Commissioner Ryan is the City of Portland's Arts Liaison. The city can no longer continue to increase fees and treat businesses as an ATM. Sam Chase: We simply cannot stand down where racism, abuse, and criminal behavior exist. With businesses closed and unemployment claims spiking we need to start thinking about the long term effects. Its time for new leadership. Margot Black:The only way to eradicate homelessness in one step is to aggressively prioritize the "First" in the "Housing First" model. Aquiles Montas: Providing guidance and supervision at job sites to have proper protections like face masks, gloves, sanitizers, hand washing stations, proper distancing when not working side by side, during breaks, purchasing, injuries. Auditor - June 2009 to December 2014 (elected to unexpired term at May 2009 special election), Novick, Steve Sandeep Bali. Portland City Council Position 2 candidates. COVID-19 is crippling the economy in Portland and around the world. Published: Apr. Tera Hurst:Walking home from the gym on a rainy night in January, I got hit by a car that was turning on to SE 12th from Belmont. PPB currently has over 100 vacancies in the department, which dramatically limits the shifts available for community policing, which might normally be shifts that serve to build morale for our police officers also. Third, I will campaign to support Measure 26-210 and start planning now so we can use those dollars as quickly and effectively as possible. BUILD: the units weve already paid for in the two housing bonds. These are tough times and we need to make difficult decisions. Commissioner - June 1913 to July 1917, Dieck, Robert G 711 Oregon Relay Service. When roads like 82nd Ave. get improved, it needs to be with transit, pedestrians, and cyclists in mind, not solely on single-occupancy vehicles. We need to address these complex issues by disrupting the status quo, bringing new people to the table and getting people out of their silos. Bali says, I wont stand and watch Portland be destroyed by senseless crime, addiction and violence. to improve safety on our city streets. Mayor - January 1957 to December 1968 Candidate Filing Application (original) 113.48 KB. Since Vision Zero was funded and began implementation, Portland has spent tens of millions of dollars, yet traffic fatalities continue to increase. We need to get back to a time when the people who were protecting and serving our community worked, lived, and played right alongside us. Nine Candidates Seek City Council Position 2. Aquiles Montas:Police accountability policies. Julia DeGraw:Overall, I think that the City's budget process is opaque and doesn't adequately represent Portland values. The City has six elected officials: The Mayor, four City Commissioners, and the City Auditor. There is a communal kitchen, showers in customized shipping containers and a community garden. Campaign Finance Account: Not Registered. I will revive that conversation as a City Commissioner. cityinfo@portlandoregon.gov. Despite years of work, homelessness continues to plague Portland. She's the founder and executive director of the nonprofit Equitable Giving Circle. 26, 2023 at 9:31 PM PDT. Commissioner #2 - November 1996 to December 1998 (elected to unexpired term) Because the city's largest cost is personnel, these types of measures are inevitable to prevent job-loss down the road. Commissioner, Position 2. Commissioner - July 1923 to July 1931, Riley, Earl Commissoner - January 1959 to December 1966 The village is made up of 14 sleeping pods built and designed by Partners on Dwelling Initiative citywide coalition of Architects, housing advocates and houseless individuals. Terry Parker:Vision Zero is an inequity. Commissioner # 3 - January 2019 - December 2022, Wheeler, Ted Simone Rede, a principal management auditor with Metro, is the stronger of two candidates for the key accountability position of Portland city auditor . d. Implement a hiring freeze for nonessential personnel. Cynthia Castro: I am proud that the City passed the $15 per hour minimum wage a few years ago, however, we need to continue adjusting wages to keep up with inflation. Cynthia Castro: COVID-19 has only exacerbated the already existing systemic failures towards our most vulnerable populations. Portland City Council Position 2 Dan Ryan Commissioner Dan Ryan took office less than two years ago, winning an August 2020 special election to serve out the remainder of late Commissioner Nick . We also have a severe shortage of police officers. Aquiles Montas: Looking at funds and future projects that can be delayed and use as emergency funds in order to avoid cuts. This means more people driving, walking, and biking, etc. The following candidates ran in the primary for Portland City Commission Position 2 on May 17, 2022. . Public safety is a community effort, we must advocate for members in our community who are being subjected to discrimination and racial profiling. This is part of a series of questions posed by The Oregonian/OregonLive to May 19 primary election candidates seeking the seat on the Portland City Council last held by Commissioner Nick Fish. Portland, we need safe streets. I appreciate PBOT's efforts so far, including its public awareness campaigns on roads that have a particularly high rate of accidents, but it is troubling that, despite these efforts, traffic fatalities were up in 2019 over prior years. 