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Secured a 70% increase in staffing at public mental health clinics

Introduced the Treatment Not Trauma Ordinance and forced the administration to create a non-police mental health crisis pilot program

Provided direct support to people affected by violence and connected them to immediate and ongoing help

Convened a Public Safety Working Group that hosted community space activations and brought violence prevention workers to the ward

Worked in tandem with the 35th ward office created a Task Force with all the different relevant departments: Dept of Housing, Dept. Of Buildings, Chicago Police Department, Chicago Housing Authority and the Law Department Ward Office and the City of Chicago Law Department, to investigate and address issues with problem landlords in our community.

Instituted a Community Driven Zoning Decision process, which allows community members to decide whether or not to allow a zoning change

Broke ground on the Maria Elena Sifuentes Apartments, a 50-unit, 100% affordable housing development in Albany Park

Worked with the Department of Housing, Chicago Housing Authority, Department of Buildings, and other city agencies to hold slumlords accountable for their buildings’ conditions

Secured a new home for North River Elementary to better meet student needs

Secured $5.8m in TIF funding for a new turf field for Roosevelt High School

Secured $75k to fund a Nature Play Space at Bateman Elementary

Stood with our ward’s teachers during 2019 strike and the fight for a safe reopening during the pandemic

Created a Participatory Budgeting process that allows 33rd Ward residents to vote on how our ward’s menu money is spent. Participatory Budgeting has directed more than $3 million to improving our ward’s parks, playgrounds, and streets

Instituted a Community-Driven Zoning Decision process that allows neighbors to decide on zoning changes

Stood with organizing workers fighting for living wages and safe working conditions

Increased bike lane infrastructure in the ward

Sponsored 33rd Ward clean and greens with community partners

Enhanced community green spaces, such as Drake Gardens in Albany Park

Connected the Global Gardens refugee farm to local restaurants to provide local, sustainable food

Co-sponsored the call to release the report on the HILCO explosion

Introduced the Bodily Autonomy Sanctuary ordinance to protect people seeking or providing reproductive health and gender affirming care to ensure no one is prosecuted for seeking care

Chief sponsor of the Welcoming City Ordinance, which eliminated the carve outs that allowed CPD to collaborate with ICE

Introduced an ordinance to establish a $1 million Abortion Clinic Defense Fund within Chicago's Department of Public Health

Organized community defense brigades to keep neighbors safe when Donald Trump threatened Chicago with ICE raids