lovepjonson.com

love p. jonson

love p. jonson

i’m a city planner and policy analyst who’s worked for a decade in affordable housing, racial-equity policy, zoning reform, active transportation, and food justice

i’m available for planning and policy consulting, guest lectures, and speaking engagements.

here’s my LinkedIn

i’m currently studying sociology at the University of British Columbia, where i research the social landscapes in cities that planning has overlooked

i write essays at love notes with political and cultural analysis of cities, housing, place, “community,” and more

i wrote an essay about my name and the legacies it

comes with for Porter House Review

i wrote a piece about what Sex and the City tells us

about housing economics for in In the Mood

Magazine

i wrote a pop culture diary for Mary Mahoney’s Landline

i make paintings, collages, and prints of the Pacific Northwest and Greece at love notes pnw on

Etsy (Canada) and Forage Local (US)

i’ve had paintings featured in art shows

benefitting the Blanchet House and Carpe Mundi and i’m happy to contribute to other fundraisers

i was the primary author of this foundational report on Portland’s history of racism in transportation

i co-created the PDX Housing Solidarity Project, which organizes people to redistribute wealth to Black and Indigenous first-time homebuyers. i gave trainings on the history of racism in housing and city planning in Portland

i helped get Candace Avalos elected to

Portland City Council by crafting her progressive policy platform for housing and city planning

i’m a peer reviewer for a couple of academic journals

i was a 2025 Architects of Change Fellow

exploring the principles of the solidarity economy,

hosted by the Venture Partners Fund

i was a founding board member of housing advocacy nonprofit Portland: Neighbors Welcome

i served on the board of the Oregon Farmers Markets Association