Julia Brim-Edwards
OR · Multnomah County Commissioner, District 3
Julia Brim-Edwards has been the Multnomah County District 3 commissioner since 2023 and is a longtime East Portland business leader and parent activist. On the county board she has focused on opening a 24-hour sobering center and on public safety.
Where Julia Brim-Edwards stands, based on their records
Supports
Healthcare Affordability (2 records), Environment and Public Health (1 record), Government Efficiency (3 records),
Opposes
Government Spending Reduction (5 records)
Track record
Track record — Healthcare Affordability
Healthcare Affordability · 2 support
Sponsored a budget amendment, passed unanimously, adding $834,000 for five school-based mental health consultants.
June 12, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: multco.us
Led planning for the county's 24/7 sobering and crisis stabilization center; the county opened its first 13 round-the-clock sobering beds at the Coordinated Care Pathway Center.
April 23, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: multco.us
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 1 support
Voted to adopt the county's first Climate Justice Plan and added an amendment requiring a yearly board session to rank its strategies and study effects on workers.
August 27, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: multco.us
Track record — Government Efficiency
Government Efficiency · 3 support
Cast the lone vote against the county's $4 billion 2026-27 budget, which passed 4-1. She said it would not reduce homelessness or cut extra layers of management.
June 5, 2026Supports Government Efficiency
Source: multco.us
Co-sponsored with Commissioner Meghan Moyer a Preschool for All change, approved by the board, to pay for a study of providers' true operating costs to set rates.
February 5, 2026Supports Government Efficiency
Source: multco.us
Co-led with Commissioner Shannon Singleton the county's first lobbying-disclosure and transparency ordinance, which requires commissioners to post their calendars; it passed unanimously.
May 1, 2025Supports Government Efficiency
Source: multco.us
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 5 oppose
Co-sponsored a budget amendment, passed unanimously, restoring full funding for SUN Community Schools, which serve about 18,000 students, after a proposed $1.2 million cut.
June 5, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: multco.us
Co-sponsored a budget amendment, passed 3-2, using $514,000 to keep three prosecutors in the District Attorney's unit that handles major property and theft crimes.
June 5, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: multco.us
Sponsored budget amendments for the District Attorney's office: $639,000 to keep three prosecutors, $500,000 for retail and auto theft task forces, and body-camera support staff. Each passed 3-2.
June 12, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: multco.us
Sponsored a budget amendment, passed unanimously, adding $834,000 for five school-based mental health consultants.
June 12, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: multco.us
Co-sponsored with Commissioner Singleton a budget amendment, passed unanimously, restoring $2.9 million for job programs for homeless people that the chair had proposed cutting.
June 12, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: multco.us
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 8 support
Co-sponsored an ordinance, passed unanimously, banning mobile needle-exchange programs from handing out syringes within 1,000 feet of a K-12 school.
June 25, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: multco.us
Co-sponsored with Commissioner Moyer a budget amendment, passed unanimously, restoring a prosecutor position that handles civil commitment cases.
June 5, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: multco.us
Co-sponsored a budget amendment, passed 3-2, using $514,000 to keep three prosecutors in the District Attorney's unit that handles major property and theft crimes.
June 5, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: multco.us
Co-sponsored a resolution, adopted unanimously, tightening the county's drug deflection program; people must now engage with treatment within 90 days instead of 30.
February 26, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: multco.us
Was a lead sponsor, with Commissioner Singleton, of an ordinance banning licensed concealed guns in some county buildings; it passed unanimously.
September 4, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: multco.us
Sponsored budget amendments for the District Attorney's office: $639,000 to keep three prosecutors, $500,000 for retail and auto theft task forces, and body-camera support staff. Each passed 3-2.
June 12, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: multco.us
Led planning for the county's 24/7 sobering and crisis stabilization center; the county opened its first 13 round-the-clock sobering beds at the Coordinated Care Pathway Center.
April 23, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: multco.us
Supported Commissioner Sharon Meieran's budget amendment for a three-month ambulance staffing pilot to speed response times; the board rejected it.
June 6, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: wweek.com
Track record — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 4 support
Co-sponsored a budget amendment, passed unanimously, restoring full funding for SUN Community Schools, which serve about 18,000 students, after a proposed $1.2 million cut.
June 5, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: multco.us
Co-sponsored with Commissioner Vince Jones-Dixon a budget amendment, passed 3-2, moving $731,000 to keep homeless services running in Gresham.
June 5, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: multco.us
Co-sponsored two budget amendments, both passed unanimously: up to $1 million to house people from closing shelters, and up to $2.1 million for recovery housing.
June 5, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: multco.us
Co-sponsored with Commissioner Singleton a budget amendment, passed unanimously, restoring $2.9 million for job programs for homeless people that the chair had proposed cutting.
June 12, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: multco.us
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 1 support
Introduced a Portland school board resolution, passed unanimously, to take over and quickly repair the closed Grant High School field and the Buckman track through long-term leases from the city.
September 5, 2023Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: wweek.com
Track record — General
General · 11 records
Was endorsed by AFSCME Local 88, the county's largest employee union, in the 2026 race for Multnomah County chair.
August 21, 2026
Source: wweek.com
Was endorsed by the Oregon Nurses Association in the 2026 race for Multnomah County chair.
August 19, 2026
Source: wweek.com
Was endorsed by all six mayors in Multnomah County in the 2026 race for county chair.
April 13, 2026
Source: wweek.com
Voted for an ordinance and resolution, passed unanimously, writing the county's sanctuary policies for immigrants into county code.
April 9, 2026
Source: multco.us
Moved to postpone a proposal to tie the Preschool for All income tax threshold to inflation, calling the process rushed; a majority of commissioners agreed.
August 21, 2025
Source: opb.org
Announced a plan with Chair Jessica Vega Pederson for the county to build its own economic development strategy and take a lead role in reviving the central city.
April 4, 2025
Source: multco.us
Voted for a county resolution, passed 5-0, calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, the return of hostages, and humanitarian aid for civilians.
March 7, 2024
Source: multco.us
Joined Commissioner Sharon Meieran in asking the county to delay its plan to hand out foil and straws to people who smoke fentanyl, saying there was no strong evidence it worked like needle exchanges.
July 10, 2023
Source: wweek.com
Won the District 3 Multnomah County Commission seat with more than 50% of the vote in a three-way May 16, 2023 race, filling the rest of the term through 2024.
May 17, 2023
Source: multco.us
As a Portland school board member, disputed the Secretary of State's audit of Portland Public Schools as unfair. She later agreed to stay out of school audits while advising Secretary of State Bev Clarno.
April 10, 2019
Source: eastoregonian.com
Oregon's Elections Division closed a 2018 complaint naming her over a ballot-measure deal between Nike, unions and Gov. Kate Brown, finding no evidence of a violation.
October 19, 2018
Source: ijpr.org
Past race Julia Brim-Edwards ran in:
- Multnomah County Chair · November 3, 2026 · Multnomah County, Oregon