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1. Created a citywide economic development strategy
2. Cut city trash by 38 percent via food composting
3. Paved way for LED streetlights
4. Passed the Portland Bicycle Plan for 2030
5. Built 30 miles of bike routes
6. Passed a tax to fund arts nonprofits and school art teachers
7. Pushed for federal police and mental health reforms
8. Wrote tough gun-control laws
9. Insisted on drug testing for cops
10. Created drug impact areas and championed gang violence task force
11. Fired Officer Ron Frashour and fought his reinstatement
12. Introduced transgender-inclusive health care for city employees
13. Handled Occupy protests with surprisingly little violence
14. Drafted and passed the Portland Plan
15. Passed the citywide plastic bag ban
16. Created the Portland Housing Bureau—and funded it
17. Secured the Portland Timbers Major League Soccer team
18. Developed programs that led to a 400 percent increase in the amount of homes using solar power
19. Funded the Sellwood Bridge rebuild
20. Saved free public transit for high school kids
21. Created neighborhood redevelopment districts
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10 Things Sam Couldn’t Do (Or Is Still Trying Really Hard to Do)1. Roll out parking meters in Northwest Portland
2. Give West Hayden Island to the Port of Portland
3. Build the Oregon Sustainability Center
4. Build a baseball stadium for the Portland Beavers
5. Extend streetcar to Lake Oswego
6. Fix up Veterans Memorial Coliseum and revitalize the Rose Quarter
7. Create the promised jobs and low-income housing in South Waterfront
8. Send the Columbia River Crossing back to the drawing board
9. Commit businesses to clean up the Willamette River
10. Leave behind budget surpluses