lovepjonson.com

love p. jonson

i’m a graduate student studying sociology

at the University of British Columbia

i’m also a teaching assistant for

Social Interaction and Culture

i’m a city planner and policy analyst. i’ve worked in affordable housing, racial equity policy,

zoning reform, active transportation,

and food justice

i’m available for freelance planning and policy work

i write a newsletter called 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 and collages and prints

of the Pacific Northwest and Greece

at love notes pnw on Etsy and Forage Local

i’ve had paintings featured in art shows

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

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

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 was a 2025 Architects of Change Fellow

exploring the principles of the solidarity economy,

hosted by the Venture Partners Fund

i helped get Candace Avalos elected to

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

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

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

i served on the board of the

Oregon Farmers Markets Association