Daniel Karl Roberts

For Portland City Council · District 3

DANIEL
KARL
ROBERTS

Building neighborhoods that actually work.
Accountability before new fees. A city that earns your trust.

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District
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Who I Am

I'm Your
Neighbor.

I'm not a career politician. I'm a dad raising a kid in this city, a community radio founder, and someone who has spent years making complicated systems work for real people.

Portland doesn't need more people who are good at meetings. It needs people who are good at outcomes. That's why I'm running.

Dad
My kid grows up here. This isn't abstract to me.
Organizer
Built a community radio station from nothing. Portland needs more independent voices, not fewer.
Maker
I build things that didn't exist before — systems, platforms, media.
Decomplicator
Making complicated things work for real people. That's what's missing at City Hall.
Neighbor
I own a home in District 3. Same broken sidewalks. Same late buses.
The Issues

Portland That Works.

01
Neighborhoods First
Safe, maintained, and built for people. Before we expand bureaucracy, we fix the basics — sidewalks, crosswalks, parks, and neighborhood services that actually show up.
02
Accountability Before New Fees
Portland residents aren't anti-tax. They're anti-mismanagement. Before any new fee, publish a public dashboard showing where current dollars go and what the measurable targets are.
03
Streets That Work
Safer crosswalks. Reliable transit. Maintained infrastructure. Not new master plans — actual results, with measurable goals and public reporting on progress.
04
Arts & Independent Media
Portland's culture is its identity. Protect independent venues, community radio, and creative spaces from being priced and regulated out of existence.
05
Support Small Business
Keep dollars in our communities. Cut permitting friction. Make it easier to open and run a small business in District 3 than it is anywhere else in the city.
06
Transparent City Government
Open audits. Public dashboards. Measurable outcomes. No new programs without clear goals. No new fees without voter input. Earn the trust back.

Portland
Needs
Builders.

Why I'm Running

Portland has enough people who are good at meetings. It needs people who are good at outcomes.

I've spent years making complicated systems deliver for real people. That's not a tech skill. That's a governing skill — and it's exactly what's missing at City Hall.

"Portland residents are willing to invest in the city when they trust the city can deliver."
On the Record
$47M
A year. New fee. No dashboard.

Portland City Council just passed a new transportation utility fee — $12/month for most households, $47 million a year. Before they did, they should have been able to answer basic questions about where existing revenue goes.

My Position

Before any new fee, the city should publish:

  • Where the existing TriMet payroll tax goes
  • Where the gas tax goes
  • What happened to cannabis revenue for infrastructure
  • A public dashboard with measurable goals
  • What specifically wasn't getting done, and why

Three councilors voted no.
They wanted you to decide.
I agree with them.

Get Involved

District 3
Is Home.

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