I'm a lifelong Austinite, single dad, deacon, and healthcare professional. My crisis management career built accountability. My advocacy proves I fight for working people, earning real trust.
Public safety works best when residents and officers trust each other. I'll expand District 1's community-policing partnerships;
growing the Office of Community Liaison's presence, pairing civilian and sworn liaisons, and creating real channels where resident input shapes department policy. I'll also support training that equips officers with strong de-escalation and community-engagement skills.
Austin's growth is remarkable, but rapid infrastructure development without safeguards has a cost, and District 1 has paid more than its share. My support for growth has one condition: it must be smart in scale, fit neighborhood character, and include real anti-displacement protections, starting with an overlay for 78702. Growth and protecting residents reinforce each other, done right.
Austin shouldn't welcome data centers for tax revenue alone. These facilities demand massive amounts of water and electricity; costs that residents shouldn't absorb. Before any incentive or zoning change, a center must prove it won't compromise reliability or affordability and that it meets real environmental and community-benefit standards. East Austin carried industrial burden before. Not again.
Community Leader, small business owner, and 21 year Austin resident. Current Chair of 2 City Commissions with 10+ years of neighborhood leadership and training through Emerge Texas, UT LBJ and Yale.
Public safety and individual rights go hand in hand. I support investing in more prevention collaboration with nonprofits & grassroots orgs, youth programs, apprenticeships, mental health resources and community policing while ensuring accountability, transparency and constitutional rights. Safe communities require both effective public safety and trust between residents and those who serve them.
We must build infrastructure alongside growth, not after it. I would prioritize road, sidewalks, drainage and transit investments, expand reliable public transportation and safer connection plus ensure new housing is matched with infrastructure capacity. We should also invest in deeply affordable housing and diverse housing options so growth remains attainable and accessible to working families.
I do not support additional data center development until stronger protections are in place, including noise regulations, water-use standards, energy-efficiency requirements, transparent reporting renewable energy use and infrastructure planning. Data center must not place an unsustainable burden on Austin's water, energy, infrastructure, residents & most importantly natural resources.
I am an organizer, advocate and attorney. I chaired the task force that created Austin’s Office of Violence Prevention, founded two justice nonprofits, and serve as an Assistant District Attorney.
I have seen enforcement alone fail our communities. I will invest in community-led public health approaches to tackle safety including prevention, housing stability, and mental health services to address root causes while protecting due process and civil liberties for all. I have pushed back against federal overreach to our city, including suing the Trump administration to protect our community.
Start the D1 Economic Opportunity Fund to pair growth with real infrastructure. This includes expanding transit connecting East Austin to jobs, equitable transit-oriented development, and land use plans that meet the neighborhoods where they are. Also expanding small business loans, city land for incubators, and community benefit agreements with local hiring requirements.
Data centers can’t have an unregulated blank check in Austin. I would support policies requiring water and power usage disclosures, clean energy standards, and rules ensuring that our environment and vulnerable communities are not harmed. If a data center does get built, the construction jobs should primarily go to local union workers.
I'm an economist.
I led Austin's economic commission.
I pushed for new housing laws that lowered rents $250/month.
I found Austin's pension borrowing is wasting 1/3 of our property tax on interest.
To see the problem clearly, we need data not from the police. I'll collect resident opinions, anonymous injury reports from hospitals, and insurance claims. Then, work with residents to prioritize problems and incentivize officers. I'll start by moving Police Oversight under the City Auditor, ban mass surveillance, and only cooperate with ICE on dangerous criminals.
I will steer development in a way that fixes our budget and minimizes impact to current residents. I'll prioritize tall apartment/condos near downtown, which bring in more tax revenue than they cost the city in services. Their residents will use more sidewalks, buses, and bike/ebike/scooter. These have zero or low pollution and minimize the impact on our congested roads.
AI companies need to be policed, but banning data centers feels like a rash action taken in panic. Data centers have problems, so let's tackle them: Big energy users need to get their own green power or give strong financial guarantees so Austin Energy doesn't raise prices. We should ban wasteful evaporative cooling, have strong noise pollution standards, and ban those NDAs.
I would say my love for Austin prepared me for this position. It's home. My focus is creating a clean budget | the resources will go to all of Austin. In real time change is happening in my campaign.
Being an Austinite I pride myself on keeping the peace in our local community at large. I aim to hopefully be honored with the World Peace Prize one day by my efforts. That's how far I want to improve this great city of ours. Thank you to the longtime residents, and our new neighbors. We will Keep Austin Weird. Prioritizing the best public safety efforts has always been our culture.
I will prioritize housing, transportation, mobility, and traffic. We as a community enjoy getting to our destination in a timely fashion with efficiency. We also enjoy being able to afford our town. We will boost our economy during my term. We will be effective with real completion rates. We are the leader of America. We will also have a prioritized clean ecosystem .
I strongly support protecting our existing zoning, keep large-scale data centers out of established residential and inner city communities. I would take a firm position against placing large scale data centers in district 1, and our establish residential communities across our city. They can be directed towards the appropriately zoned industrial areas where the infrastructure can best support.
Business analyst with 20 yrs of experience as community organizer working on zoning, land use & cultural preservation, while leading housing and transit boards, and advocacy for police accountability.
People should feel safe in their bodies, homes, & neighborhoods. That is why I call for ICE abolition and support data privacy over mass surveillance by tech companies for profit. I will promote community-oriented solutions to reduce violent crime, and support funding parity across public safety departments to ensure timely, effective, & quality responses to incidents and emergencies.
Development should be accompanied by equity and anti-displacement measures, & prioritize deep affordability for working families connected by rapid transit lines routed to essential infrastructure: grocery stores, clinics, & public recreation. We should continue investments in efficient climate resilient infrastructure, like water recapture systems & flood mitigation.
I do not support the development of data centers for AI, or to help enrich tech companies receiving massive tax exemptions from the spread of misinformation, use of our public resources, and destruction of our jobs. I join those calling for a moratorium on them and for the development of a robust public framework to ensure accountability and true benefit to our community.
