Jules started fighting against ODOT’s flawed i205 tolling plan in 2018 over concerns about traffic diversion, public safety, and financial inequity. As City Councilor and Mayor of West Linn, she continued her work, gathering regional partners together to help. In her first term in the legislature, she introduced a bill that prompted executive action to stop tolling in Oregon. She has since led the ongoing effort to replace leadership and add more accountability at ODOT.

Tolling i205 was unfair for our community, and nobody likes taxes, but the reality is that our transportation system still needs to be funded. The can has been kicked down the road for so long that the road is starting to crumble under the can. Even so, Jules stood against two transportation packages that would have dramatically increased fees and taxes before voting to support HB 3991, a stopgap measure to keep our transportation system working.

To solve this problem, we have to find ways to fund our transportation systems that are fair AND hold ODOT accountable for how our tax dollars are spent. Special projects should have more oversight and ODOT should have more authority to hold its contractors responsible for budget and schedule overruns.

As mayor of West Linn during the 2021 ice storm, Jules declared a state of emergency and oversaw public works as they removed downed trees from roads. West Linn lost a third of its street tree canopy and many more trees on private and park properties—900 dump trucks full of debris were hauled away. .

Due to to the effects of the climate crisis, we are seeing an increase in the frequency and severity of wildfires, ice storms and heat domes. Our wildfire season was the worst on record. We’re experiencing a drought brought on by reduced snowpack in the Cascades and a Super El Nino that will present new challenges.

As State Rep, Jules has been endorsed by the Oregon League of Conservation Voters and Sierra Club for her positions on solving our environmental issues.

Jules is the leader we can trust to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions, enable the state to better combat wildfires, and to prepare for natural disasters.

Jules works hard to every day to lift up Oregon families. In the legislature, she’s setting the agenda on how we tackle Oregon’s revenue problems– providing tax credits to vulnerable Oregonians and ensuring billionaires pay their fair share. She’s also looking closely at how the state spends the money we have, and building flexibility into our revenue system so more of those dollars land back in the hands of local governments and emergency services.

Rising costs, junk fees, and predatory pricing can feel like death-by-a-million-cuts. She’s proud of the work she’s done to lower costs, support small businesses, and protect consumers.

As a mom of four who knows firsthand the challenges of balancing career and family, it is her mission to make quality, affordable childcare accessible to all Oregon families.

Housing is a human right, and every Oregonian deserves a safe place to call home. Jules has been working to get people into stable housing that low and middle-income families can afford.

Jules has supported expanding access and lowering the cost of healthcare and prescription drugs — especially for our most vulnerable community members.

She is a strong advocate for gender affirming cane in Oregon and will always protect women’s access to reproductive care including birth control and the right to make their own choices. She has introduced and passed legislation to expand addiction treatment and recovery services, and to start a primary prevention curriculum in K-12 schools.

With the worst effects of HR 1 on the horizon for Medicaid funding, Jules will advocate to keep as many Oregonians on the Oregon Health Plan as possible, providing support for hospitals and healthcare practices, ensuring healthier outcomes for all.

Jules believes in the value of public education. As a parent and community leader, she volunteered countless hours and raised funds for arts and music programs and to hire and retain teachers. As State Legislator, she voted to support our educators, replace our reading programs with a science-based curriculum, and create economic opportunities through apprenticeship programs.

She knows that affordable, high-quality post-secondary education is a pathway to successful careers in health care, education, construction, IT, and more, which is why she supports doing more to expand job training programs and support community colleges like Clackamas Community College and PCC.

Jules opposes school vouchers because your tax dollars shouldn’t subsidize private institutions which can deny enrollment to any student for any reason.

As a former Mayor, Jules understands that funding law enforcement, firefighters, and healthcare workers is essential to keeping our communities safe and healthy. She believes in investing in transformative programs, crisis intervention, and continual training and education.

As mayor, Jules led the effort to hire West Linn’s first BIPOC police chief. She also advocated for much-needed police reform and accountability including the creation of a permanent Police Oversight Board. She advocates for policies and standards that support our police officers, provide transparency, and keep us all safe.

Jules supports Oregon’s sanctuary law, which bans local police from helping with federal immigration enforcement without a court order. She believes that the tactics of ICE are discriminatory and predatory and making our communities less safe.