Campaign Phone
4346040281
I will take a balanced approach. Education is our top priority—restore funding level for HCPSS to maintain excellence that attracts families and strengthens our tax base. At the same time, protect libraries, Howard Community College, parks, and public safety. Broaden revenue beyond property and income taxes—support smart economic development and diversified commercial growth to make the pie bigger.
Yes—affordable housing is a serious, complex challenge in Howard County. We must grow better-paying jobs while advancing targeted solutions for seniors, people with disabilities, and essential workers like teachers. I support direct investments and incentives, including the Housing Opportunities Trust Fund and strategic use of County-owned land, to create accessible homes with long-term affordability protections.
Yes. The availability and affordability of quality childcare and eldercare are major challenges for young families and seniors. COVID closures reduced childcare capacity. I support financial incentives, workforce training, and small-business support to rebuild supply. For seniors, expand age-friendly housing, aging in place, promote downsizing if seniors want, and responsibly integrate new technologies—including robotics and AI—to improve care and efficiency.
Howard County’s Climate Action Plan is a strong framework. I support clear benchmarks, transparent reporting, and regular progress reviews. We should adopt global best practices tailored locally. Strengthen environmental education and partnerships with the Howard County Conservancy, expand youth civic engagement, and ensure residents have clear channels to contribute ideas so the plan remains practical, inclusive, and results-driven.
County government has a fundamental responsibility to protect residents’ Constitutional rights through fair laws, transparent policies, and accountable enforcement. That includes safeguarding free speech, due process, equal protection, and privacy, while ensuring public safety. The County must provide oversight, prevent discrimination, and build trust so every resident—regardless of background—feels protected, respected, and treated equally under the law.
We must keep Howard County safe while strengthening trust between public safety agencies and residents. I support strong community partnerships and transparency in reporting and oversight. Investing in youth programs, mental health response, and prevention reduces crime long term. Public safety and community trust are not competing goals — they reinforce each other.
Campaign Phone
4436565574
Campaign Instagram
@reginaclay4hoco
Howard County families deserve a government that can walk and chew gum at the same time: fully fund excellent schools, keep us safe, and make life affordable. I’ll scrutinize tax breaks and subsidies that don’t deliver clear public benefit and require development to pay its fair share for schools and infrastructure. Kids can’t learn if they’re hungry, unhoused, or unsafe.
Yes. In one of the wealthiest counties in the country, too many seniors, young families, and workers are being priced out. I’ll push for missing‑middle housing—duplexes, triplexes, townhomes, and ADUs—so we’re not stuck choosing between luxury apartments and large single‑family homes. If we only build luxury, we’re telling regular families there’s no place for them here. I’ll strengthen rental licensing, inspections, and enforcement, and pair new housing with transit, parks, and school capacity.
Families are being squeezed by housing costs, food prices, and the cost of caring for children and aging loved ones. When care is unaffordable, parents are forced out of the workforce, and seniors lose stability and dignity. I’ll use land‑use and economic tools to attract childcare and eldercare providers in underserved areas. I’ll leverage grants, state and federal dollars, and county‑owned space to stabilize high‑quality providers. Care work is real work—and it should come with real wages.
Climate Forward moves in the right direction. Your ZIP code shouldn’t decide your air, your water, or your life expectancy. I support stronger standards and incentives for efficient buildings, green infrastructure, and transit‑oriented development. I’ll push to clean up and monitor industrial sites and prioritize climate investments in overburdened neighborhoods. Those dollars should also create local green jobs and apprenticeships so climate action cuts , improves health, and builds opportunity
Rights don’t stop at the county line. I’ll ensure policies don’t discriminate based on race, gender, disability, religion, immigration status, or who you love, and that residents have clear ways to seek help when their rights are violated. I support strong anti‑discrimination laws, transparent policing, protections for speech and religious freedom, and public data so we can spot disparities and fix them.
Public safety must be effective and fair. I support data‑driven strategies focused on serious violence, paired with mental and behavioral health crisis response, youth programs, and violence interruption that prevent harm. We can’t arrest our way out of problems we refused to prevent. I’ll back transparency, real community engagement, and oversight, plus reentry services—housing, jobs, and support—because reducing repeat offenses makes everyone safer.
