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Clean air is coming back! If you're looking for another breath of fresh air, we've updated our website FAQ with Sarah's straightforward answers to all common questions! sarah2020.com/en/about/faq/

Who is Sarah Iannarone?
Sarah Iannarone is the right woman for the job of leading this city. She’s a small-business founder, and a PSU-educated expert in what makes a city great.

Sure, Ted Wheeler needs to go. But really, what are Sarah’s chances?
Sarah has a clear path to victory if Portland continues to show up like they have in recent months. The biggest obstacle to victory will be if voter apathy outweighs our city’s strong desire for change.

How would Sarah deal with protests if she were mayor?
Sarah plans to work with community to make the changes people demand instead of resisting reform at every turn and pretending mass demonstation will go away on their own.

How will Sarah deal with the white nationalist and alt-right protests? Who is responsible for protest violence?
Sarah will mobilize to stop outside agitators from inciting violence in Portland. Sarah stands for equal enforcement of the law.

Sarah also believes that we can not equate violent fascist protesters with Portlanders who demonstrate peacefully for Black Lives Matter.

How will Sarah deal with the rise in gun violence?
Sarah has built a Gun Violence Prevention team with teenagers from the March for Our Lives who have crafted a plan vetted by community advocates and Elders.

Sarah on COVID & Recovery
“This damn pandemic. The small business I founded had to close, costing my former partner and my daughter their jobs. Tragically, the worst is still to come, which is why we created the Portland Recovery and Resilience Plan:"
sarah2020.com/en/policies/re…

The plan is "a road map for healing Portland through COVID. Targeted solutions will keep people housed, fed, and able to thrive. To improve the way we respond to future disasters, we will ensure every member of our community is engaged in this plan." -

Sarah on Anti-racist Public Safety & Community Well-being: "Portland Police have wasted millions of dollars to collaborate with Federal forces and tear gas Portlanders. We can’t keep throwing good money after bad." sarah2020.com/en/policies/re…

The plan "acts on this moment with a thoughtful reconsideration of how we spend public dollars, and who those investments protect. Portland currently wastes millions on over-policing nonwhite people and harassing the houseless."

"We must divest from this senseless waste and reinvest in community well-being. To reduce crime, we must reduce poverty. Portland needs a truth and reparation process to address the damage that systemic racism has done to Black and Indigenous Portlanders."

Sarah on Housing & Houselessness: "“Portland’s current Mayor failed to substantially reverse the course of the housing crisis, and the pandemic threatens to skyrocket houselessness. We have the resources we need to get people into homes." sarah2020.com/en/policies/ho…

Sarah's plan will "protect people living on the edge of losing everything through immediate extension of residential and commercial renter protections. We will target investments in new affordable housing, work with houseless community members instead of harassing them."

Sarah also intends to "pilot a new direct aid program for our most-vulnerable neighbors."

Sarah on Climate Policy: "Thanks to the voter-approved Portland Clean Energy Fund (PCEF), we have the resources to transition our city toward 100% renewable energy. The current Mayor opposed PCEF on behalf of big business."

"As your next Mayor I will never stand in the way of grassroots climate action. Our Portland Green New Deal plan is ready to act for climate justice. Targeted investments for communities of color and low-income residents will power our renewable future." sarah2020.com/en/policies/gr…

"Targeted investments for communities of color and low-income residents will power our renewable future. My administration will bring Portland individuals and small businesses opportunities to join the regenerative economy, providing family-wage union jobs as we transition."

Q: Someone on social media said Sarah a violent, window-smashing anarchist Antifa terrorist communist socialist.

Sarah is a progressive, an educator, and she stands opposed to fascism. Right-wing media outlets - love to demonize Sarah because of what she represents: ...

...a true challenge to the conservative establishment who is ready for change. Sarah doesn't want America to turn into The Handmaid’s Tale, so she opposes fascism, and calls herself an “everyday antifascist.”

Sarah isn’t scary; she’s a mom and an entrepreneur, a cyclist and an urban planner who studied at PSU. Sarah isn’t a radical, she’s just unapologetic about being right when confronted with injustice. That scares people who would rather see progress fail.

What about Sarah’s social media temperament and use of foul language?

Sarah is a straight-shooter who speaks from the heart, and she’s not a professional politician so occasionally she “puts her foot in her mouth.” ...

But she’s authentic, and she uses social media, particularly her personal twitter account, to connect to Portland. She is in community all the time representing #OurPortland, our shared vision of a progressive city that overcomes the challenges of our day.

Media have focused on Sarah swearing at the Mayor when he’s made major mistakes. Sarah is focused on fixing those mistakes, not apologizing for swearing, or social media drama.