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Meet the candidate: Steve Novick

Portland City Council, Position 4 Steve Novick is running for re-election to commissioner position No. 4 on the Portland City Council. Here are his responses to Street Roots' 2016 general-election questionnaire. (Read other candidates' response ...

20 Oct 2016 - Street Roots
Street Roots pop quiz: Steve Novick

Street Roots asked Portland’s 2016 City Council candidates 13 questions Steve Novick is a Portland city commissioner. He was an environmental law enforcement attorney at the U.S. Justice Department. Novick is running for re-election to commissioner positi ...

14 Apr 2016 - Street Roots
Short-term rental tax must help offset need for housing

The City of Portland is in the process of regulating short-term rentals. We know that by allowing short-term rentals to thrive in Portland, many Portlanders could have access to an additional income. It will also have a negative impact on the affordable h ...

22 Jul 2014 - SR editorial board
Talking pot, polls and politics with Earl Blumenauer

Congressman Earl Blumenauer has the veneer of a seasoned Beltway politician, trademark bowtie aside. But to his core, he’s a true Portlander. Much has been written about his enthusiasm and support of cycling, mass transit and civic engagement. But on a de ...

2 Jul 2014 - Jake Thomas
Keeping City Hall and our progress in perspective

The world is a complicated place. Of course, you don’t need me to tell you that. On my way home from work this week I stopped and talked to an elderly woman sleeping on the streets in Old Town. “Besides my aching back all I really need is a long, hot bath ...

5 Jun 2014 - Israel Bayer
Street fee tax needs broad community support

Portland needs better roads and transportation services, and short of money, there’s no easy answer to how to make it happen. But we need a better plan than the proposed Street Fee racing through City Hall. The transportation fee on households and busines ...

22 May 2014 - SR editorial board
City Auditor LaVonne Griffin-Valade sits in the other corner office

LaVonne Griffin-Valade doesn’t mince her words. Nor would she. As a former elementary school teacher and aspiring fiction writer, she values the precision of perfect grammar. As the city’s auditor, she values the ability of a well-written, researched — an ...

12 Feb 2014 - Amanda Waldroupe
Heavy lifting still needed to solve City’s budget problems

Commissioner Steve Novick was elected to Portland City Council in 2012. He currently heads the city’s Transportation, Emergency Communications and Emergency Management Bureaus. On March 6, KATU conducted a poll of Portlanders, asking their views on variou ...

27 Jun 2013 - Steve Novick
Needle exchange program loses valuable city dollars

Staff Reports In 1989, Portland’s Outside In, which provides varied services and health care to homeless youth and low-income communities, began a revolutionary needle exchange program. One of the first in the country to offer needle exchange, Outside In ...

10 May 2013 - Street Roots Staff
Candidates on housing and homelessness: Novick, White, Williams

Candidates on housing and homelessness: Novick, White, Williams City Council: Position 4 With the primary election happening, Street Roots asked the leading mayoral and city council candidates one question: If elected what three things will you do to impr ...

3 May 2012 - Street Roots