Staff Report

1 IN CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION NO. 26-5636 FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONFIRMING LAURA GOLINO DE LOVATO TO SUPPORTIVE HOUSING SERVICES REGIONAL POLICY AND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE Date: August 25, 2026 Department: Housing Meeting Date: September 8, 2026 Prepared by: Alice Hodge (she/her), Council Liaison, alice.hodge@oregonmetro.gov Cole Merkel, SHS Regional Capacity Manager, Cole.Merkel@oregonmetro.gov Presenters: Liam Frost (he/him), Housing Director Length: consent ISSUE STATEMENT Resolution No. 26-5636 appoints Laura Golino de Lovato to fill the remainder of Angela Martin’s term to represent the Housing/Homeless Services Coalition seat on the Supportive Housing Services Regional Policy and Oversight Committee (“SHS RPOC” or “Committee”). Additionally, this staff report serves as formal notice to Metro Council that Mayor Keith Wilson has appointed Councilor Eric Zimmerman to serve as the alternate for the City of Portland’s seat on the Committee. Committee membership The Committee currently consists of 22 members. However, Ordinance No. 26-1547 added a seat for a homeless services expert representing American Indian/Alaska Native, tribal, and urban Indigenous communities. The Metro Council adopted Ordinance No. 26-1547 on July 2, 2026, and the ordinance will take effect on September 30, 2026. Upon its effective date, the ordinance will increase the total number of SHS RPOC members to 23. Of the 23 members, 12 are appointed by other governing bodies, and 11 are appointed by the Metro Council President and confirmed by the Metro Council. The 23 members include: • 11 voting elected officials; • 9 voting non-elected members; and • 4 non-voting non-elected members. This resolution pertains only to the Housing/Homeless Services Coalition seat, which was held by Angela Martin of HereTogether through August 2026. Angela stepped down from HereTogether in August 2026. Laura Golino de Lovato, a HereTogether board member and coalition chair, was appointed by President Gonzalez to fill the Housing/Homeless Services Coalition seat vacated by Angela. 2 SHS RPOC roster Updates are indicated in bold. Name Position Affiliation Appointing Body Council President Juan Carlos Gonzalez Metro, Committee Chair Metro Council Metro Council Councilor Christine Lewis Metro Metro Council Metro Council Councilor Duncan Hwang Metro Metro Council Metro Council Commissioner Ben West Clackamas County Board of Commissioners Board of Commissioners Commissioner Shannon Singleton Multnomah County Board of Commissioners Board of Commissioners Commissioner Jerry Willey Washington County Board of Commissioners Board of Commissioners Mayor Keith Wilson City of Portland City of Portland Office of the Mayor of the City of Portland Mayor Joe Buck Cities of Clackamas County City of Lake Oswego Cities of Clackamas County Mayor Travis Stovall Cities of Multnomah County City of Gresham Cities of Multnomah County Mayor Beach Pace Cities of Washington County City of Hillsboro Cities of Washington County Brigitte Rodriguez Homeless services expert El Programa Hispano Católico Metro Council Zoila Coppiano Homeless services expert Community Action of Washington County Metro Council Peter Rosenblatt Homeless services expert Northwest Housing Alternatives Metro Council 3 Mindy Stadtlander Coordinated care organization Health Share of Oregon Metro Council Sahaan McKelvey Culturally specific services coalition Coalition of Communities of Color Metro Council Laura Golino de Lovato Housing/homeless services coalition HereTogether Metro Council Andrew Rowe Business coalition Portland Metro Chamber Metro Council Adam Brown Justice system Office of the Multnomah County District Attorney Metro Council Vacant, position effective Sept. 30, 2026 Native American Homeless Services Expert Vacant Metro Council Mike Savara Oregon Housing and Community Services (non-voting) State of Oregon Governor Andrew Wilson TriMet (non-voting) TriMet TriMet Gretchen Kent Philanthropic organization (non-voting) Autzen Foundation Metro Council Margaret Salazar Housing provider (non-voting) Reach CDC Metro Council ACTION REQUESTED Adopt Resolution No. 26-5636, appointing Laura Golino de Lovato to fill the remainder of the term of the Housing/Homeless Services Coalition seat on the SHS RPOC. IDENTIFIED POLICY OUTCOMES Council adoption will confirm the member appointed by Metro Council President to the SHS RPOC as laid out in in Metro Code Section 2.19.280. STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS Adopt Resolution No. 26-5636. 4 STRATEGIC CONTEXT & FRAMING COUNCIL DISCUSSION Legal antecedents This resolution is based on Ordinance No. 25-1539, adopted by Metro Council on December 16, 2025, which establishes the SHS RPOC effective April 1, 2026 (codified at Metro Code Section 2.19.280). Additional legislation passed by the Metro Council related to this resolution includes: • Resolution No. 25-5534, adopted on December 16, 2025, approves the SHS Reforms Work Plan, including an implementation plan outline for the SHS RPOC. • Resolution No. 26-5567, adopted on March 12, 2026, establishes oversight and accountability measures, as well as agenda priorities, for the SHS RPOC. • Resolution No. 26-5572, adopted on April 7, 2026, appointed eight, non-elected voting members to SHS RPOC as well as two non-elected voting members. This included Angela Martin of HereTogether as the Housing/Homeless Services Coalition representative. • Ordinance No. 26-1547, adopted on July 2, 2026, added one new seat for a homeless services expert representing American Indian/Alaska Native, tribal, and urban Indigenous communities. When the ordinance takes effect on September 30, 2026, the total number of Committee members will increase to 23. BACKGROUND Laura Golino de Lovato is a long-term HereTogether board member and chair of the organization’s advisory committee. Along with her HereTogether board service, Laura is the Executive Director of Northwest Pilot Project (NWPP), a nonprofit organization providing housing assistance, transportation, and advocacy to very low-income seniors in Multnomah County, which receives SHS funding. In this role she is responsible for ensuring that the organization meets its mission: to offer opportunities for a life of dignity and hope to very low income seniors in Multnomah County by solving housing and transportation needs. Laura’s work includes advocacy activities which are critical to achieving that mission as NWPP is the voice of many low and very low-income seniors, all of whom are renters. Laura has over 35 years of fundraising and nonprofit management experience, providing leadership in fund development, strategic planning and community engagement. She worked at Oregon Food Bank prior to joining NWPP in October 2016. She is currently on the boards of PDX Jazz and Here Together, as well as the Community Advisory Committee of Multnomah County’s Homeless Response System. She served as a Commissioner on the City of Portland’s Rental Services Commission, and as Co-Chair on the Multnomah County Continuum of Care board. Laura holds a Master’s degree in Library and Information 5 Science from Simmons College, Boston. She values social justice and peace, inclusive communities and animals. She lives south of Portland with her husband and their Golden Retriever Tulip. ATTACHMENTS 1. City of Portland alternate appointment letter