1000 Friends of Oregon is a private, non-profit 501(c)(3) organization that advocates for land-use planning.
It was incorporated on October 11, 1974,[1] following the creation of Oregon's statewide land-use system in 1973 by then-governor Tom McCall and attorney Henry Richmond.
Richmond was succeeded as executive director in later years by Robert Liberty (in 1994),[4] Bob Stacey (2002–2009),[5] Jason Miner[6] (March 2010 to November 2016), Russ Hoeflich[7] (April 2017), and Sam Diaz (October 2021).
During the 1980s, one of the group's ongoing activities was fighting what it saw as improper land-use by the rapidly growing community of Rajneeshpuram, created in a rural part of central Oregon by the followers of the guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh.
[4][8] The group strongly opposed Measure 37, a controversial land-use ballot initiative passed by Oregon voters in 2004.