Affordable homes. Safer streets.
A city that works for all of us.
Milwaukie has real momentum
and real problems we've been too slow to solve.
Downtown is coming alive with small businesses. We're investing in safer streets for bikes and pedestrians. This is a city where neighbors know each other by name and show up for each other. That’s a strong foundation worth building upon!
But many of us who live here couldn't afford to move here today. Our roads are rough and sidewalks are missing. Most neighborhoods still don’t have walking access to shops, just new development replacing trees and green space. And if we don't act, we're headed for a $6.7 million budget hole by 2029.
A better future is possible. Milwaukie should be a city where you can walk out your front door and stroll to a local shop. Where kids play in the street without a second thought. Where residents can finally connect with the Willamette at the newly built Milwaukie Bay Park. A city where growth has added to our neighborhoods rather than diminished them, and where the people who make Milwaukie special can actually afford to stay.
As Council President, Will helped pass an affordable housing code to cut red tape and make it easier to build homes Milwaukie families can actually afford. He secured 2 new police officers and a behavioral health worker to keep our community safe, brought over $1.2 million in small business grants to Milwaukie, and fought to make the SPOT program permanent so any resident can propose a safety fix in their neighborhood and actually get it done.
As a Policy Strategist in the Oregon Legislature, he wrote the law banning private equity firms from competing with local homebuyers, helped pass the POWER Act so data centers — not residents — foot the bill for Oregon's energy growth, and fought for legislation giving Oregonians the right to sue the federal government when ICE violates their constitutional rights.
Will has been delivering for Milwaukie. As Mayor, he'll be ready to finish the job.
