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Intends to use his business experience to improve the city's current transportation system.

Plans to make sure that the city functions without obstacles such as construction, saying "We owe it to our community to hold our city leaders accountable to ensure that our city is not just beautiful, but functional."

Wants to invest in the city's infrastructure to make it more appealing to employers and entrepreneurs.

- Intends to use his business experience to improve the city's current transportation system.
- Plans to make sure that the city functions without obstacles such as construction, saying "We owe it to our community to hold our city leaders accountable to ensure that our city is not just beautiful, but functional."
- Wants to invest in the city's infrastructure to make it more appealing to employers and entrepreneurs.

Transportation & Infrastructure

Plans to reduce the city's homelessness and the amount of homeless encampments.

Supports more funding for housing services.

- Plans to reduce the city's homelessness and the amount of homeless encampments.
- Supports more funding for housing services.

Housing & Urban Development

Plans to address how the city's rise in homeless people leads to "debris and often hazardous waste left behind for our city to deal with."

- Plans to address how the city's rise in homeless people leads to "debris and often hazardous waste left behind for our city to deal with."

Environment

Wants to streamline community development. He said, "A basic problem that the government can solve either doesn’t get done or takes far too long to complete."

Plans to make the role of neighborhoods greater in improving city services.

Supports increased data and technology transparency in order to respond quicker to citizen complaints.

- Wants to streamline community development. He said, "A basic problem that the government can solve either doesn’t get done or takes far too long to complete."
- Plans to make the role of neighborhoods greater in improving city services.
- Supports increased data and technology transparency in order to respond quicker to citizen complaints.

Public Services

Intends to have a stronger response to the current rise in homelessness. He said, "While our city’s current leaders recognize homelessness is a problem, their response has been slow and inadequate."

Wants to fund mental health services to reduce homelessness.

Believes in giving law enforcement the authority to clean up homeless encampments and arrest drug dealers.

- Intends to have a stronger response to the current rise in homelessness. He said, "While our city’s current leaders recognize homelessness is a problem, their response has been slow and inadequate."
- Wants to fund mental health services to reduce homelessness.
- Believes in giving law enforcement the authority to clean up homeless encampments and arrest drug dealers.

Public Safety

Brian Lott

As of October 17, 2023, Hanan Amer’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Supports limiting homelessness in the city.

- Supports limiting homelessness in the city.

Supports green initiatives and promoting renewable energy.

Wants to ensure "responsible development to protect our natural resources for generations to come."

- Supports green initiatives and promoting renewable energy.
- Wants to ensure "responsible development to protect our natural resources for generations to come."

Wants to create "a secure environment that lessens fear and anxiety for residents and local businesses."

- Wants to create "a secure environment that lessens fear and anxiety for residents and local businesses."

Hanan Amer

- City council members work together with the rest of city council to set and implement city policy, including passing legislation about the police, fire department, parks, libraries, electricity, water, solid waste, and drainage utilities. 
- City council members work with the mayor to govern city departments, such as the police department, fire department, transportation department, and parks and recreation department.
- City council members serve four year terms, and elections are nonpartisan. City council members are either elected to represent specific districts or are elected at-large, meaning that they represent the entire city. 