VISION

Housing

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• Expand rent stabilization to keep up with inflation

• Strengthen enforcement of Just Cause eviction protections

• Create a streamlined Rental Registry to improve transparency and better maintain quality, safe housing stock

• Enact the Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act to prevent tenant displacement and maintain community control over local housing

• Push for a “Pro-Housing Status” for our 7th Cycle Housing Element to better tailor zoning and planning to meet community needs

• Enact the Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) Separate Sale Ordinance to create missing middle purchase options

• Develop fee waivers for cost-burdened homeowners

• Support co-op/courtyard/cottage redevelopment

• Advocate for 3-story commercial corridor reform and single stair reform​

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Business & Jobs​

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• Champion unions and amplify worker power; promote Community Workforce Agreements in City contracts to guarantee fair compensation and workplace safety protections

• Develop a biannual review of incentives and public safety allowances for Film Burbank to ensure the prioritization of the community’s best interest

• Commission a study for a Public Bank (the Bank of Burbank)

 

Public Safety

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• Fully fund the Mental Health Evaluation Team

• Review and divest from any corporations supporting or profiting from the infringement of our constitutional rights; make it illegal in the City to sign contracts with such companies

• Remove privacy-flouting Flock cameras and cancel the Flock contract

• Audit BPD’s use of military gear  

• Fund graffiti removal

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Elections & Civics

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• Advocate for public campaign finance to help prevent special and corporate interests from buying our elections

• Push for ranked choice voting to improve representation

• Lower voting age to 16 for local elections

• Hold City Hall office hours every week

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Environment

 

• Expand tree canopies, parklets, medians, small green spaces at scale​

• Promote telework and reduce Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) with smart, targeted housing development

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Transportation

 

• Develop an expanded, protected cycling network

• Finalize Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) line Dedicated Lane

• Create a second Orange Line going clockwise to expand non-car commuter options

 

Immigrant Community

 

• Stand strong against ICE in our neighborhoods; instruct local PD to investigate federal immigration agents for misconduct, document findings, and refer cases for criminal prosecution under state law

• Promote the Chicago model of school campus ICE defense–utilizing rapid-response protocols and community-led safe transit trans–in Burbank schools

• Coordinate with the faith community and other community leaders to get food and supplies to families impacted by ICE

• Honor our abducted neighbors with public memorials

 

Seniors

 

• Extend BurbankBus Operating Hours to 6pm

• Champion quality, affordable senior housing options

 

Utilities

 

• Commission a study for Chattanooga-style Municipal Internet Service

• Fend off capricious data centers physically encroaching on our neighborhoods and driving up our energy bills