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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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