Schaufler) --Tie, 1 seat majority in House, etc.

  4. New, new, new…. • New House members • New chairs • New rules • New timeline • New annual sessions

  5. End of An Era • Rules Changes most significant “In the 1970s, legislators would demand campaign contributions prior to voting on bills and have dinner at their favorite restaurant downtown and charge it to their “favorite” lobbyist, even if the lobbyist wasn’t present.” • No Blazer games, trips to Hawaii, fancy dinners or bottles of booze

  6. Not An Easy Sell…. • Pay for Oregon legislators is: • $4,247/month • $3,815/month • $1,911/month • $950/month

  7. Who’s on the phone? • Where do these staff come from? • Full time, professionals • Part time college students • Family members • Family members of other legislators • Temporary workers

  8. System? • 2000-3000 bills • 800 pass • New issues • Falling revenue • Falling revenue • Falling revenue……

  9. What are we up against? • Time crunch • Competing interests • Interests with big PACs (REALLY big PACs) • Lack of knowledge • Lack of public knowledge • Time crunch - - long session only 5 months, short session only 35 days!

  10. Sounds dire? • Surprisingly, it isn’t • Great thing = impact is possible • Key is = right approach

  11. What’s the Landscape? • 7 months • Campaigns • Budget recovery? • Need to build brand awareness

  12. What Are OUR Issues? Major legislative themes that will impact housing that we see coming down the pike. • Veteran's housing • Foreclosure funding and rollout of 1552 • EITC renewal and potential expansion • TANF funding and program changes • CCO/ELC development and housing's role • FW Housing (Agricultural Family Housing)

  13. Housing Messages that work • Hardworking people should be able to afford housing and still have enough money for groceries and other basic necessities. • Children deserve an opportunity to succeed in school and life, which is tied to having a stable home. SAFE and STABLE for KIDS. • To succeed you need a place to call home Its only fair that everyone has a safe, decent place to live. • Economic success for a community needs housing • Jobs through construction projects

  14. Strategy / Building key Relationships • ______ • ______ • ______ • ______ • ______

  15. What We Need From You: • 7 months of hard work • Every day, set aside 15 – 20 minutes: • Write a letter to your Senator and Representative • Send a letter to the editor • Call your legislator once a month • Go to Rotary, Kiwanis, Chamber meetings to raise the issue and ask for their help • Recruit your local hospital to support legislative priorities • Recruit 2 people per week to write letter / make calls

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