One of Oregon’s newest Democratic state lawmakers is under investigation by the Oregon Government Ethics Commission for failing to disclose income from a social justice nonprofit with influence on Oregon policies.
With no discussion, commissioners during a Friday executive session voted 8-0 to open a full investigation into Rep. Lamar Wise, D-Portland, after a complaint in August alleged that Wise failed to disclose income from Seeding Justice, a Portland-based social justice nonprofit. Wise allegedly failed to report $25,000 in a stipend from the group in his 2026 statement of economic interest to the commission, as first reported on Sunday evening by Willamette Week.
The Oregon Legislature tapped the group to administer a $15 million fund passed in 2022 aimed at protecting abortion access for Oregonians in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2022 overturn of Roe v. Wade. State environmental officials also chose it in 2023 to allocate millions of state dollars for climate protection efforts, though the group has since withdrawn its participation…