District 3 candidate · Portland City Council · November 3, 2026
Patrick Hilton
Building operations manager with architectural-design and parks experience.
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As published in their pamphlet statement and campaign site.
In their words
Said: This is our Goonies moment, Portland. Developers and well-funded lobbyists want to rezone our neighborhoods for maximum return.
Pamphlet p. 57
Candidate statement · November 2026 edition; extracted September 20, 2026
Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 57 ↗Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims.
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 wordsWants housing policy to protect existing buildings, neighborhood businesses and tenants while creating paths to ownership.
- Prioritize adaptive reuse, community land trusts and co-housing.
- Expand safe-sleeping infrastructure and consistent public-space rules.
- Tax vacant units and polluters; redirect consultant spending.
Our reading
Our interpretation, not their wordsAdaptive reuse and shared ownership seek to protect people and places from displacement. The unresolved comparison is how quickly those tools would add affordable homes relative to redevelopment.
Where they stand
Rent and homes
Reuse existing buildings- What
- Said: Prioritizes adaptive reuse, community land trusts and co-housing, with pathways to ownership.
- How
- Said: Would use existing federal grants to convert downtown commercial space to live-work homes, and put underused city street land into a land trust for lower-income ownership homes.
- Measured by
- Not in their sources
Camps, crime and who responds
Safe sleeping plus rules- What
- Said: Supports safe-sleeping infrastructure alongside consistent rules for public space.
- How
- Said: Would create managed campgrounds as soon as possible, as an immediate option for getting people off the street.
- Measured by
- Not in their sources
Your bills and taxes
Vacancy and polluter taxes- What
- Said: Proposes taxes on vacant units and polluters, and shifting money away from consultants.
- How
- Said: Names the money: taxes on polluters and vacant units, plus consultant spending redirected toward core services, the arts and neighborhood events.
- Measured by
- Not in their sources
Streets, buses 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 8 questions. Patrick Hilton is on record on 4, with 4 still open. A question without an answer is a research gap, not a position.
No answer we could findPublic money and terms for renovating the Moda Center?
Nothing on this exact choice in the sources we reviewed.
Restrict new AI data centers in the city?
Nothing on this exact choice in the sources we reviewed.
Keep the monthly street repair fee?
Nothing on this exact choice in the sources we reviewed.
Raise water bills to pay for the Bull Run filtration plant and system repairs?
Nothing on this exact choice in the sources we reviewed.
Raise new revenue, or hold the line on taxes and fees?
Said: Would tax polluters and vacant units, and redirect consultant spending to core services.
Hire more sworn officers, or invest first elsewhere?
Said: Told OPB in 2024 he would fully fund Street Response and CHAT and use police sparingly, but that more police and budget are needed for officers who are well-trained and not over-stressed.
Keep funding camp removals at current levels?
Said: Says the city cannot allow camping on sidewalks anymore and must create managed campgrounds as soon as possible as the immediate alternative; his page does not say whether removal funding should stay at current levels.
On the topic; the exact choice is unsaid.
Expand Portland Street Response to a full 24/7 role?
Said: Told OPB in 2024 he would vote to fully fund Portland Street Response and CHAT; his answer does not say whether Street Response should expand to a 24/7 role.
On the topic; the exact choice is unsaid.
Council votes
No Council vote yet. That is not a judgment about experience.
A question the evidence leaves open
How many homes would the preservation and ownership programs create, and on what timeline?
Sources (1)
- Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 57Candidate statement · November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims.