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Portland Tenants United @pdxtu.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

PTU members have given Portland City Council District 3 candidate Cristal Otero a green light 🟢 endorsement. You can check out her questionnaire answers here: www.pdxtu.org/cristal-oter... One member praised her strong stance against harassment of tenants. Rank Cristal Otero!

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Cristal Otero's Questionnaire Answers

The mission of Portland Tenants United is to empower and organize tenants through direct action to challenge oppressive housing policies and practices and to demand housing stability, security, and di...

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Portland: Neighbors Welcome @portlandneighborswelcome.org · 23/09/2026

A renter, car-free transit rider, and mom of five, Jamey Evenstar @jameyevenstar.bsky.social is a Portland policy wonk committed to delivering for her working class neighbors. In her questionnaire and interview she proved that her diverse and dynamic ideas are rooted in evidence and experience.

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Portland: Neighbors Welcome Proudly Endorses Jamey Evenstar for City Council District 4

The graphic includes a photo of Jamey Evenstar in the foreground.

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Hide @wutherering.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I highly recommend reading Jamey’s responses to our questionnaire, which are linked on our endorsement webpage: portlandneighborswelcome.org/2026-portlan... If there was a word more than “expert” I would use it here

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PDX city council candidates on housing issues — Portland: Neighbors Welcome

Which candidates understand and favor pro-housing, pro-tenant policies?

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Portland Tenants United @pdxtu.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

PTU's members have graded Jamey Evenstar, candidate for Portland City Council District 4 with a Green Light 🟢. We think Evenstar will be a great city councilor for tenants, and we encourage everyone to rank her highly. You can read her questionnaire answers here: www.pdxtu.org/jamey_evenst....

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Portland Tenants United @pdxtu.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

City Council D4 Candidate Jamey Evenstar's questionnaire answers are now live on our website. www.pdxtu.org/jamey_evenst... PTU members are grading her questionnaire for the final rating. PTU members sign up to grade: www.pdxtu.org/2026_candida.... Become a member at www.pdxtu.org/join_the_union.

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Questionnaire Answers

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Portland Tenants United @pdxtu.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Portland Tenants United is providing endorsements for candidates in local races who fill out our candidate questionnaire this year. Candidates are rated: 🟢 - Rank high 🟡 - Ok to rank 🔴 - Do not rank See candidate questionnaire answers on our website at www.pdxtu.org/2026_candida....

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2026 Candidate Endorsements

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Em @embienbi.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

everyone should get a public defender at eviction court and i'm not kidding

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Portland Mercury @portlandmercury.com · 04/09/2025

A 68-year-old veteran with disabilities got an eviction notice last week for unpaid rent he didn't know he owed. With swift intervention from a tenant union and a city councilor, the eviction case was dismissed. Tenant rights advocates say the case underscores a larger, systemic problem.

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Eviction of Disabled Veteran Halted After Intervention From Neighbors and a City Councilor

A veteran with disabilities who faced eviction will stay in his apartment, after intervention from a tenant union and a Portland city councilor. Last Friday, Dan McLean, 68, got an eviction notice at ...

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Councilor Angelita Morillo @councilormorillo.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Thank you to @councilorgreen.bsky.social and your incredible team for saving this constituent from being evicted. I watched you hustle behind the scenes to take regular constituent work and go above and beyond to use the power of your office to make a difference in this person’s life.

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Portland Tenants United @pdxtu.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Join leaders from @portlanddsa.bsky.social and PTU along with @councilorgreen.bsky.social at a press conference to defend a 68-year-old disabled veteran, nearly evicted due to landlord negligence. Tomorrow, Thursday, 9/4 at 10:30 AM at the Yards, 815 NW Naito Pkwy. Come demand housing justice.

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PDX DSA Housing Working Group @portlanddsahousing.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

We cannot achieve housing justice alone. We can only push back against the landlord class if renters stand in solidarity. Join us as we canvass renters in D1 to invite the community to the East Portland Renters’ Town Hall. RSVP today at portlanddsa.org/events #housingforall #rentersbillofrights

WE WANT YOU
END EVICTIONS
SAVE LIVES
RENTERS BILL
OF RIGHTS NOW!
TO BUILD
RENTER POWER!
PDXRENTERPOWER.COM
PORTLANDDSA.ORG
AFFORDABLE
HOUSING FOR ALL!

CANVASS WITH US
TO PROMOTE THE
RENTERS' TOWN HALL
IN EAST PORTLAND
SEPTEMBER 6TH 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
SEPTEMBER 13TH 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
PORTLANDDSA.ORG/EVENTS

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PDX DSA Housing Working Group @portlanddsahousing.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

Join us for the third Renters' Town Hall in East Portland to support the Renters' Bill of Rights! Be part of the growing movement of Portlanders fighting back against the landlord class! RSVP Today! actionnetwork.org/events/east-...

Come to the Third Renters’ Town Hall & Get Together for
You’re Invited!
THE RENTERS’ BILL OF RIGHTS
Five new City Councilors endorsed the Renters’ Bill of Rights while running for office. Let’s decide how we push to make these reforms a reality for the whole City of Portland.
Light refreshments provided.
Meet other renters, talk about our issues, enjoy a social afternoon & help build
Renter Power!
Portland Community College Southeast
2305 SE 82nd Ave Portland, OR 97216
Saturday, Sept 20, 2025 2:00- 4:00pm
Transit: FX2, 72,
Max Green Line

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Read “One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This” @grouchyoutreach.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

Well that blew up! Don’t have a SoundCloud or anything but you should talk to your co-workers about Unionizing &then get @organizeworkers.bsky.social involved. Talk to folks in your apartments about tenants Unions like @pdxtu.bsky.social &get plugged in w mutual aid group feeding unhoused neighbors

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PDX DSA Housing Working Group @portlanddsahousing.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

📣 REMINDER: The Renters’ Town Hall is TOMORROW! 🗓 Sunday, June 1 🕑 2–4 PM 📍 Leaven Community Center (5431 NE 20th Ave) Come hear from fellow renters, share your story, and build power together. Let’s show up strong 💪 #PortlandRenters #RentersRights #TenantPower

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PDX DSA Housing Working Group @portlanddsahousing.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

We invited Councilor Ryan to the Renters’ Town Hall early this month. We still have not heard back from his office. I guess Ryan doesn’t want to hear from renters in his district? 🤷 #orpol #portland #pdx #renterstownhall #rentersrights @councilorkanal.bsky.social @councilordanryan.bsky.social

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PDX DSA Housing Working Group @portlanddsahousing.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Join us for the District 2 Renters’ Town Hall and be part of the growing movement for a Portland where all renters are treated with dignity. RSVP TODAY! 🔗 #portland #orpol #renters #pdx #tenatsrights

You’re Invited! Come to the second Renters’ Town Hall & Get Together for The Renters’ Bill of Rights. Five new City Councilors endorsed the Renters’ Bill of Rights while running for office. Let's decide how we push to make these reforms a reality for the whole City of Portland.

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PDX DSA Housing Working Group @portlanddsahousing.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Join us Wednesday, April 16 at 5:15 PM outside Portland City Hall as we rally to support @councilormorillo.bsky.social ordinance to ban AI-driven rent price-fixing. 💙 Wear blue 🪧 Bring a sign 📣 Raise your voice Let’s pack the council chambers at 6:00 PM to show support for the ordinance.

RALLY FOR RENTERS' RIGHTS
TO SUPPORT THE AI RENT PRICE-FIXING BAN
WED APRIL 16 AT 5:15 PM
PORTLAND CITY HALL

WHAT YOU GAN DO!
WEAR BLUE TO SHOW YOUR SUPPORT
MAKE SIGNS
ATTEND THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING
AT 6:00 PM

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Autonomous Tenants Union Network @tenantpower.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Interested in starting a new tenant organization in your neighborhood or city? Organizers from @vancouvertenants.bsky.social, Puget Sound Tenants Union, and @latenantsunion.bsky.social will present & lead a discussion. Sunday April 13, 4:30 / 7:30 Register at bit.ly/ATUN-april13

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Mitch Green @councilorgreen.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Why social housing and why now? We need to provide housing as a public good, and for Portland this means we can better respond to the housing crisis and the rigid and underfunded situation that exists today. The scale of the problem is too great for us to rely on passive, market-based solutions.

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Portland Tenants United @pdxtu.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Tenants TAKE ACTION. This Wednesday, April 2nd, the city council needs to hear from you as they get ready to take action on the rent price fixing ordinance and social housing. Send a letter to city council at pdxtu.us/pricefixing and see other ways to take action at www.pdxtu.org/portland_alg....

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Councilor Angelita Morillo @councilormorillo.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

This week we secured a major step forward for renters — My ordinance banning algorithmic rent price fixing passed out of the Homelessness and Housing Committee! Now it’s moving to the full City Council for a first hearing on the morning of Wednesday, April 2nd. ‼️ We need your help ‼️

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Portland City Councilor Jamie Dunphy @councilordunphy.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Congratulations @councilormorillo.bsky.social for a successful committee vote on your bill to ban algorithmic price fixing software in the rental housing market. Here are my remarks, edited to fit the 3min time limit on bluesky. Watch the full hearing here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WKq...

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Portland Tenants United @pdxtu.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Both the Algorithmic Pricing Ban and the Social Housing Study passed the Homelessness and Housing Committee to the full council today. The next step is going to be getting them passed in the full city council meetings. 💪

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Portland Tenants United @pdxtu.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

“It's hard to get into the heads of property management companies that neglect tenants and buildings creating lots of problems and misery. It requires such a high level of either greed or incompetence that makes speculation hard." -Leeor Schweitzer, on the PTU Organizing Committee

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Councilor Angelita Morillo @councilormorillo.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Me & my team have been working around the clock to bring the first ordinance before the new City Council that will ban price fixing algorithms in rent setting. As 1 of 2 renters on City Council and the only renter on the Housing Committee, I want to center these issues www.wweek.com/news/city/20...

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City Council’s First Policy Ordinance Could Ban Use of AI Software to Set Rents

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Councilor Candace Avalos @counciloravalos.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

🚨 Tomorrow, in the Homelessness & Housing Committee, I’m leading the charge on a resolution to study social housing in Portland. As chair of the committee and co-sponsor of this bill (alongside @councilorgreen.bsky.social), I’m fighting for real housing solutions. 🏠 Why does this matter? A thread 🧵⬇️

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Portland Tenants United @pdxtu.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Tomorrow (3/25) is a great day to show up at city hall for the Homelessness and Housing Committee meeting from noon to 2 PM in support of @councilormorillo.bsky.social's ordinance to ban AI price fixing. More ways to help at www.pdxtu.org/portland_alg...

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Portland City Council - Algorithmic Rental Price Fixing Ban

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Forrest @gotperks.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Show up to City Hall for the Housing and Homeless Committee from 12pm to 2pm to show support for @councilormorillo.bsky.social proposal to ban AI Rent Price fixing algorithms in Portland!! We need @counciloravalos.bsky.social @councilordunphy.bsky.social to support her to get it out of committee!

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PDX DSA Housing Working Group @portlanddsahousing.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Support @councilorgreen.bsky.social Social Housing Resolution. Submit your written testimony by March 25 to the Housing and Homelessness Committee.

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Mitch Green @councilorgreen.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Here's a first look at a resolution to get social housing going in Portland which requires a study of housing financing and ownership models presented to Council. I'm excited about this one. It's also co-sponsored by @counciloravalos.bsky.social, Housing Co-chair. www.portland.gov/council/docu...

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Require the City Administrator to study alternative housing financing and ownership models and deliver a report of findings to Council

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Act for Democracy @act4d.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Was your rent raised by AI?

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Portland Tenants United @pdxtu.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Check out this video from Eugene Tenant Alliance to see if your rent is being set by AI. You can take action to let Oregon legislators know that you don't want AI raising our rents here: actionnetwork.org/letters/supp.... You can also follow the links there to submit written and verbal testimony.

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How to Spot If Your Rent Was Raised by AI

YouTube video by Eugene Tenant Alliance

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Portland Tenants United @pdxtu.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

If you want to refine your testimony to submit to the Oregon Senate Committee on Housing and Development on SB722, check out this testimony workshop with Portland DSA today at 7 PM. RSVP at actionnetwork.org/events/testi...

RENT HIKES DESERVE RENT STRIKES A DSA Testimony Drive to Support Rent Stabilization. Join us for a workshop on SB722 and learn how to testify effectively at the Oregon State Legislature. Hear from electeds, staffers, and expert chapter members for hands-on support to make your voice heard! Don't let algorithms decide your rent: fight together for housing justice! March 16th, 2025, 7-8:30 PM | Hosted by Socialists in Office Committee and Housing Working Group, Portland DSA

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Portland Tenants United @pdxtu.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Rally at Portland City Hall today at 2 PM! Confirmed speakers include multiple community leaders and elected officials. Music, comradeship, and more. Don't miss it! RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/tax-t...

TAX THE RICH | FUND THE PEOPLE | For Our Families, For Our Communities, For Our Future | Saturday, March 15th, City Hall, 2 PM

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Portland Tenants United @pdxtu.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Write to the Oregon Senate Committee on Housing and Development encouraging them to support SB 722 to ban price fixing AI apps statewide (yes, like that city council ordinance) AND reduce the number of units exempt from statewide rent control. actionnetwork.org/letters/supp...

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Support SB 722: Ban AI Rent Fixing in Oregon

The Oregon Senate is considering a bill that would prohibit landlords from using anti-competitive price fixing services like RealPage, Yardi, and YieldStar. It would also reduce the period for which...

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Portland: Neighbors Welcome @portlandneighborswelcome.org · 01/03/2025

National Register Historic Districts are a completely undemocratic circumvention of land use processes that allow exclusionary neighborhoods to freeze themselves in amber... but we have an opportunity to change that, and we need YOUR testimony! portlandneighborswelcome.org/house-bill-2...

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Portland Tenants United @pdxtu.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

I was having too much fun to remember to take pictures, but the 2025 Winter Social was a blast. We talked about the past and the future, made connections, and enjoyed some delicious pizza with beverages. Hope to see you at the next one!

Half-eaten pizza and ice cream, empty glasses, and a sign encouraging folks to join, volunteer, and organize with Portland Tenants United. This is what was left after a fun social with around 30 PTU members and interested folks.

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Portland Tenants United @pdxtu.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

See PTU's own Leeor testifying yesterday in support of banning apps landlords use to collude and fix rent prices. www.youtube.com/live/evjPj8l...

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Portland City Council Homelessness & Housing Committee 02/25/25

YouTube video by eGov PDX

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Councilor Angelita Morillo @councilormorillo.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

As one of three renters on City Council, I know how much the cost of rent is hurting Portland families. I look forward to sharing more about this policy with my colleagues at our next Housing Committee meeting on February 25th!

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Portland Tenants United @pdxtu.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Join PTU in encouraging Portland City Council Housing Committee to pass the ordinance they are considering to ban apps landlords use to skirt antitrust policies and collude on rent price fixing. Contact the committee today: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell....

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Portland Tenants United @pdxtu.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

We want to invite PTU members and tenants interested in PTU's work to join us for a Winter Social on February 27th, 7 PM at Baerlic on 11th Ave. A casual social to make connections and talk about tenant organizing. RSVP at partiful.com/e/FhoSioMQ3e....

An invitation to PTU's Winter Social: February 27, 2025, 7 PM at Baerlic on SE 11th Ave. RSVP at https://partiful.com/e/FhoSioMQ3edakJgqblCj.

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Portland Tenants United @pdxtu.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Make your voice heard, write testimony to oppose HB 2305, the three-strikes law that will let landlords evict with impunity and destroy right to cure. Submit testimony at olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/M....

Tenants need to get loud! HB 2305 is a 3-strike law for evicting tenants. Landlords want it to be easier than ever to put more people on the street. Several bills this legislative session will affect the rights of tenants in Oregon. Every tenant should take the chance to submit testimony against or in support of these bills.

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PDX DSA Housing Working Group @portlanddsahousing.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Good reminder that one of our demands is for eviction protection surrounding weather events like ice and snow storms that wreck havoc on working class people who cannot make it to work or have other unexpected emergencies arise from a storm.

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PDX DSA Housing Working Group @portlanddsahousing.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Thank you!! It’s a can’t miss event!! Renter voices loud and clear!

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Portland Tenants United @pdxtu.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

@portlanddsa.bsky.social and @pdxrenterpower.bsky.social are hosting a Renters' Town Hall on February 22nd, 11:30 AM, at Holgate Library. PTU members and all renters are invited and encouraged to attend. RSVP at actionnetwork.org/events/rente....

You're Invited! A Renters' Town Hall and Get Together for The Renters' Bill of Rights

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Portland Tenants United @pdxtu.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Landlords engage in all sorts of practices that hurt tenants, from harassment about housing issues, racist redlining, price gouging, and more. If you've been hurt by a landlord or property management, let people know at www.pdxtu.org/landlord_wal....

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Democratic lawmakers in California, Colorado, New Jersey, New York and Virginia have all introduced bills to ban corporate landlords from using pricing software that enables collusion and leads to increased rents.

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Portland Tenants United @pdxtu.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

68% of Portland tenants are burdened by their rent, and 47% spend more than 40% of their income on housing, causing major financial strain. See this and more data in our annual #PTUSurvey at www.pdxtu.org/annual_rente....

Rent payments exert major pressure on renter’s budgets.
68% of Portland tenants are burdened by their rent, and 47% spend more than 40% of their income on housing, causing major financial strain.
A tiered pie chart demonstrates these statistics.
Read the report and take action at pdxtu.org.

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