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2025-2026 Legislative Priorities Voting Now Open
The LOC’s Legislative Priorities Ballot went live on June 21, and now cities need to review the 23 recommendations from the League’s seven policy committees.
How to Vote – Read Carefully
By filling out an online ballot, each city will have a voice in shaping LOC’s legislative agenda for the next two years (2025-2026). Each city will have five votes, ranking their top five legislative priorities.
Each city manager or top city administrator will have access to the online ballot, which cities will use to rank their top five priorities. To assist with this process, the LOC has created a Voter’s Guide providing details for each of the 23 legislative recommendations. The LOC does recommend that each city’s process include dialogue with city councilors and mayors.
Once the votes are tallied, the LOC Board will review the final votes and approve a final set of legislative priorities at its October meeting. More background on the LOC’s legislative advocacy is available here.
If you have any questions about the recommendations, please contact the lobbyist in the Voter's Guide for the appropriate policy committee.
Once priorities are finalized, they become the LOC’s legislative focus, along with the LOC’s Organizational Priorities and the Oregon Municipal Policy. Issues not receiving sufficient votes to make the final legislative priority list will not be dropped from our lobbying advocacy. Instead, they become part of the overall legislative advocacy for each lobbyist working on behalf of the LOC.
Voting Deadline
Your city’s ballots are due to the LOC by 5 p.m. on September 27.
Contact: Jim McCauley, Legislative Director - jmccauley@orcities.org