Campaign Twitter
https://x.com/4JanssenEvelyn
Campaign Phone
3015121198
Campaign Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/4janssenevelyn/
As an Apple Ballot endorsed candidate and HCPSS parent, fully funding our schools is my absolute top priority. To meet educational mandates and support our aging population through the ‘silver tsunami,’ we must strategically expand our commercial tax base. I propose treating smart redevelopment as a fiscal imperative. By prioritizing resilient equitable placemaking and fulfilling the promise of the Downtown Columbia Plan, we transform underutilized properties into vibrant economic engines.
Absolutely. Our median home price exceeds $500,000, threatening our diverse community fabric. We cannot subsidize our way out; we must thoughtfully build our way out. Drawing on my executive success architecting landmark land use policy, I will champion zoning law modernization to legalize missing middle housing by right. We must require strong inclusionary zoning, fix fee-in-lieu, and align HoCo By Design with real infrastructure so educators & other essential workers can afford to live here.
As someone who cared for a father with Lewy body dementia while raising my daughters, I understand this care crisis intimately. For eldercare, I strongly support legalizing detached accessory dwelling units to empower seniors to age in place or comfortably with house caregivers. For childcare, I will fight to fully implement the Blueprint for Maryland's Future and utilize capital budgets to expand early childhood facilities so high quality care is accessible to every single working family.
I fully support Climate Forward. We must aggressively accelerate the solarization of public buildings and mandate green infrastructure. By advancing the Route 29 Bus Rapid Transit, we will drastically reduce emissions, connect our workforce, and forge a relentlessly sustainable future for our children. As Immediate Past President of the Howard County Conservancy, I view the climate crisis as an existential challenge demanding moral courage. We cannot afford to fall behind. We cannot delay.
Local government is the absolute frontline defense for our civil liberties. As an immigrant, attorney & Vice-Chair of the Maryland Commission on Civil Rights, I believe our county must actively protect marginalized groups and dismantle systemic inequities. We must ensure local ordinances fiercely defend our freedoms and voting access. Furthermore, our county agencies must never act as federal immigration proxies, ensuring Howard County remains a truly empowering sanctuary for all residents.
Howard County is fortunate to have a top tier police department, but public safety requires authentic community trust. I served as the inaugural Executive Director of the Anne Arundel County Office of Police Accountability. As tragic incidents like Patuxent Commons show us, we must invest in continued Crisis Intervention Team training for community members and sworn officers. By funding behavioral health responders, police can focus on violent crime while we address systemic root causes.
Campaign Phone
(415)938-6367
Campaign Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/prestonforpeople/
Howard County's tax base grows 4% annually. That natural growth is our foundation. I support dedicating at least 50% of annual PAYGO to HCPSS capital projects, with phased iterative repairs targeting the highest-priority systems first. I will also revisit Transfer Tax allocations periodically and ensure developer impact fees fund infrastructure growth demands. We can fund strong schools, affordable housing, and public safety without raising taxes on families already stretched thin.
I grew up in NYC public housing and have been a small landlord across three states. I understand this from both sides. Too many Howard County teachers, first responders, and seniors cannot afford to stay. I support proactive rental inspections, rent stabilization, Good Cause eviction protections, and a dedicated housing fund not subject to budget cycles. Developers must build required affordable units, not pay fees that go undeployed.
Yes, absolutely. Families cannot work without affordable childcare, and seniors cannot age with dignity without accessible eldercare. Federal cuts to Medicaid are already hitting our aging population hard. I want to build a county-funded health access program modeled on primary and preventive care, regardless of documentation status. With thousands of Howard Countians at risk of losing SNAP in a contracting job market, we must connect food access to health navigation as well.
The Climate Forward plan sets the right goals, but we are not on track. I will push for enforceable compliance requirements for new developments, annual public emissions reporting, building electrification standards, expanded transit, and tree canopy protections. We will never meet our climate goals while permitting corporate neighbors to burn plastics in our communities. Data centers must disclose energy demands, use renewable energy, and pay for grid upgrades before receiving approvals.
County government must protect residents' rights in practice, not just on paper. The federal SAVE Act would disenfranchise eligible voters, including married people, people of color, naturalized citizens and seniors. I will ensure the county informs residents of their rights, work with state officials, and promotes voter registration. I will establish a countywide firewall limiting ICE data sharing, require annual reporting on ICE requests, and create a permanent Immigrant Safety Commission.
Community policing must be real: officers attending community events, coaching youth, building relationships before something goes wrong. I want young people to see police as trusted neighbors, not threats. I am concerned about use of force involving youth and will push for public data, transparent investigations, and genuine accountability. Co-responder models for mental health calls can reduce escalation. Trust is a daily practice, and I will use Council oversight to hold Howard County to it.
