City Council candidate · City of Tigard · November 3, 2026
Jeff Darland
Former engineering leader and city budget-committee member.
Reach the campaign
As published in their City filing.
In their words
Said: Follow the Money. Plan for the Future.
Pamphlet p. 37
Candidate statement · November 2026 edition; extracted September 21, 2026
Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 37 ↗Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims. The statement opens with three imperative slogans that each end with a period and carry a predicate, so under the rule the first counts as a sentence; it is under 12 words, so the first two are used. The running prose begins “My path to public service began with a water bill.”
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 wordsProposes clearer financial information, permanently affordable housing and development that covers its infrastructure costs.
- Explain utility rates and debt in plain language.
- Use public-land partnerships and community land trusts.
- Require growth to contribute its share of public costs.
Our reading
Our interpretation, not their wordsHe separates lasting affordability from adding units and wants growth to pay its share; which public land and financing would support a land trust, and at what scale, are open.
Where they stand
Rent and homes
Community land trusts- What
- Said: Supports thoughtful growth and would pursue partnerships using public land and community land trusts to create homes with lasting affordability.
- 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
Growth pays its share- What
- Said: Would push plain-language explanations of utility rates, debt and major investments, and require new growth to pay its fair share of public costs.
- How
- Not in their sources
- Measured by
- Not in their sources
Streets, buses and air
Walkable neighborhoods- What
- Said: Wants new growth to deliver walkable neighborhoods, protected natural areas, safe streets and public spaces.
- 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. Jeff Darland 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 findAfter voters rejected the $150 million bond, build a public-works building first with rate-backed bonds and a smaller police bond later, or sell the Wall Street site?
Nothing on this exact choice in the sources we reviewed.
Close a general-fund shortfall of more than $6 million by cutting library staff and city events and drawing reserves, or raise new revenue?
Nothing on this exact choice in the sources we reviewed.
Cover a $1 million-a-year parks shortfall by raising the parks fee, shifting general-fund money, or asking voters for a parks levy?
Nothing on this exact choice in the sources we reviewed.
Approve activating Axon’s Fusus live-camera network for police and expand red-light photo enforcement?
Nothing on this exact choice in the sources we reviewed.
Expand the no-camping buffer around shelters and service sites from 500 to 1,000 feet and restrict vehicle camping?
Nothing on this exact choice in the sources we reviewed.
Tier development charges by home size, discounting smaller and middle homes, for River Terrace 2.0 and citywide, with a decision October 13?
Said: Would ensure development pays for itself through updated system development charges so existing ratepayers do not subsidize pipes, roads, water and sewer; discounts for smaller homes are unsaid.
On the topic; the exact choice is unsaid.
A question the evidence leaves open
Which public land and financing would support a land-trust project, and at what scale?
Sources (1)
- Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 37Candidate statement · November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims.