An environmental attorney, civil rights advocate, and community organizer with over 15 years of senior experience — ready to be a relentless fighter for Lower Merion, Whitemarsh, and Narberth.
Jason Landau Goodman is an environmental attorney, civil rights advocate, and community organizer with over 15 years of senior experience advancing local and state policies. Jason will be a relentless fighter to bring down the costs of healthcare and utilities, build safe roads and bridges, protect our environment, and champion the priorities of Lower Merion, Whitemarsh, and Narberth.
Starting as a teenager, Jason spearheaded the local organizing toward the enactment of Lower Merion's nondiscrimination ordinance — making Lower Merion the first municipality in Montgomery County and first Township in Pennsylvania to adopt an LGBTQ-inclusive nondiscrimination ordinance.
As an attorney for the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Jason has been on the ground for our communities. As a coalition builder, he has worked across all 67 counties of the commonwealth.
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Jason firmly believes that your State Representative should be a strong fighter for you both in Harrisburg and at home. Often when reaching out to an elected official's office, you may already be at a frustration point trying to navigate complex government systems.
Bridges close. SEPTA is at risk of cutting the lines we rely on. Healthcare and utility costs keep climbing. Meanwhile, families in Lower Merion, Whitemarsh, and Narberth get squeezed.
Jason is running to be the State Representative our community deserves — accessible to all residents of the 148th, and accountable to the people of Lower Merion, Whitemarsh, and Narberth.
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Jason will champion the priorities of Lower Merion, Whitemarsh, and Narberth — at home and in Harrisburg.
Local priorities Jason will fight for in our communities. Click any priority to read more.
As your State Representative, Jason will be persistent and laser focused on delivering results when it comes to major local infrastructure projects. When state resources are needed for community infrastructure, whether it is renovating a fire station or rebuilding a bridge, Jason will be a fighter to bring back the funds we need.
The Narberth Bridge replacement project deserves relentless attention to push forward. Jason will ensure the pressure is on all agencies to move responsibly and as swiftly as possible. Sometimes public works projects take a long time for various reasons and setbacks, but that information needs to be communicated in real time to constituents.
Jason was involved in litigating a bridge replacement project alongside PennDOT that had been extended for years. The extended length of time certain parts of our communities have been cut off from each other is unacceptable.
Bala Avenue is a historic and vital corridor for Lower Merion that has the potential to be a shining downtown treasure of our region. This district needs investment to ensure we have diverse opportunities for shopping, dining, and culture.
As your State Representative, Jason will be an active partner with local organizations to identify and fight for state grants to reinvigorate life into Bala Avenue.
With a vibrant corridor lined with valuable anchor institutions along Bala Avenue, we can strengthen a key neighborhood district with full storefronts, exciting events, greenspaces, and no vacant lots.
Jason is a strong proponent of public transit. Whenever possible, Jason personally takes the SEPTA Regional Rail lines to get around. Thousands of commuters from Lower Merion, Whitemarsh, and Narberth rely on the Regional Rail and bus systems.
Your State Representative should be an open proponent of public transit to ensure SEPTA is fully funded, as well as encourage ways to increase ridership and protect lines from consideration of reduction or closure.
Jason believes we cannot wait for another funding crisis to finally address structural issues with transit operations in Pennsylvania.
Jason believes your elected officials should always be accessible and meet communities where they are. Jason would be committed to hosting open community meetings all throughout the year from Lafayette Hill to Wynnewood and more.
With Jason, town halls would be held at various times of day and evening to ensure those who want to attend are able to do so. Jason would also ensure town halls happen virtually for those who for any reason are not able to or prefer not to travel.
Jason believes that the platform of a State Representative belongs to the people and that communicating with your legislator should be accessible to all residents of the 148th House District.
In the 21st century, internet access and mobile phone service coverage are not indulgences but necessities. Connectivity drives our economy, communities, and vital services.
Calls drop and internet remains inaccessible in areas around Lower Merion, Whitemarsh, and Narberth. There must be clear leadership in this space to bring together local and federal partners, utility companies, and neighbors.
Jason will prioritize this work and communicate publicly about identifying the gaps and solutions towards 100% coverage for our region.
We know many of our friends, neighbors, and family members have been hit with hard times over the past several years. Sometimes the economic circumstances individuals and families face lead them to housing instability or food insecurity.
Jason believes increasing accessible options for affordable housing and building up food bank supplies and distribution puts our values of compassion and economic justice into action.
As your State Representative, Jason will fight for social services to make a tangible difference in the lives of our residents.
Jason strongly believes in the importance of engaging young people in civic and government action. As a State Representative, Jason would establish a Youth Council comprised of student leaders across the high schools in the 148th House District.
While a student at Bala Cynwyd Middle School, Jason was selected as a delegate to former State Senator Connie Williams' Good Government Seminar, which was a very impactful day in his journey to understand the power of community organizing and governmental action at a young age.
Jason firmly believes that your State Representative should be a strong fighter for you both in Harrisburg and at home. Providing the highest quality of constituent services is among Jason's top priorities.
Jason has experience working within and alongside government agencies, and his staff would work with compassion and determination to support solutions that work for you.
As referrals are involved, Jason and their team would work to follow up with you to ensure your concerns were addressed, and if not, work with you to get the job done.
Statewide policy fights Jason will lead in the Pennsylvania House for all Pennsylvanians. Click any priority to read more.
Jason will be a relentless fighter to bring down the costs of healthcare and utilities for working families across the commonwealth.
That means taking on the insurance and utility monopolies squeezing our neighbors, and holding private equity accountable for gutting our hospitals and driving up prices.
Jason knows the burden these rising costs place on families — and will fight every day in Harrisburg to deliver real relief.
Jason was hired for his dream legal job of being a government environmental attorney. For nearly three years Jason counseled programs at the Department of Environmental Protection from its Southeast Regional Office in Norristown.
Jason's practice focused largely on Air Quality, Waterways & Wetlands, and Environmental Justice. Jason was directly involved in the work to rehaul the state's Environmental Justice Policy and associated PennEnviroScreen tool.
As a former DEP attorney, Jason has held polluters accountable — and will fight every day in Harrisburg to protect our air, water, and land.
Montgomery County sends Harrisburg a dollar and gets back just 40 cents. That math doesn't work — and it shows up in our roads, our bridges, and our schools.
Jason will fight to bring our fair share back home to fund the infrastructure, public transit, and services we depend on.
An active and engaged State Representative picking up the phone and calling all partners is the difference between a project that moves and one that stalls for years.
As a teenager, Jason spearheaded the campaign that made Lower Merion the first Township in Pennsylvania to adopt an LGBTQ-inclusive nondiscrimination ordinance. He went on to co-found the Pennsylvania Youth Congress and worked with communities in dozens of towns to pass similar protections.
By 2016, Jason had traveled to all of Pennsylvania's 67 counties advocating for civil rights protections.
Jason will bring that statewide coalition-building experience to Harrisburg as a champion for full civil rights protections under Pennsylvania law.
Jason's first major bill was the Pennsylvania Safe Schools (PASS) Act in 2012, which would provide for a large overhaul of how incidents of violence and bullying are handled in Pennsylvania's public schools.
He worked relentlessly on building legislative and public support for the bill — helping to secure over 50 Republicans and over 50 Democrats as cosponsors. Having over 100 cosponsors in a fully bipartisan bill is generally unheard of in Harrisburg.
Jason has served on safety and inclusion committees for the Pennsylvania Department of Education and was appointed to Governor Shapiro's transition team for the Education + Workforce Committee.
Jason has established a regular presence in Harrisburg advancing education and civil rights policy for over 15 years. Jason has built close relationships with both Democrats and Republicans in the House and Senate and has worked directly with administration officials.
Jason has been directly involved in stopping harmful bills and helping move positive legislation, both in the House and Senate. When some may have given up, Jason rushed in and persisted.
As a bridge builder, Jason has brought diverse lawmakers together towards shared goals — that's the kind of representative the 148th deserves in Harrisburg.
From Bala Avenue to Merion Station to neighborhood SEPTA stops — meeting communities where they are.
Jason's family has deep roots across Lower Merion and Narberth. All of Jason's grandparents were Lower Merion residents from Wynnewood to Belmont Hills. The Landau family textile business, H. Landau and Company, relocated to the old Bala Cynwyd Post Office and HLC recently celebrated its 100th anniversary. Jason's great-grandparents from the Landau and Rudofker families were significantly involved in the building of Har Zion Temple, where Jason and his family are members.
Jason was born in Wynnewood and later moved to Bala Cynwyd and attended Cynwyd Elementary School and Bala Cynwyd Middle School. Jason then transferred to Friends' Central School for high school and was extremely active in student life, including running the school's greenhouse where Jason fell in love with plant science. Jason worked at Albrecht's Garden Center in Narberth while in high school.
Jason earned an undergraduate degree in Environmental Studies and Urban Studies, and a master's degree in Urban Spatial Analytics, both from the University of Pennsylvania. Jason then continued on to earn a law degree at the University of Pittsburgh, where he completed a concentration in Energy and Environmental Law.
Jason is a proud member of the LGBTQ community and uses he/they pronouns. While a recent high school graduate, Jason learned that LGBTQ people like them could experience discrimination in housing, employment, and public accommodations without any explicit recourse under Pennsylvania law.
Starting as a teenager, Jason dove right in to spearhead the local organizing and political strategy towards the enactment of Lower Merion's nondiscrimination ordinance. Jason spent two years building alliances with civic organizations, township leaders, and political activists. In December 2010, Lower Merion Township became the first municipality in Montgomery County and first Township in Pennsylvania to adopt an LGBTQ-inclusive nondiscrimination ordinance.
In 2011, Jason co-founded the Pennsylvania Youth Congress (PYC) as PA's first and only statewide LGBTQ youth organization. Jason helmed the organization for over a decade as its founding Executive Director. By 2016, Jason had traveled to all of Pennsylvania's 67 counties.
"When Jason would get a call from a young student or their parents, often from a small town in Pennsylvania, Jason would typically be there later that day to meet with them in-person."
Jason has established a regular presence in Harrisburg advancing education and civil rights policy for over 15 years. Jason has built close relationships with both Democrats and Republicans in the House and Senate and has worked directly with administration officials.
Jason's first major bill was the Pennsylvania Safe Schools (PASS) Act in 2012, which would provide for a large overhaul of how incidents of violence and bullying are handled in Pennsylvania's public schools. He worked relentlessly on building legislative and public support for the bill — helping to secure over 50 Republicans and over 50 Democrats as cosponsors. Having over 100 cosponsors in a fully bipartisan bill is generally unheard of in Harrisburg.
In 2018, Jason was appointed to serve as a member of the inaugural Pennsylvania Commission on LGBTQ Affairs, an advisory council he wrote the proposal for and spearheaded the creation of with Governor Tom Wolf's administration. Jason served on Governor Wolf's internal LGBTQ Workgroup and various safety and inclusion committees for the Pennsylvania Department of Education.
As a policy advisor, Jason was appointed to Governor Josh Shapiro's transition team for the Education + Workforce Committee and was selected by Montgomery County Commissioners Jamila Winder and Neil Makhija to serve on their Moving Montco Forward transition team in the Sustainability and Climate Change Committee.
Jason has received numerous local, statewide, and national distinctions including being named an Emerging LGBT Leader by the Obama White House, Person of the Year by Philadelphia Gay News, and an annual honor at a spring dinner of the Democratic Committee of Lower Merion and Narberth in 2011. Jason has been invited to speak at the United Nations for the LGBT Core Group in 2017.
Following passage of the Pennsylvania Bar, Jason was hired for his dream legal job of being a government environmental attorney. For nearly three years Jason counseled a variety of programs at the Department of Environmental Protection from its Southeast Regional Office in Norristown.
Jason's practice focused largely on Air Quality, Waterways & Wetlands, and Environmental Justice. Jason was directly involved in the work to rehaul the state's Environmental Justice Policy and associated PennEnviroScreen tool. In June 2023, Jason was honored with a special commendation by former DEP Secretary Richard Negrín in Harrisburg.
At home, Jason is in his fifth year on the board of the Neighborhood Club of Bala Cynwyd and has served for two years as its Secretary, and is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association and Montgomery Bar Association. Jason lives in the College Park section of Bala Cynwyd, less than a mile from where his parents still reside.
In Jason's free time he enjoys studying Yiddish, vegetable gardening, and Pennsylvania road trips. Jason is an avid fan of Groundhog Day and travels to Punxsutawney each year.
Jason is proud to have the backing of many civic leaders, Democratic committee members, and current and former elected officials across the 148th House District — in addition to important partners across Pennsylvania who are ready to work with Jason as a State Representative.
Note: All individuals who are public supporters of Jason listed here are doing so in their personal capacities and do not reflect any formal endorsement of a local or county Democratic party organization.
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Jason is an environmental lawyer and civil rights advocate with over 15 years of effective leadership moving policies within local and state government across Pennsylvania. A fourth-generation Lower Merion resident, Jason fights for the issues that matter most to our communities, including:
• Lowering healthcare and utility costs
• Protecting our environment
• Fully funding SEPTA and investing in safe roads and bridges
