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PORTLAND — Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek doubled down Monday on her requests for more funding and more attention for housing, homelessness, behavioral health and education ahead of a legislative session likely to be dominated by transportation debates.
Kotek said that people — including some of the business leaders listening to her at the Oregon Leadership Summit in the Oregon Convention Center’s Portland ballroom on Monday — have told her she picked a tough set of issues on which to stake her reputation.
“Housing and homelessness, mental health and addiction and education do not lend themselves to quick results, or, frankly, winning popularity contests,” she said.