My Vision for Minneapolis

Public Safety

Every time you call 911, the right person needs to respond to the right call. We need to have culturally informed mental health workers, substance abuse experts, and social workers available at all times of the day and night. We need to build public safety infrastructure that adds more options and centers racial justice, rather than taking away services. 

Police Accountability

We need an all-citizen community board that is empowered to have independent investigations, hand down discipline, as well as hire and fire officers. The community board must have racial justice at the core of all its actions. This is the first step to getting the Chauvins off the force before they hurt or kill people.

Housing For All

Everyone deserves a warm place to sleep at night and dignity in their home. I support Tenant Opportunity to Purchase, strong Rent Stabilization, and providing services that individuals at encampments need to get housed rather than sweeping them from one place to another and throwing all their things away.

Healthy People and a Healthy Planet — Environmental Justice

We are in a climate emergency and we also need to address decades of environmental injustice toward our Black and Brown neighbors in East Phillips and North Minneapolis. I support the Urban Farm project and think that this crisis is of the City’s own making. The City should not be adding more pollution and industrial traffic to any neighborhood with over 100 years of cumulative pollution, racial discrimination, and disinvestment. 

Good Governance

Current leadership went too far in giving away the council’s power. The council must be able to craft its own policies free of the mayor’s office, approve or deny political appointments, and audit/investigate city departments.

The Board of Estimate & Taxation (BET) needs to have a full-time financial analyst that is hired and managed by the Board independent of the council and the mayor’s office.

Community Engagement

Engaging with constituents in a respectful, consistent, and transparent way is vital to a functioning city council office. I pledge to frequently be at community events, respond to constituent comments quickly and respectfully, and be truthful and open about how I am voting and why.

(more to come soon!)