Tiffany Koyama Lane

Tiffany Koyama Lane
Koyama Lane in 2025
Vice President of the Portland City Council
In office
January 2, 2025 – January 14, 2026
PresidentElana Pirtle-Guiney
Preceded byoffice established
Succeeded byOlivia Clark
Member of the Portland City Council from District 3
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 1, 2025
Preceded byoffice established
Personal details
PartyDemocratic, Working Families
Alma materUniversity of Oregon

Tiffany Koyama Lane is a member of Portland City Council from District 3 after being elected along with Steve Novick and Angelita Morillo in the 2024 election. Koyama Lane is one of the twelve inaugural members of Portland's new expanded city council after switching from a city commission government to a mayor–council government.[1]

She is the first Asian American (jointly with Sameer Kanal) as well as the first Asian American woman to serve on Portland City Council.[2] She is a mother, a teacher, and a fourth-generation Japanese American.[3]

Early Life and Education

Koyama Lane studied education at the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon.[4][2]

Career

Koyama Lane has worked as a teacher at Sunnyside Elementary School in Sunnyside, Portland and served as the lead organizer for the Portland Association of Teachers for two years.[4][2] She, along with fellow council members Sameer Kanal of District 2, Angelita Morillo of District 3, and Mitch Green of District 4 are members of the Democratic Socialists of America.[5]

2024 City Council Campaign

She received endorsements from many working class and progressive organizations and individuals, such as Teamsters Council No.37, SEIU Oregon, UFCW 555, multiple teachers' unions, Portland DSA, Portland Gray Panthers, many former commissioners, and Oregon state representatives among others.[6] During her first campaign she supported the Renters’ Bill of Rights, the Portland Clean Energy Fund, and increased funding for alternatives to community safety such as Portland Street Response and TriMet’s Safety Response Teams.[2][7] She signed a petition along with other fellow city council members to refuse campaign funding from police unions.[8][9] She is neighbors with Lydia Kiesling, whom she hired to manage her successful 2024 Portland City Council campaign.[10]

As City Councilor

Koyama Lane was elected on November 5th, 2024 to City Council District 3.[11] She was elected by her fellow Portland City Council members to be the first council vice president at the group's first meeting on January 2, 2025, after Elana Pirtle-Guiney was selected as council president.[12][13] She is the chair of the Governance Committee and sit on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.[14]

In April 2025, she, along with councilors Mitch Green, Candace Avalos, and Sameer Kanal, introduced a bill to issue a study into the feasibility of implementing social housing policies to address Portland's homelessness & housing crisis.[15]

On September 4th, 2025, she officially filed to run for reelection to Portland City Council and announced it via social media.[16][17]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Learn more about the City of Portland's transition | Portland.gov". www.portland.gov. Retrieved November 8, 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d Savio, Anna Del (October 18, 2024). "RUNNING FOR OFFICE: Tiffany Koyama Lane". NW Labor Press. Retrieved November 14, 2024.
  3. ^ "Council Vice President Tiffany Koyama Lane | Portland.gov". www.portland.gov. November 24, 2025. Retrieved November 28, 2025.
  4. ^ a b "Meet Tiffany Koyama Lane, candidate for Portland City Council District 3". opb. Retrieved November 6, 2024.
  5. ^ Kavanaugh, Shane Dixon (November 8, 2024). "Frustrated Portland voters embrace new crop of progressive candidates as final Oregon election results are tallied". The Oregonian. Retrieved April 11, 2025. By contrast, three members of the Democratic Socialists of America — Mitch Green, Sameer Kanal, Tiffany Koyama Lane — will make up a portion of the council's substantial left flank...
  6. ^ "Endorsements - Tiffany Koyama Lane for Portland City Council District 3". Tiffany Koyama Lane for Portland City Council District 3 - Tiffany Koyama Lane for Portland City Council District 3 (Inner SE Portland). October 16, 2023. Archived from the original on January 18, 2025. Retrieved November 27, 2025.
  7. ^ "City Council Entrance Interview: Tiffany Koyama Lane". Willamette Week. August 21, 2024. Retrieved November 28, 2025.
  8. ^ "Pledge Signers". NO POLICE MONEY IN POLITICS. Retrieved November 28, 2025.
  9. ^ McIntosh, Don (October 31, 2024). "Portland City Council candidates spurn Portland police union". NW Labor Press. Retrieved November 28, 2025.
  10. ^ Kiesling, Lydia (January 23, 2025). "Manage a Political Campaign Just to Feel Something Again". The Cut. Archived from the original on January 23, 2025. Retrieved January 23, 2025.
  11. ^ "Certify November 5, 2024 Municipal General Election abstract of votes cast, candidates elected, and measures approved; provide preliminary voter engagement report". Portland City Auditor. December 18, 2024. p. 6. Retrieved November 28, 2025.
  12. ^ "Portland's new council elects Councilor Pirtle-Guiney as its first president ... eventually". opb. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
  13. ^ "January 2, 2025 Council Agenda | Portland.gov". www.portland.gov. January 2, 2025. Retrieved November 27, 2025.
  14. ^ "Council Vice President Tiffany Koyama Lane | Portland.gov". www.portland.gov. November 24, 2025. Retrieved November 28, 2025.
  15. ^ "37703 | Portland.gov". www.portland.gov. March 25, 2025. Retrieved November 28, 2025.
  16. ^ "2026 Election (and archived 2024 data) | Portland.gov". www.portland.gov. Retrieved November 27, 2025.
  17. ^ "Instagram". Instagram. November 7, 2025. Retrieved November 27, 2025. I'm excited to announce I'm officially running for re-election in 2026, when Districts 3 and 4 vote in our new form of city government!
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