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Vancouver City Council Vancouver City Council, Position #1 Kim Harless

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Vancouver City Council

Depending on where you live, you may have the following city races on your ballot.

Vancouver City Council, Position #1

Kim Harless

Kim Harless is running for re-election to Vancouver City Council, Position 1. Professionally, Harless works in community development at the non-profit NAYA Family Center, which sustains traditions and provides mutual support for Native Americans in the Portland metro area. 

Harless has spent the last four years helping to provide solutions for homeownership, supporting policies and funding to move people out of homelessness, and elevating the voices of community members who are often left out of decision-making processes. Harless is running again to ensure Vancouver’s climate policy is implemented effectively and with urgency, and includes Indigenous knowledge and wisdom. She wants every policy to be fair, every process transparent, and every neighborhood to be heard. She seeks to provide more homeownership opportunities, strengthen tenant protections, and move from crisis to solutions.

Kim Harless has earned your vote for re-election to the Vancouver City Council, Position 1.

Partner Endorsements

Endorsed By: Washington Conservation Action, SEIU Local 925, Sage Leaders, Housing Action Fund, SEIU 775, Planned Parenthood Alliance Advocates, Sierra Club, Alliance for Gun Responsibility

Campaign Information

Campaign website: https://votekimharless.com/?no_akid=1
Endorsements: https://votekimharless.com/endorsements?no_akid=1
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/votekimharless?no_akid=1
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vote_kim_harless?no_akid=1

Other Candidates

There are two candidates challenging Kim Harless for Position 1 on the Vancouver City Council: Pooneh Gray and Ron Willis.

Pooneh Gray is best known for a decades-long crusade to exonerate her father, who was convicted of murdering her mother in 1989. Gray is a businesswoman with nine active businesses in Oregon and Washington, primarily in real estate management and development, according to The Columbian.

Gray is running a more moderate campaign focused on ensuring there are safety measures in place to prevent what happened to her family. On homelessness, she is in favor of restricting and "eventually prohibiting urban camping" while expanding transitional housing, drug recovery, and mental health services. She is also an advocate for more funding for law enforcement, but does not extend the support to include mental health professionals and social workers to assist police officers.

As of late June, Ron Willis does not have a detailed campaign website available. However, in his voter pamphlet entry, Willis expressed disdain for "use of the city streets and pirate [sic] property by campers/homeless street people." This shows a lack of empathy for people experiencing homelessness and offers no real solution to the issue.

Neither Gray nor Willis is a progressive choice in this race.