Chloe Eudaly

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Chloe Eudaly (born 1969/1970) is an American politician and bookstore owner from Oregon who served as Portland’s City Commissioner for Position 4 from 2017 to 2021. She won in 2016 on a platform to help renters, people with disabilities, and low‑income residents, and to push for more affordable housing.

During her term, Eudaly led the Office of Neighborhood Involvement, which she renamed the Office of Community & Civic Life. She also became head of the Portland Bureau of Transportation in 2018 and led the Rose Lane Project, adding bus‑only lanes and timed signals to speed up buses. The Rose Lane Project was approved by the City Council in 2020.

She helped pass the Fair Access In Renting (FAIR) ordinance in 2019, reforming rental applications: landlords must review applications holistically, use a first‑come‑first‑served rule, prioritize accessible units, and limit the use of income, credit, and criminal history as denial criteria. FAIR passed 3‑1.

Eudaly also voted to defund the Portland Police Bureau, but the proposal failed (2‑3).

In 2020, she lost her re‑election bid to Mingus Mapps.

Personal: Eudaly grew up near Forest Grove, moved to the Portland area at nine, attended Tigard High School but dropped out; she earned a GED, opened Reading Frenzy bookstore in 1994, and helped found the Independent Publishing Resource Center. She lives in the Woodlawn neighborhood with her son Henry and identifies as queer.