503-823-4000 Traduccin e Interpretacin |Bin Dch v Thng Dch | | |Turjumaad iyo Fasiraad| | Traducere i interpretariat |Chiaku me Awewen Kapas | . Ryan, who was elected to council in August to finish out the . Margot Black: This pandemic will cause a big economic downturn, it's unavoidable. Moving forward, we must find funding for projects that improve roads, and we need to focus on remaking thoroughfares so that theyre designed for multi-modal use and are aesthetically beautiful, safe for pedestrians and cyclists, full of reliable safe transit, and not designed primarily for cars. Commissioner # 2 - January 1979 to December 1982 They really do serve "on the front lines," sometimes in situations where a social worker and a paramedic might be more appropriate first responders, but often putting their lives on the line. Commissioner - January 1941 to December 1946 (appointed) Commissioner #4 - January 1977 to December 1980 Mayor - January 1993 to December 1996 OPBs critical reporting and inspiring programs are made possible by the power of member support. This is still my plan, but none of these 3 prongs can be done in one step, obviously. Commissioner - January 1949 to December 1954 I'm aware of multiple houses where the city's new permitting fees and costs added more than $150,000 to the eventual cost of the housewhich starts to make the housing crisis in Portland less of a mystery. See something we could improve onthis page? Dan Ryan:Continuous learning on trauma-informed practices. Terry Parker:In addition to requiring the city's non-union employees to take some unpaid time off and negotiating with unions for something similar for represented employees; the City Council needs to declare an emergency whereby system development charges paid by developers can be utilized for maintenance, such as in parks and for street repair as opposed to just being utilized for capacity increases. Commissioner #4- January 2021- Present, Rubio, Carmen I favor making dismissing officers easier, expanding the scope of officer interrogations, lodging complaints permanently in officer files, increasing transparency in record-keeping and distribution, drug testing officers after use-of-force incidents, and ending the program of Retire/Rehire and the Extra Employment program. Dan Ryan:Portland doesn't have enough affordable housing and that's a failure of our current political leaders. Ryan faces eight other individuals looking to fill the role and bring their plans on improving Portland to City Council. - In misconduct investigations, the officer being investigated should not have special privileges the public does not have. The cost for Haven for Hope is a fraction of the cost of the Multnomah County program for the homeless, which will be on the May 2020 ballot. We need to prioritize funding for safety improvements and ensure we are moving quickly on accomplishing the goals and plans for vision zero. Commissioner # 2 - January 2015 - January 2020 (died whilein office), Fritz, Amanda Commissioner - January 1953 to December 1956 Commissioner # 4 - January 1985 to December 1988 Commissioner - January 1949 to December 1952 My priority is to open at least 10 more villages within the first year, if not sooner. Simpsons website sums it up with, We need real long-term strategies backed by evidence and coupled with compassion.. Finally, the city should explore creative scenarios to avoid mass layoffs, including cutting hours by up to a quarter across the board while maintaining health benefits for city employees. Six years later no new funds were secured to make sure we have protected bike lanes, bus islands, and other tools that allow us to prevent person-to-vehicle contact. The shift we need on our streets and to our culture of how we use our streets is massive. Commissioner - July 1917 to August 1930 (resigned), Baker, George L. Persons appointed to limited term positions will be designated as limited duration employees whose appointment shall not exceed two (2) years except for the extension of grants or funding from outside sources. Margot Black: Public distrust in the police force is high, for good reason but this can have very serious consequences if civilians don't call the police or when that that distrust causes the public to intervene in policing in a way that could cause harm to them or other bystanders. Unfortunately, we are not on track for achieving our Vision Zero goal. There are two city council seats on the May ballot in Portland, along with the position of city auditor. Portland adopted Vision Zero at the end of 2016. Hand-in-hand with shelters are investments in the mental health system and addiction recovery services. As a Metro Councilor, I successfully fought to pass the nation's first regional affordable housing construction measure. In 2022, two City Council seats are up for election: Commissioner #2 and Commissioner #3. We are learning that rigid standards that we have set for ourselves as a city can be changed, amended, or completely replaced; creating a city that is more inclusive to everyone. We need a comprehensive review of the PPBs discipline guide, which establishes levels