Growing up in Salt Lake City, I have seen my childhood neighborhood become unattainable to the working class. Having lived in deed-restricted housing, I have seen entire communities displaced to make room for wealthier residents.
We deserve safe parks, attainable housing, and a representative to fight together with you for our community.
The Westside is my home, and I would like it to continue to be a good place for my children, and one day, my grandchildren. I do not have all the answers, but I am committed to becoming the advocate the Westside needs and deserves.
Westside Priorities
As the City Councilperson for Salt Lake City’s District 1 (Fairpark, Rose Park, Westpointe, and Jordan Meadows), I will work with you to address the issues facing our neighborhoods.
Housing
I bought my first house for around $85,000 in 2002 while working as a customer service representative at a call center. Money was tight, but it was possible. Today, working-class Salt Lakers are excluded from the dream of homeownership. Our children and grandchildren will have no place in Salt Lake City if we stay on our current trajectory.
More and more houses are bought by investors and rented back at obscene rates, and some properties are purchased as nothing more than a way to store wealth. Our local and state representatives seem more interested in forcing taxpayers to fund stadiums than addressing our housing needs.
Affordable housing initiatives, such as deed-restricted housing, are a bandage, but are ultimately unsustainable and end up benefiting developers more than anyone else. True long-term solutions, such as land trusts, receive little more than lip service.
Housing solutions exist, we just need to make it a real priority.
Safety for our Most Vulnerable Neighbors
Many Salt Lakers, especially those of us living on the Westside, are struggling.
As of 2020, one in every five residents of Salt Lake City’s Council District 1 live in poverty. Many of our neighbors are unhoused, and the number of chronically homeless people in the state has doubled since 2019.
Our immigrant communities are under constant threat from the Trump administration, especially as Governor Cox completes his transition to full-throated MAGA. Our disabled populations are woefully underserved, with many people waiting more than a decade for care. LGBTQ+ residents are confronted with a hateful, hostile, and cruel onslaught from the state and federal governments, which has unfortunately spilled over into real-world attacks.
With these and other challenges facing the residents of the Westside, we need leaders who will prioritize what really matters. No government can have a bigger effect on our daily lives than our local governments. City governments are the stopgap and last line of defense.
Salt Lake City must be a city willing to make space and be a voice for our most vulnerable populations.
Solving Community Problems with Community
A City Councilmember can do very little on their own, but with a mobilized community, they are powerful. If elected, I will be your eyes on the inside. I will keep in regular contact with you and notify you of the issues we need to mobilize the community on.
The Westside has not been legitimately represented because elected officials don’t fear consequences for mistreating us. Election data shows that in Council District 1, only 10% of residents vote in city elections. I am asking that you vote for me, but if you do not, please vote for someone. Once we start voting, elected officials will have no choice but to listen.
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The Westside is my home, I am committed to volunteering to help those in need. Visit the calendar page to see upcoming community volunteer activities the campaign will be serving at.
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