As the dust settles on another chaotic legislative session, I wanted to look back, revisit some of the bills we dug into on previous episodes, and explore how we can keep pressure on our legislators between sessions.

I couldn’t think of a better person to guide us through the good, the bad, and the ugly of this legislative session than one of oregon’s most tireless climate champions, State Representative Mark Gamba.  

I’ve known Mark since I worked as the field director for his 2020 congressional bid, so I knew I could trust him to give a no BS account of his perspective on the session.

However, I didn’t realize just how honest and unfiltered he was prepared to be.  He had a lot to say about how business gets done in Salem that I think people need to hear, and I think his perspective is one that you don’t often hear from a politician, regardless of party affiliation.  

We covered a lot of ground, and I just can’t bear to edit it down to thirty minutes, so I’m breaking our conversation into two episodes.  I will release the second half in two weeks.  Make sure to subscribe to Coast Range Radio wherever you get podcasts so you can be sure to catch the full conversation.

Feedback, questions, suggestions? My email is [email protected].

Research Links/Show Notes:

Representative Mark Gamba’s legislative website: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/gamba

Some of our allied organizations’ 2023 Session recap:

• https://oregonwild.org/about/blog/assessing-wreckage-2023-oregon-leg-session?utm_source=alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=062823_orleg&emci=43ed9420-da15-ee11-a9bb-00224832eb73&emdi=d077785f-0d16-ee11-a9bb-00224832eb73&ceid=12095021
• https://www.olcv.org/session-is-over-heres-how-we-did/
• https://www.beyondtoxics.org/2023-legislation/
• https://standuptofactoryfarms.org/

About the Oregon Forest Resources Institute:
https://www.opb.org/article/2020/08/04/oregon-forest-resources-institute-osu-timber-industry-investigation-lobbying/

https://www.propublica.org/series/the-cutting

Polluted By Money Series:

https://projects.oregonlive.com/polluted-by-money/

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