MEET MARK
Mark first ran for office because no level of government was behaving as if it were taking the threat of climate change seriously.
A Climate Champion for Oregonians
During his career as an editorial photographer, Mark Gamba was sent around the world to capture images of exciting adventures and beautiful locations. Decades ago, he was seeing undeniable signs of increasing drought, bleaching coral reefs, melting glaciers, significant weather disturbances, and other indicators of climate change across the globe. Despite very clear warnings from the scientific community, he saw governments and businesses doing virtually nothing to address the impending threat.
This message was at the heart of Mark’s campaign when he first ran for the Milwaukie City Council. While serving on that Council, he passed one of the strongest climate action plans in the entire state, led the charge on more affordable and energy-efficient housing, implemented real policies to advance racial justice and continue to redress Oregon’s racist history, and much more.
In the legislature, two of the committees on which he serves are the Housing and Homelessness Committee and the Climate, Energy, and Environment Committee. Both of these policy realms are on the front lines of some of the most critical issues of our time and Mark will continue using these positions to champion policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, adapt to climate change, rein in rampant wealth inequality, make housing more affordable, center workers, and move our society towards greater equity.
Mark sees all of these issues as intersectional. For example, BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) are hit first and worst by climate chaos, they have among the highest needs for multiple transportation options, they have the lowest rates of homeownership, and more often work in lower paying jobs than their peers. All of these factors further complicate and exacerbate the others and require multi-pronged solutions.
This is Mark’s mission. He has the proven ability to accomplish the type and scale of changes we need to see. We have only six years left until the worst impacts of climate chaos are irreversible. The time is now to re-elect this Climate Champion to the state legislature!
