Shannon Singleton
OR · Multnomah County Commissioner, District 2
Shannon Singleton is the Multnomah County District 2 commissioner, a social worker and former executive director of the street outreach agency JOIN who advised Governor Kate Brown on housing. She focuses on homelessness, lowering costs, and support for families.
Where Shannon Singleton stands, based on their records
Supports
Healthcare Affordability (1 record), Environment and Public Health (1 record), Government Efficiency (1 record),
Mixed record
Government Spending Reduction (2 support · 3 oppose)
Track record
Track record — Healthcare Affordability
Healthcare Affordability · 1 support
Sponsored budget amendments restoring about $648,000 in legal help for people who are or may become homeless, and $107,000 for an HIV-prevention medicine navigator.
June 12, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: multco.us
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 1 support
Voted to adopt Multnomah County's first Climate Justice Plan, which passed unanimously.
August 27, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: multco.us
Track record — Government Efficiency
Government Efficiency · 1 support
Co-led with Commissioner Julia Brim-Edwards 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 · 2 support · 3 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
Voted against a budget amendment, passed 3-2, that used $514,000 in extra one-time money to keep three prosecutors in the DA's property and theft crime unit.
June 5, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: multco.us
Voted against three budget amendments adding money for the District Attorney's office, for prosecutors, theft task forces and body-camera staff. Each passed 3-2.
June 12, 2025Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: multco.us
Sponsored budget amendments restoring about $648,000 in legal help for people who are or may become homeless, and $107,000 for an HIV-prevention medicine navigator.
June 12, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: multco.us
Co-sponsored with Commissioner Brim-Edwards 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 · 3 support
Voted for 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 a resolution, adopted unanimously, tightening the county's drug deflection program after her November reform proposal; people must now engage with treatment within 90 days.
February 26, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: multco.us
Was a lead sponsor, with Commissioner Brim-Edwards, 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
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 1 support
Sponsored a budget amendment, passed unanimously, giving $565,000 for a mobile eviction-prevention team for tenants in Home Forward's affordable apartments.
June 5, 2026Supports Housing Affordability
Source: multco.us
Track record — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 7 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 budget amendments to set aside up to $1 million to house people from closing shelters, and to restore job and hygiene services for homeless people (passed 4-1).
June 5, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: multco.us
Sponsored a budget amendment, passed unanimously, giving $565,000 for a mobile eviction-prevention team for tenants in Home Forward's affordable apartments.
June 5, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: multco.us
Signed a letter with county and Portland leaders asking the Trump administration to keep paying federal food assistance (SNAP) for 136,000 county residents.
October 22, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: multco.us
Sponsored budget amendments restoring about $648,000 in legal help for people who are or may become homeless, and $107,000 for an HIV-prevention medicine navigator.
June 12, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: multco.us
Sponsored a budget amendment, passed unanimously, funding the Wy'east and Market Street shelters for nine months and moving the savings to permanent supportive housing.
June 12, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: multco.us
Co-sponsored with Commissioner Brim-Edwards 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 — General
General · 8 records
Was endorsed by SEIU Oregon in the 2026 race for Multnomah County chair as the union's second choice, behind Julia Brim-Edwards.
August 24, 2026
Source: wweek.com
Voted against a budget amendment, passed 3-2, that moved $731,000 from countywide housing placements to keep homeless services running in Gresham.
June 5, 2026
Source: multco.us
Voted for the county's $4 billion 2026-27 budget, which passed 4-1 and cut at least 158 positions to close a funding gap.
June 5, 2026
Source: multco.us
Co-sponsored with Chair Vega Pederson a budget amendment, passed unanimously, adding $728,000 to move pretrial monitoring from the Sheriff's Office to the circuit courts.
June 5, 2026
Source: multco.us
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
Was sworn in as Multnomah County's District 2 commissioner after winning the Nov. 5, 2024 election for a term through 2026.
December 3, 2024
Source: multco.us
Stepped down after about eight months as interim homeless services director. She said the office built a shelter-use report and data dashboards and added 40 positions.
November 21, 2022
Source: portlandmercury.com
Was named interim director of the Joint Office of Homeless Services by Multnomah County Chair Deborah Kafoury, replacing founding director Marc Jolin.
March 1, 2022
Source: wweek.com
Past race Shannon Singleton ran in:
- Multnomah County Chair · November 3, 2026 · Multnomah County, Oregon