of discipline of various offenses. Chris Brummer - Did not participate. It was poorly lit and could have been avoided with better lighting. Requiring for-profit developers to construct a separate number of affordable units proportional to the number of market-rate units they build or subsidize non-profit developers to do so would make more sense. Ryan has eight opponents on the ballot for Position 2, and Hardesty is facing 10 . City planning and capital projects need to include anti-displacement strategies as a standard practice. Adding density in single-family home neighborhoods will target demolishing the most affordable homes and eliminate green yards that produce oxygen and remove big trees that act as carbon offsets. Loretta Smith:We're not accounting for alternative housing for people who don't meet HUD's chronically homeless definition. We need a moratorium on all evictions and foreclosures. Missing a rent payment can lead to eviction and even homelessness. Mental-drug-alcohol-abused-financial in order to place them in specific temporary housing with roundabout services. Former CEO of nonprofit All Hands Raised Dan Ryan and former Multnomah County Commissioner Loretta Smith are vying for a seat on the Portland City Council in the Aug. 11 special election. My plan to meaningfully impact our homelessness crisis is three pronged. The result was Haven for Hope, which is recognized as one of the best, if not the best, program in America. We all feel it as if time stands still. City Council is comprised of the Mayor and the City Commissioners. Commissioner #2 - January 1967 to December 1970, Smith, Ray Candidates Avraham Cox, Sophie Sumney-Koivisto and Renee Stephens do not have websites and did not reply to The Southeast Examiners inquiry for information on their campaigns. Mayor - January 1977 to August 15, 1979 (resigned), Schwab, Mildred A. As City Commissioner I will use my voice and continue to push for inclusive policies and advocate for our city and these changes at a state level. Commissioner #3 - January 1999 to December 2002 Any steps the City takes towards recovery post-pandemic need to center with racial justice and prioritizing vulnerable communities. Commissioner - July 1917 to July 1933, Mann, John M. It only targets drivers while failing to bring the faults of other modes of travel into focus: pedestrians stepping off the curb without looking both ways, jaywalking and/or ignoring walk signals, and bicyclists being treated like royalty while continually flaunting traffic laws. Commissioner - January 1953 to December 1956 Our highest-paid employees cost us the most. Our City enacted a temporary moratorium on evictions and this is something I agree with. OPB asked each of the candidates for the Portland City Council Position 2 to fill out questionnaires on their qualifications and positions on key issues. The responders are much more successful on a case by case basis and develop excellent partnerships with police that improve success and decrease misconduct. Commissioner # 3 - January 1979 to December 1980 (elected Mayor) I spearheaded the Citys efforts to build the Kenton Womens Village - a transitional community that provides micro-housing for 14 homeless women in sleeping pods. We didn't have time to wait on a mandate stay-in policy from our Governor. How long will the economic downturn last? Dan Ryan currently is the Portland City Commissioner Position 2 incumbent and . Commissioner # 1 - January 1981 to December 1984 Now is the time to do the radical common-sense reforms that lacked the political will before we had a crisis that will force us to act to survive. Our city was built off of colonial violence. Then build a table of passionate level-headed advocates for transportation. James "Jas" Davis:The city should petition the governor to call an emergency session of the legislature to address pandemic-related recovery issues and should lobby for a set of relief bills including enabling legislation for a public bank. It's an uphill battle that's worth the fight to rebuild public trust in the Portland Police Bureau and its ability to discipline and hold officers accountable when misconduct occurs. The first two candidates have qualified for City of Portland offices in the May 17, 2022, primary election. We cannot simply throw our hands up and say that it's only in the hands of the Multnomah County DA and a grand jury. As of noon on Wednesday, Loretta Smith was in the lead with more than 35,000 votes, or about 19%. City Council Position 2, a role currently held by Dan Ryan, is one of the races on the May 17 ballot. Copyright 2023 The Southeast Examiner of Portland Oregon, The Southeast Examiner wants to hear from you! In addition, I will push to use the remaining funds from the 2016 housing bond as quickly as possible. Commissioner #2 - January 1999 to December 2002 Commissioner - July 1933 to May 1939 (resigned) Given there are many unknowns about the characteristics of this virus and there is no vaccine, I think it is highly likely there will be significant economic disruption for years. To address equity, the funding for these projects needs come from the people that utilize the alternative modes of transport, and not from motorist paid taxes and fees. Auditor - January 1991 to