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Public Services

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As mayor, led in developing Phoenix’s Homelessness Solutions Plan to provide mental health, career, and housing resources for homeless individuals.

Supports the Phoenix’s Homelessness Solutions Plan, an initiative aimed to provide mental health, career, and housing resources for homeless individuals.

Believes the increase in homelessness is due to the rising cost of housing and plans to address the housing shortage to prevent homelessness.

Believes the increase in homelessness is due to the rising cost of housing and hopes to address the housing shortage.

- Supports the Phoenix’s Homelessness Solutions Plan, an initiative aimed to provide mental health, career, and housing resources for homeless individuals.
- Believes the increase in homelessness is due to the rising cost of housing and hopes to address the housing shortage.

Housing & Urban Development

Supports investing in public transportation options like light rail, buses, pathways, and cycle lanes to create safe, vibrant neighborhoods for all residents, including older residents, students, and people with disabilities.

Supports investing in public transportation options like light rail, buses, pathways, and cycle lanes.

- Supports investing in public transportation options like light rail, buses, pathways, and cycle lanes.

Transportation & Infrastructure

As a city council member, prioritized making Phoenix safer by passing funding to hire more police officers and firefighters.

As a city council member, supported funding to hire more police officers and firefighters.

Plans to address police staffing shortages and equip first responders with high-tech tools like drones and a Real Time Operations Center to enhance community safety and reduce response times.

Plans to address police staffing shortages and equip first responders with high-tech tools like drones and a Real Time Operations Center.

- As a city council member, supported funding to hire more police officers and firefighters.
- Plans to address police staffing shortages and equip first responders with high-tech tools like drones and a Real Time Operations Center.

Public Safety

Supports measures to enhance school safety, including allowing retired police officers to serve as school resource officers.

Supports measures to improve school safety, including allowing retired police officers to serve as school resource officers.

- Supports measures to improve school safety, including allowing retired police officers to serve as school resource officers.

Education

Believes in attracting high-quality employers to create high-tech, high-wage careers, saying, "It’s not just about more jobs -- it’s about the right jobs for our community."

Believes in attracting high-quality employers to create high-tech, high-wage careers.

- Believes in attracting high-quality employers to create high-tech, high-wage careers.

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- City council members work together with the rest of the city officials to set and implement city policies and priorities. 
- The City Council is tasked with ensuring the health, comfort, and safety of residents of the city 
- City council members work with the mayor and the city manager to govern city departments, such as the police department, fire department, transportation department, and parks and recreation department. 
- City council members represent either the whole city or residents of a specific district. 
- Most city council members in Arizona are elected to four-year terms in staggered years. Elections are nonpartisan.