Nabil
for County
Commissioner

I've spent over 32 years inside Multnomah County government. I started in the Department of Community Justice, managing parole, probation, and domestic violence caseloads. After about a decade, I moved to the Health Department, where I managed medical and behavioral health programs. I'm now with the Department of County Human Services, where I work with a great team of more than 60 people across housing stabilization, mental health, addiction services, eviction prevention, and youth services programs.

When the pandemic hit, I built the Economic Justice and Recovery Program to help families stay in their homes. In combination with other funding, it served 2,800 households in its first year with a 90% retention rate. When the funding ran out, I kept it going. In the Cully neighborhood, I started Bienestar Youth Services with one staff member and no dedicated budget to keep kids away from gang recruitment.

What does a Multnomah County commissioner do? They vote on a $4 billion annual budget covering homeless services, behavioral health, public safety, and eight other county departments serving nearly 800,000 residents.

Issues

Homelessness, behavioral health, and public safety are the issues residents in Multnomah County raise most. The county spends nearly a billion dollars on them every year, and when outcomes are measured, the people doing the work get the backing they need.

Homelessness

The county spends $310 million a year on homelessness. People are becoming homeless faster than they're being housed.

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Behavioral health

The county's behavioral health system handles short-term care well. For people dealing with addiction, mental illness, and housing instability at the same time, there's almost no long-term help.

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Public safety

For a restaurant owner in Cully, public safety means people camping outside her door and breaking into cars. For a mother in Northeast Portland, it means whether her kids are safe walking to school.

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