Angelita Morillo

Why we endorsed Tiffany Koyama Lane for Portland City Council

We endorsed Angelita because she brings practical, common sense leadership to the fight for animals. As one of the co-sponsors of Portland’s foie gras ban, she helped push the ordinance through multiple hearings and a contentious council debate. When opponents tried to frame the ban as a distraction from more important issues, she cut through it and kept the focus on the animals.

What we appreciate about Angelita is that she doesn’t get lost in the noise. She’s direct, understands the issues, and is willing to use her voice to help animals in the face of pushback.

We’re proud to endorse Angelita and grateful for her leadership to make Portland a more compassionate place for animals.

Questionnaire Responses

Climate-Friendly Food & Fair Competition

Question: Currently, the federal government heavily subsidizes animal-based foods despite their cruelty, environmental impact, and damage to public health. Would you support policies to even the playing field and promote climate-friendly food, locally, to, in the words of Portland’s Climate Emergency Workplan, “Reduce carbon from the consumption of food”?

Response: Yes. I absolutely support more local food production and consumption and the promotion of plant-based proteins, especially locally sourced, to reduce the city’s climate impact.

Exceptionally Cruel Animal-Derived Products

Question: Certain products made from animals are made using especially cruel practices. Bans of specific products have ample precedent, notably with Statewide bans of fur and foie gras in California. Would you support a policy to ban a specific luxury animal product, such as fur, foie gras, lobster, veal, or shrimp?

Response: Yes.

The Use of Dangerous Poisons

Question: The City of Portland currently uses rat poison in city parks that is illegal in California because of the harm it causes to rodents, birds, other wildlife, pets, and children. Death by poisoning is widely considered to be a form of extreme suffering, often taking multiple days to kill. Would you support policies to minimize death by poison, such as a transition of city government to using fertility control instead of glue traps and rodenticide?

Response: Yes.

Non-human Family Members

Question: Companion animals are important members of Portlanders’ families. Would you support policies to protect them, such as inclusion of companion animals in disaster shelters or a ban on cat declawing?

Response: Yes. I am especially passionate about the inclusion of companion animals in shelters, as this presents a substantial barrier to many unhoused folks when accessing shelter beds or other resources to help them escape homelessness.