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Redistricting Charter Amendments Hearing | July 9, 2024
Good morning Charter Review Committee members and interested parties, The [Lane County] Board of County Commissioners has scheduled a second public hearing on the proposed Charter amendments for Tuesday, July 9th at 9:30 a.m. in Harris Hall. The public hearing will be followed by Board discussion on the proposed amendments and potential action. To review the…
Vote411 Social Media Blitz | starts May 1st 2024
On May 1, 2024, the League is asking all Oregon volunteers who use any social media to participate in a mass publicity campaign for VOTE411.VOTE411 is scheduled to go live around April 15, so by May 1 its data should be as thorough as it’s going to get. Ballots are mailed in Oregon starting on…
LWVLC Bylaws
Bylaws are fundamental rules drawn up by organizations to govern their internal affairs and their dealings with members and others. They include rules that the organization considers so important that they cannot be changed without prior notice to members and the vote of a specified majority. League bylaws define the League’s purpose and how it…
Independent Redistricting Committee
The Lane County Board of County Commissioners is seeking applicants for the Independent Redistricting Committee. The IRC will use 2020 census data to draw new boundaries that reflect equal representation for the five Lane County Commissioner positions. This process is called redistricting and the Lane County Home Rule Charter requires that it be done not less…
LWVUS Condemn Hate Crimes Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders
Read the LWVUS Press Release Click Here For additional resources, see: * LWVLC Everymember Material February 2020 packet on Hate Crimes and Hate Speech, https://lwvlc.org/wp-content/uploads/Hate-Crimes-EM-Final-Version.pdf * City of Eugene’s Hate & Bias Prevention and Response Toolkit, https://www.eugene-or.gov/DocumentCenter/View/42822/Hate-and-Bias-Prevention-and-Response-Toolkit (Note: This can be useful even for those living outside Eugene.) * Stop AAPI Hate, a center tracking and responding to…
Remembering Flo Alvergue
In sadness over Flo’s tragic death, we recall the many ways Flo supported the League of Women Voters of Lane County. She will be greatly missed. There are many facets to the life of Flo Alvergue. She was a kind, open, and welcoming person. She was a person every community needs - someone willing to take…
Lane County Ballot Measures
Lane County Ballot Measures, November 2020 Click on ballot measure number to read information Ballot Measure 20-308 City of Oakridge, Oregon Five-Year Public Safety Operations Local Tax Ballot Measure 20-309 City of Eugene, Oregon Renewal of the Five-Year Library Local Option Levy Ballot Measure 20-310 Lane Fire Authority, Oregon Five-Year Local Option Levy for General…
Ballot Measure 20-317
Fern Ridge Library District, Oregon Renewal Five-Year Local Option Levy for General Library OperationsQuestion: Shall Fern Ridge Library continue to levy $0.35 per $1000 assessed value for general operations for five years beginning 2022/23? This measure renews current local option taxes.The current local option levy, voter-approved in May 2017, provides funding for staff, library materials,…
Ballot Measure 20-316
Pleasant Hill Fire District, Lane County, Oregon Dissolution of Pleasant Hill Fire DistrictQuestion: Shall Pleasant Hill Fire District dissolve, allowing all PHFD territory to be annexed into Goshen Fire District?Since 2013, Pleasant Hill and Goshen Fire Districts (GFD) have worked jointly to provide services to both territories. Now, both Districts desire to dissolve Pleasant Hill…