1000 Friends of Oregon is a private, non-profit 501(c)(3) organization that advocates for land-use planning. It was incorporated on October 11, 1974, following the creation of Oregon's statewide land-use system in 1973 by then-governor
Tom McCall
Thomas Lawson McCall (March 22, 1913 January 8, 1983) was an American statesman, politician and journalist in the state of Oregon. A Republican, he was the state's thirtieth governor from 1967 to 1975. A native of Massachusetts, McCall grew up t ...
and attorney Henry Richmond. By 1994, the organization had about 2,500 contributors and supporters. Richmond served as the organization's first executive director.
Richmond was succeeded as executive director in later years by Robert Liberty (in 1994),Bob Stacey (2002–09), Jason Miner (March 2010 to Nov. 2016), Russ Hoeflich (April 2017), and Sam Diaz (October 2021).
Past initiatives
During the 1980s, one of the group's ongoing activities was fighting what it saw as improper land-use by the rapidly growing community of
Rajneeshpuram
Rajneeshpuram was a religious intentional community in the northwest United States, located in Wasco County, Oregon. Incorporated as a city between 1981 and 1988, its population consisted entirely of Rajneeshees, followers of the spiritual tea ...
, created in a rural part of central Oregon by the followers of the guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh.
Measures 37 and 49
The group strongly opposed Measure 37, a controversial
land-use
Land use involves the management and modification of natural environment or wilderness into built environment such as Human settlement, settlements and semi-natural habitats such as Arable land, arable fields, pastures, and managed Woodland, woo ...
ballot
initiative
In political science, an initiative (also known as a popular initiative or citizens' initiative) is a means by which a petition signed by a certain number of registered voters can force a government to choose either to enact a law or hold a ...
passed by Oregon voters in 2004. 1000 Friends brought litigation in 2005 that led to Measure 37's being ruled unconstitutional by a circuit court, but the ruling was later overturned by the
Oregon Supreme Court
The Oregon Supreme Court (OSC) is the highest state court in the U.S. state of Oregon. The only court that may reverse or modify a decision of the Oregon Supreme Court is the Supreme Court of the United States.Measure 49, which voters ultimately approved, and which limited the impacts of Measure 37.
See also
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Land use in Oregon
Land use in Oregon concerns the evolving set of laws affecting land ownership and its restrictions in the U.S. state of Oregon.
Timeline
* 1822: Henry Schenck Tanner's map of the U.S. is likely the first to identify the "Oregon Terry."
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