As your Councilmember, I am honored to work with my team to focus on the priorities identified by the thousands of Oaklanders our office engages with, including:

Housing as a human right.  While we have made significant strides, pushing the envelope on truly affordable housing remains one of my top priorities. As your Councilmember, I will continue to deliver on:

• Creating more affordable housing to keep working and middle-class Oaklanders here
• Protecting Oakland’s renters from unfair rent hikes and evictions
• Providing shelter and services for unhoused Oaklanders with a path to permanent housing
• Expanding ownership opportunities for any Oaklander with a dream of buying a home
  
  

Safe, Healthy Neighborhoods. Every Oaklander deserves safe neighborhoods, fair treatment under the law, and results. To address crime and violence, I support a holistic approach including:

• Increasing neighborhood beat patrols
• Investing in culturally competent community resource officers
• Expanding violence prevention programs that address sexual exploitation, human trafficking and the root causes of violence and inequality
• Getting guns off the street
  
  

Responsible, community-empowered budgeting. As your Councilmember, I’m proud to have passed a budget that prioritizes our human needs, including:

• Affordable housing and homelessness solutions
• Job training and youth programs
• Support for local, neighborhood-serving businesses
• Public safety/crime prevention services
• Expanding violence prevention programs
• Investing in our parks, libraries, arts and culture
• Funding programs that fight blight, litter, and illegal dumping

While there is more work to be done, I want to thank the hundreds of residents whose input helped make our most recent community-centered budget possible. Read more here - Budget Highlights.