Council · Ward 1, Position A candidate · City of Hillsboro · November 3, 2026
Diana Jackson
Public-defense legal assistant and planning commissioner.
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- dianaforhillsboro.com (opens in a new tab)
- DianaForHillsboro@gmail.com
- Volunteer form (opens in a new tab)
As published in their pamphlet statement and campaign site.
In their words
Said: Diana is a nine-year resident of Hillsboro, working downtown for a nonprofit public defense law firm, a proud member of Oregon AFSCME Local 3668, and she currently serves on the Hillsboro Planning Commission.
Pamphlet p. 16
Candidate statement · November 2026 edition; extracted September 21, 2026
Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 16 ↗Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims. Skips the label line “A neighbor. A mom. A fighter for Hillsboro.” (fragments with no predicate).
The verbatim opening of their voters’ pamphlet statement, the same rule for every candidate. We chose nothing.
What they say they would do
Our summary of their platform, in our wordsEmphasizes renter affordability, small-business development and opposition to data-center tax breaks.
- Support housing affordability as a basic need.
- Redirect economic-development attention toward small businesses.
- Close service-access gaps and protect immigrant residents.
Our reading
Our interpretation, not their wordsShe would end data-center tax breaks and treat housing as a right; her materials do not yet show what replaces the foregone investment or which housing financing she would use.
Where they stand
Rent and homes
Affordable homes near work- What
- Said: Treats housing as a human right and wants people able to afford to live where they work; would build up downtown with workforce housing tied to small-business support.
- How
- Said: Pair workforce housing with small-business support in the Downtown Hillsboro Urban Renewal Area and build up rather than out, reinforced by multimodal transportation.
- Measured by
- Not in their sources
Camps, crime and who responds
Dual-diagnosis treatment- What
- Said: Wants dual-diagnosis treatment centers with housing and job-training wraparound services, possibly in the Health & Education District, and would keep building on the city’s codified sanctuary protections.
- How
- Said: Dual-diagnosis centers treating addiction and mental health together, with wraparound housing and job-training services, sited in the Health & Education District near TriMet stations.
- Measured by
- Not in their sources
Your bills and taxes
No data-center tax breaks- What
- Said: Would grow small businesses and diversify the economy rather than give tax breaks to data centers.
- How
- Not in their sources
- Measured by
- Not in their sources
Streets, buses and air
Hold the growth boundary- What
- Said: Would protect the urban growth boundary and farmland, and build up downtown reinforced by multimodal transportation.
- How
- Not in their sources
- Measured by
- Not in their sources
The choices this office faces
Every candidate in this race is asked the same 6 questions. Diana Jackson is on record on 5, with 1 still open. A question without an answer is a research gap, not a position.
No answer we could findRaise the transportation utility fee to $11.64 a month and sewer and stormwater rates about 5% from January 1?
Nothing on this exact choice in the sources we reviewed.
Adopt the new data-center zoning limits on October 6 and extend the 120-day moratorium past November 24?
Said: Told the council June 23, 2026 she questioned whether proposed data centers support local economic goals and worried about data centers near schools, asking what protections the city will adopt; the moratorium’s extension is unsaid.
On the topic; the exact choice is unsaid.
Raise the fees data centers pay on abated taxes and set stricter terms on new abatements?
Said: Says the city should grow small businesses rather than give tax breaks to data centers, and that being singularly focused on one industry is detrimental.
Fund a Human Rights Office ($321,000–$553,000 a year) and more legal aid on top of the sanctuary ordinance?
Said: Says “ICE out of Hillsboro” and would continue the work Councilor Sinclair started to protect vulnerable neighbors; the Human Rights Office and its cost are unsaid.
On the topic; the exact choice is unsaid.
Add local tenant protections and a downtown anti-displacement strategy, or focus on loosening rules to build more?
Said: Says Hillsboro cannot keep building out and should build up its downtown corridor with workforce housing tied to small-business support; tenant protections and the Avenida Diez preference policy are unsaid.
On the topic; the exact choice is unsaid.
Approve Sky Harbour’s seven private-jet hangars at the airport when it refiles?
Said: Abstained on the hangars May 27, 2026 as a planning commissioner, citing uncertainty about one approval criterion and saying 3,800 added flights a year seemed like a lot for nearby residents; how she would vote on a refiling is unsaid.
On the topic; the exact choice is unsaid.
A question the evidence leaves open
Which housing and incentive changes would you enact first, and what would replace foregone investment or revenue?
Sources (2)
- Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 16Candidate statement · November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims.
- Jackson · prioritiesCandidate statement · Website reviewed September 21, 2026Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified.