Author: Sabine Brown

Sabine Brown joined the Oklahoma Policy Institute as an Infrastructure and Access Senior Policy Analyst in January 2022. She previously worked at OK Policy from January 2018 until September 2020 as the Outreach and Legislative Director, and received a Master of Public Administration degree from the University of Oklahoma-Tulsa. Before joining OK Policy she served as the Oklahoma Chapter Leader for Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America. Sabine also earned a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Health Science from the University of Oklahoma and was a physician assistant prior to discovering advocacy work. She grew up in Germany but has called Oklahoma home since 1998.

Recent Articles

Medicaid expansion improves housing stability

By: Sabine Brown
September 26, 2022 // Updated: October 25, 2022

Oklahomans who voted for State Question 802 in 2020 knew that Medicaid expansion would bring greater access to quality health care, but what voters may not have known is that Medicaid expansion plays a role in keeping people safely housed.… Read more [More...]

Effective democracy requires more transparency in Oklahoma state government

By: Sabine Brown
August 30, 2022 // Updated: September 5, 2022

Oklahoma’s government is one of the least transparent in the nation. In contrast to other states, the general public is largely left out of the budget process and deprived of basic expectations of government such as public debate. Unfortunately, that… Read more [More...]

Oklahoma should work towards true housing equity

By: Sabine Brown
April 27, 2022 // Updated: April 26, 2022

Legislative gaps in Oklahoma harm tenants, particularly households of color. The Oklahoma Residential Landlord Tenant Act (ORLTA), first adopted in 1978, needs to be updated to create equity. [More...]

Oklahoma’s state question process should be protected

By: Sabine Brown
April 12, 2022 // Updated: November 28, 2022

Legislators this session have filed several bills that would increase the threshold for citizen-led petitions or raise the bar needed to approve them once they’re on the ballot. State questions have played a vital role in enacting needed change — we should not be creating more barriers in this process. [More...]

Evictions are returning to pre-pandemic levels. That’s not a good thing.

By: Sabine Brown
March 16, 2022 // Updated: March 16, 2022

Unless action is taken, Oklahoma evictions will return to problematically high levels. Now is the time for policymakers in our state to adopt bold new policies that give renters the support and protections they need to stay in their homes and communities. [More...]

Oklahoma faces serious challenges. Together, we can rise to meet them

By: Sabine Brown
September 27, 2019 // Updated: September 28, 2019

Throughout the past week, we’ve highlighted multiple facets of poverty in Oklahoma. We hope we’ve demonstrated that while poverty is a complex issue, Oklahoma has the power to provide real solutions. [More...]