December 1994 It does not work to push pause on work and income without also pausing interest accumulation and debt payments. To see the full list of candidates who have filed for office and will appear on the Primary Election ballot, click here. Sam Chase: My experience and dedication to this issue make me the candidate who is most prepared to take on Portland's housing and homelessness crisis. View ourdivision webpagesfor more information about how to connect with us in-person or remotely. Support the news and programs youll rely on in 2023 and beyond! These vacancies are hindering the effectiveness of our police force, making us less safe. Why isnt Vision Zero working? Better Housing by Design Standards for multi-family developments requires inclusionary zoning, but the affordable units must be identical to the market-rate units. First things first, we have a public health crisis on our streets and we must shelter people and remove folks from the streets under tarps and tents. I'm committed to strong community and public participation and input into the contracting process. Persons appointed to limited term positions will be designated as limited duration employees whose appointment shall not exceed one (1) year except for the extension of grants or funding from outside sources.About the position:The Bureau of Planning & Sustainability is seeking an Administrative Specialist II to serve the Mt. Commissioner - July 1919 to July 1923, Pier, Stanhope S. View the job description, responsibilities and qualifications for this position. Portland City Council Pos. Ryan has held the office for two years after winning the 2020 election to fill the position vacated with the passing of Nick Fish. Auditor - December 2019 - December 2022, Eudaly, Chloe Commissioner - July 1933 to December 1940 As Commissioner, I will request the mayor to appoint me to lead the Bureau of Development Services (BDS). Ten years ago, taxpayers bailed out big banks only to watch them turn on customers and foreclose on millions of homes, impoverishing millions and contributing to an epidemic in homelessness. Dan Ryan:Vision Zero is yet another example of Portland adopting a high-blown promise in a policy, but then not implementing with creativity, inclusion and transparency to actually fulfill the lofty promises. Make sure that affordable housing is actually affordable. We must all live with less, live simply and care for one another. Commissioner # 1 - March 19, 1970 to November 18, 1970 (appointed) We cannot allow that to happen again. Second, our city must develop a strategic plan for our homeless. People from the biking, trucking, transit and business community working together to pick sub-indicators metrics. The building industry is already looking to other cities beside Portland for future construction work. This is part of a series of questions posed by The . Develop a series of budgets for different economic outcomes c. Implement strict cost control measures to eliminate fiscal waste and mismanagement. In 2014 as a County Commissioner, I called for Multnomah County to identify pedestrian-related fatalities as a public health epidemic in our community. Commissioner # 4 - November 2002 to December 2004 (elected to unexpired term) Acting Auditor - February 1938 to December 1938 (appointed), Gibson, Will E. Mayor - January 1973 to December 1976 Diana Gutman: In December 2019, 49 people died in Portland traffic deaths. Educational Background: University of Oregon, Degree; Roosevelt High School, Diploma Prior Governmental Experience: Member, Portland School Board 2005 - 2008 Our city was in crisis before this pandemic . Its time to reprioritize the cost of living. -An independent civilian agency needs the ability to compel testimony and recommend discipline. Housing is yet another issue where our citizens have had broken promises on supply. The proven bias toward minorities and people of color is a troubling trend. Commissioner # 4 - January 1989 to December 1992, Blumenauer, Earl Commissioner # 2 - January 1975 to December 1978 City Council approved a human resources administrative rule in January 2023, HRAR - 4.045, requiring employees, including those who are fully remote and hybrid, to perform work within Oregon or Washington. I think the City should also have bureaus and Commissioners focused on management teams as well. . The Portland Bureau of Transportation's Portland in the Streets Section (Community Use permitting) is seeking a Coordinator to support our community use programs. Commissioner # 2 - January 1971 to December 1972 (elected Mayor) Voters can select two members of the Portland City Council in the May 17 primary. Diana Gutman: This is more than a one-note answer. A major reason is Portlands drivers! The native Portlanders priorities are housing justice, including an immediate stop to homeless camp sweeps; climate justice to lead the charge to model what a green city can truly be; community safety through community-led safety initiatives that prioritize community needs and improve the quality of life for everyone; and economic development in the form of creating an equitable path to business resilience and workforce viability that breathes life into economic hubs.
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