EMPLOYMENT

• Adequate funding for successful long-term job-training, including Capital IDEA and Summer Youth Employment Initiative

• Corporate Tax Giveaways Oversight: 

  • that corporate tax incentives be in accord with the priorities of the community

  • that the benefits received by the community are substantially greater than those received by the company

  • that a sizeable number of new jobs be offered to local residents

  • that all workers have living wages and safe working conditions

  • that companies can be held accountable for failure to comply with the terms of the agreement
    
    

EDUCATION

• Adequate funding for public and higher education

• Prioritize funding for Historically Black Colleges and Universities
  
  

AFFORDABILITY, HOUSING, AND HOMELESSNESS

• Aggressive implementation of the city’s plan to end homelessness

• More affordable housing and rental support services, especially for families making below 50% of MFI

• Full eligibility for prefabricated housing in home repair and improvement programs
  
  

IMMIGRATION REFORM

• Advocate immigration policies that protect the safety and rights of immigrant families and treat migrants at the border with dignity

• End the separation of immigration families with mixed immigration status

• State legislation allowing all immigrants to obtain a Texas driver’s license/ID

• Federal legislation recognizing the contribution of DACA migrants to their communities, regularizing their status, and providing them with a path to citizenship

COMMUNITY HEALTH AND SAFETY

• Remove the barriers to equitable access to health care, including the expansion of Medicaid without onerous application requirements

• Reform of policing and court systems, introducing restorative justice practices to address racial disparities

• Common sense gun safety measures

• Remove pointless restrictions that keep qualified citizens from registering and voting 

• Alleviate food insecurity by establishing points of access to nutritious food in areas that are presently fresh food deserts

• Develop policies that promote sustainability and programs that reduce the impact of climate change, especially on vulnerable families
  
  

PARK AND GREEN SPACE EQUITY 

• Expand joint use agreements between area school districts and municipalities

• Explore shared use agreements between community-based organizations on prioritized green spaces

• Include public community space in college & university campus modernization plans

• Implement first right of refusal for nonprofits on any school property that is being disposed of due to school closure 

• Develop policies that promote sustainability and programs that reduce the impact of climate change, especially on vulnerable families