District 2 Commissioner candidate · Multnomah County · November 3, 2026
Herman Greene
Pastor, nonprofit leader and former Portland Public Schools board member.
Reach the campaign
As published in their pamphlet statement and campaign site.
In their words
Said: District 2 deserves a county government that delivers. I am a father, pastor, small business owner, community leader and longtime District 2 resident.
Pamphlet p. 34
Candidate statement · November 2026 edition; extracted September 21, 2026
Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 34 ↗Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims. The first sentence is under 12 words, so two are shown.
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 wordsConnects stable housing with employment and measurable service performance.
- Use housing-retention targets and performance-based contracts.
- Link county investments to jobs and apprenticeships.
- Coordinate crisis response, treatment and housing.
Our reading
Our interpretation, not their wordsHis accountability tools (retention targets, performance-based contracts, published timelines and outcomes) are more specific than a general promise of transparency; their bite depends on targets and consequences he has not set.
Where they stand
Homelessness and housing
Housing-retention targets- What
- Said: Set measurable housing-retention goals, use performance-based contracts, publish timelines, spending and results, and connect housing placements to mental-health, addiction-recovery and workforce services so fewer people return to the streets.
- How
- Said: Connect housing programs with mental-health, addiction-recovery and workforce services and tighten coordination between providers and county agencies to reduce repeat homelessness.
- Measured by
- Said: Fewer people returning to the streets and more families regaining stability, judged against published housing-retention goals; no target number is given.
Crisis care, jail and deflection
Coordinate crisis response- What
- Said: Coordinate crisis response, treatment and housing, intervene earlier to reduce repeat crises, support frontline workers with better systems, and publicly report safety outcomes.
- How
- Said: Strengthen coordination between crisis-response teams and service providers and improve access to mental-health and addiction treatment, addressing the root causes of crisis.
- Measured by
- Said: Fewer repeat emergency calls and repeated emergencies, with safety outcomes reported publicly.
Taxes and the budget gap
Pay contracts for results- What
- Said: Government must be accountable to the people it serves: measurable results, performance-based contracts, published timelines and spending, and county investments connected to job creation and living-wage careers.
- How
- Said: Partner with employers, labor and apprenticeship programs, expand workforce-training partnerships and remove barriers to work so county investments create jobs.
- Measured by
- Not in their sources
Roads, bridges and air
Not foundNot found in the sources we reviewed. That is a research gap, not a position.
The choices this office faces
Every candidate in this race is asked the same 13 questions. Herman Greene is on record on 1, with 12 still open. A question without an answer is a research gap, not a position.
No answer we could findClose shelter beds to keep people in housing as homeless-services money falls?
Nothing on this exact choice in the sources we reviewed.
Rewrite the city-county homelessness agreement so one government runs shelters?
Nothing on this exact choice in the sources we reviewed.
Back extending Metro's homeless-services tax past 2030 at a lower rate, with tighter spending rules?
Nothing on this exact choice in the sources we reviewed.
Keep and tighten the drug deflection center, or halt it?
Nothing on this exact choice in the sources we reviewed.
Keep the 2027 Recovery Pathways Center on schedule and fund more detox and treatment beds around it?
Nothing on this exact choice in the sources we reviewed.
Close the county's structural budget gap by cutting administration before services?
Nothing on this exact choice in the sources we reviewed.
Keep delaying the Preschool for All tax increase, now set for 2028?
Nothing on this exact choice in the sources we reviewed.
Up to $101.6 million in county money for the Moda Center renovation?
Nothing on this exact choice in the sources we reviewed.
Keep both jails at their current funded capacity as the General Fund shrinks?
Nothing on this exact choice in the sources we reviewed.
Keep the county's sanctuary code and refuse ICE detainers under federal pressure?
Nothing on this exact choice in the sources we reviewed.
Drop the two-paramedic ambulance rule for good?
Nothing on this exact choice in the sources we reviewed.
Move day-to-day county management from the elected chair to an appointed administrator?
Nothing on this exact choice in the sources we reviewed.
Tighter contract monitoring and outside audits of the Homeless Services Department after Sunstone Way?
Said: Wants performance-based contracts and published timelines, spending and results for housing programs; his pamphlet does not mention the Homeless Services Department's leadership, Sunstone Way or outside audits.
On the topic; the exact choice is unsaid.
A question the evidence leaves open
What would happen to a contract that repeatedly misses its housing-retention target?
Sources (3)
- Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 34Candidate statement · November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims.
- Greene · campaign homeCandidate statement · Website reviewed September 21, 2026Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified.
- Greene · prioritiesCandidate statement · Website reviewed September 21, 2026Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified.