Council · Ward 1, Position A candidate · City of Hillsboro · November 3, 2026
Luis Garcia
Health-information systems designer with technology and volunteer experience.
Reach the campaign
His pamphlet statement prints no website, email or phone, and no campaign site or campaign profile was found by search on September 21, 2026.
In their words
Said: Hillsboro is full of potential, and our future depends on how well we prepare for the challenges ahead.
Pamphlet p. 15
Candidate statement · November 2026 edition; extracted September 21, 2026
Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 15 ↗Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims. Skips the slogan “Hillsboro - For the People - For the Future”.
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 sound infrastructure, resource protection and decisions grounded in scientific and financial evidence.
- Prioritize roads, water and affordable housing.
- Protect farmland from semiconductor and data-center impacts.
- Improve accountability and planning for growth.
Our reading
Our interpretation, not their wordsHe asks for decisions grounded in science and data rather than a fixed stance on industrial growth; what evidence would lead him to approve or reject a project is not stated.
Where they stand
Rent and homes
Housing as a basic- What
- Said: Names affordable housing, with good roads and clean water, as a basic to prioritize; no housing tool is described.
- How
- Not in their sources
- Measured by
- Not in their sources
Camps, crime and who responds
Not foundNot found in the sources we reviewed. That is a research gap, not a position.
Your bills and taxes
Respect taxpayer dollars- What
- Said: Would lead with stewardship and accountability and respect taxpayer dollars; no specific tax, fee or budget change is named.
- How
- Not in their sources
- Measured by
- Not in their sources
Streets, buses and air
Protect farmland- What
- Said: Would protect farmland from the impacts of semiconductors and data centers, and put good roads and clean water among the basics.
- 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. Luis Garcia is on record on 1, with 5 still open. A question without an answer is a research gap, not a position.
No answer we could findRaise the fees data centers pay on abated taxes and set stricter terms on new abatements?
Nothing on this exact choice in the sources we reviewed.
Raise 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.
Fund a Human Rights Office ($321,000–$553,000 a year) and more legal aid on top of the sanctuary ordinance?
Nothing on this exact choice in the sources we reviewed.
Add local tenant protections and a downtown anti-displacement strategy, or focus on loosening rules to build more?
Nothing on this exact choice in the sources we reviewed.
Approve Sky Harbour’s seven private-jet hangars at the airport when it refiles?
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: Would protect farmland from the impacts of semiconductors and data centers and make decisions on science and data; the moratorium and the October code amendment are unsaid.
On the topic; the exact choice is unsaid.
A question the evidence leaves open
What evidence and thresholds would determine your vote on a major industrial project?
Sources (1)
- Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 15Candidate statement · November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims.