Freeing the bus will attract new riders to one of the most cost-effective modes of transit, enable low-income workers to save more, and drive economic and environmental benefit. left: 0; Andrea will build a culture at City Hall centered on delivering cohesive health solutions in its core capacity as a local service provider. The City must partner with State and Federal leaders to prioritize residents who are at highest risk of COVID-19, including health care workers, the elderly, those who have received an essential worker designation as well as teachers, families with low incomes, and people who are in long-term care facilities, incarcerated, or experiencing homelessness. Establish the Boston Civic Leaders Summit as an annual convening of local civic leaders across the city. Boston has long been hailed as an international leader across many fields of research and innovation. She knows from her own experiences growing up that these community-led initiatives will more effectively break cycles of poverty, trauma, and abuse, which will in turn prevent crime and create healthy, thriving communities. Andrea knows that pollution and the climate crisis is a public health crisis and that the investments we need to make in resiliency and sustainability are opportunities to improve the health and economic well-being of our residents. Free the bus from traffic. Accelerate capital investments to strengthen City infrastructure. Ballot measures, Who represents me? word-wrap: break-word; Businesses owned and led by women and people of color were under-represented in the Boston economy even before the pandemic. We now know more about how to keep students and staff safe once they arrive in school, and can deploy these approaches to ensure less disruption to learning going forward. div.oneoff-scrollbox.short { height:250px; overflow:scroll; margin:20px; padding:10px; border:1px solid gray; } As a city councilor, Campbell was determined hold law enforcement accountable through council subpoenas and the withholding of some public safety grants until key questions about racial disparities were answered. z-index:1; Boston needs to provide data in a format that is useful for Bostonians. CLTs can lock in affordability for residents and businesses for decades to come, and we must meet this moment to ensure we do. In 2019, working closely with students, families, teachers, students and community activists, she developed her Action for Boston Children plan, a comprehensive strategy to bring equity to our public schools. In a new COVID-era rule, evictions hearings have to go mediation first and continue if the tenant applied for emergency rental assistance. As Mayor, Andrea will harness the leadership and innovation that is unique to Boston to drive economic recovery, while tackling our Citys divides and capitalizing on our citys vibrant diversity. }) Ensure high quality academics. Andrea will be a champion for neighborhoods that have been bearing the brunt of inequities for generations and will make youth investment a top priority. The Walsh Administration has increased Bostons planning and project management capacities, but we need to accelerate this investment by hiring more planning staff and funding more capital projects to transform streets. She will expand the capacity of the Boston Home Center, other offices serving residents of public housing, and of proven programs such as programs that increase resident buying power for renters. COVID-19 also increased utilization of telehealth, but this approach can be scaled further to ensure access for all Bostonians as we work to achieve equitable healthcare more broadly. Every resident in our City, regardless of immigration status, should feel like Boston belongs to them. This response must draw on Bostons robust network of first responders and service providers including culturally relevant, linguistically diverse, and trauma-informed services, which are critical to successful implementation. Andrea will establish an innovative healthcare workforce program that intentionally connects underrepresented groups to a range of healthcare careers. Restaurant Recovery Our City is at its best when everyone can be involved and engaged in our governments work. The current permitting process is duplicative, difficult, and overly burdensome adding cost and slowing the construction of desperately needed units. We should take steps to provide quality public transportation alternatives to driving and make sure Bostonians wealthy enough to drive are paying the full cost of that choice. Make The Boston Police Department The Most Transparent And Accountable In The Nation. As Mayor, Andrea will lead inclusively. Campbell was the first African-American woman to hold the position. Under Andreas leadership, thats how the City will do business all the time especially since it has proven it can. font-weight: bold; [4][5] Campbell defeated Yancey in the general election on November 3, 2015.[6]. In addition to the annual summit, Andrea will make sure that individuals from across the city have the opportunity to participate in government and weigh in on the important issues facing our city. Racist policies and systems have and continue to determine where we live, reinforcing racial health disparities. For small city-owned lots, affordability restrictions can be extended to the first homeowner or for a decade of renting a relatively short timeline to ensure small builders successfully fill these gaps with units. As Mayor, she will ensure that we double the line item for youth jobs, with a special focus on high-risk youth, and work with youth and partner organizations in the public and private sector to expand youth employment opportunities and ensure our young people have pathways to economic opportunity as the economy recovers from the pandemic. To ensure that those who are planning, designing, and building Boston better reflect the Citys diversity, Andrea will develop partnerships between educational institutions and employers to provide apprenticeships, internships, and educational opportunities to build a pipeline of talent including women and people of color in the fields of development, urban design, planning, and construction. We have made great strides in our ability to safely return to school buildings as we recover from COVID-19, but we are not entirely beyond this pandemic and the trauma felt in many of our communities is still raw. The Boston Police Department simply cannot be trusted to police itself, she declared in a statement at the time. a.communitylink { color:black; font-weight:bold; } font-size: 12px; Andrea deeply and personally understands the complicated history of medical mistreatment within communities of color in our city and our country. When expanded it provides a list of search options that will switch the search inputs to match the current selection. Andrea believes in using transparent data to highlight where our biggest needs are and making key investments to provide academic and mental health supports that address those needs. Fast, frequent, and more affordable regional rail service will significantly improve quality of life for the citys residents. if (typeof $ != 'undefined') { Make Transportation Network Companies (TNCs) work for Boston. margin-top: 1px; .votebox-covid-disclaimer { Education and training materials to help prevent and address elder fraud or neglect, and provide answers and resources. In order to address the climate crisis meaningfully, we need to cut down emissions while ensuring our residents can be connected across neighborhood lines. Recent years have witnessed ever-changing plans and increasing directives from the central office to school leaders and staff often without their input or involvement. Create the conditions for businesses to bounce back. Thats why shell make sure that all Bostonians know what is happening in their city government. We have all been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic: many have lost loved ones, lost their jobs, and worried like never before about how they will make ends meet. She will update the Fair Chance Tenant Selection Policy to prohibit discrimination against potential tenants with histories in housing court and ensure that children in families that are evicted do not appear on eviction records so that they are set up to reach their full potential. She will also look to peer cities and learn from their best practices. Build a public-first data portal. a[aria-expanded=true] .fa-chevron-right { display: none; } Andrea will work with these companies and other innovators to leverage best practices to improve city services. max-width: 600px; As Attorney General, Andrea will ensure Massachusetts continues to take the lead and fight for reproductive justice. Thats why in the next budget, Andrea will be calling for expanded investment in small businesses. Boston announced plans to rebuild the bridge in 2018 and was quickly ensnared in legal battles with Quincy, where many fervently oppose the reconstruction. } max-width: 75px; Children who live in downtown Boston have an 80% chance of getting into a high-quality BPS school, while children who live in Mattapan have only a 5% chance. She was first elected to the council in November 2015 and assumed office in January 2016. As Mayor, Andrea will work with the Landmarks Commission to preserve the historic fabric of our City by partnering on demolition prevention and delay. Buses provide a vital transportation link for Bostonians: more than a third of all MBTA ridership, 410,000 bus riders, traveled around the Greater Boston region daily before the pandemic. color: white; Andreas husband Matt here. Many who would like to buy a home and build a life in Boston simply cannot afford it and either end up endlessly renting, limiting their ability to acquire wealth, or leaving Boston, limiting our citys competitiveness. Close the digital divide. Under her leadership, the City will build partnerships with local financial institutions to increase opportunities for aspiring homeowners to afford property in Boston, including with black-owned banks, to offer diversified and trusted mortgage products, down payment assistance, and other supports. vertical-align: middle; .results_row td { .non_result_row div { University of California, Los Angeles, 2009, .infobox { Even before COVID-19, prisons have too often denied access to healthcare to those in their custody. Andrea also knows that many of the people serving in our public agencies want to be a part of this reform and want to see systemic failures addressed. Boston has twenty main streets districts, and Andrea envisions them serving as destinations not throughways. $('.showResponses').show(); Ownership can be a critical tool in helping build wealth. We also need to ensure that our investments in a more resilient and sustainable ity do not lead to the displacement of low-income residents, including creating more housing and homeownership opportunities that are affordable, planning development more equitably, and providing rental relief. As a politician, she has targeted such systemic inequities; two years after her election, she secured in the city budget a dedicated line item, the Youth Development Fund, to provide grants to programs that handle violence prevention and mentoring. As City Council President, she hosted the first city-wide Civic Leaders Summit in more than a decade to facilitate connections and collaboration with community organizers and civic leaders across Boston. Its staggering to think that Massachusetts has some of the best hospitals in the country, while also some of the greatest disparities in health care. Andrea will expand green-collar training programs to ensure city residents have access to the green jobs of the future; she will connect innovative transportation companies with vocational education programs, community colleges, and unions to train our young people to be future leaders and innovators in environmental sciences, engineering, and resiliency. Andreas City government will be inclusive of all Bostonians. He has worked in Dagle Electrical Construction, Corp since Eliminating fares will translate to improved service, by decreasing time required at each bus stop, removing the need for an expensive network of vending machines (both on the buses and throughout the region), and by allowing riders to board through all doors. top: -5px; She will partner with anchor institutions to activate adjacent vacant commercial spaces on Mass. We need to expand our climate movement to ensure it feels accessible to residents who are most vulnerable, especially Black and Latino and Latinx communities. Unfortunately, the benefits of past innovation have not been felt by all workers, particularly in communities of color, exacerbating historic economic inequities. For too long, people of color and working Bostonians have faced barriers exercising their fundamental right to vote. background-color: #db0000; Together, we can achieve a greener future, and secure more sustainable, healthy lives for our children. Ensure our policies and actions are driven by transparency, accountability, data and equity. "When I was eight months old, my mom actually died in a car accident going to visit my father who was incarcerated at the time," she shared. To make this a reality, we must track progress and use data, communicate and build trust between communities, and make smart, intentional investments to support working families. She will also work with the courts, including directly coordinating with the Boston Municipal Court and Trial Courts Probation Department and special services sessions to ensure that the Commonwealths efforts to find housing, wrap-around services and other placements for Boston-based defendants is more seamless and consistent. By then, Campbell was off at Princeton, finishing what her father had never started. LGBTQ+ residents, particularly LGBTQ+ people of color, lack equitable access to culturally competent care at affordable prices. } That is a lot, she said. Andrea has been a leader in pushing the City to reimagine the role of police in Boston. Campbell, whom the organization criticized, pointed to the unions virtual silence regarding its former president being credibly accused of child abuse. Make Boston 311, the Citys customer service line accessible to all Bostonians by improving language access and addressing other barriers to access. Appoint A Mass & Cass Chief. Andrea believes that Bostons beloved triple deckers can help meet our current housing needs, if we are innovative in our approach. Provide pathways to economic mobility. Overhauling our zoning code will result in less variances, ease Zoning Board agendas, and enable residents to better anticipate and define what their neighborhood will look like in the years to come. It should not have taken the public, painful murders of Black men and women by police for our leaders to not only acknowledge the systemic racism in our policing and criminal legal systems, but also to take real action to implement evidence-based reforms to transform these systems so they serve us all equally. Campbell poses with her Aunt Lois and Uncle Ron at her graduation from Princeton University in 2004. Teachers, parents, and students alike have struggled with remote learning. This will include implementing year-round opportunities to learn about and engage with the budget to enable civic engagement. Dismiss. We can also use federal funds like Community Development Block Grants to support residents in a range of ways including housing access, economic empowerment, and childcare grants to ensure working parents have more economic and housing stability. As Mayor, Andrea will integrate climate resiliency metrics into all City departments and functions. Naming a liaison to the LGBTQIA+ community so that it has a direct line to her office. After weeks of speculation, former Boston City Councilor Andrea Campbell Wednesday jumped into the race for Massachusetts Attorney General, transitioning from a local focus to a statewide view. Andrea knows that a thriving city that works for everyone is built on the foundation of safe, affordable housing, good schools, access to healthy food, quality health care, and jobs that pay a living wage. But all too often that is not the case, and many Bostonians particularly those from communities of color face barriers to access. .votebox_bp_logo { Building a culture of excellence, transparency and results starts at the top. We must center racial equity in community engagement and ensure community feedback is truly representative, targeting communities of color for proactive engagement, and increase community education efforts so that residents can more meaningfully participate in the development process as we re-evaluate the role of community voice in the development review process. Rooting out civil rights violations and discrimination, in the workplace and elsewhere, ensuring an even playing field for every working family. Despite having some of the worlds best educational institutions in our backyard, for decades our education system has failed to prepare too many of our residents, particularly those of color, for work and careers. }, 100); Despite their efforts, access to quality schools and a quality education is still too inconsistent and often limited based on race, class, and geography. Andrea is committed to measuring inequities in maternal and infant outcomes, understanding the strategies that have worked to improve them, and addressing systemic racism and racial bias underlying them and leading to differences in access to and quality of care. In next years budget, Andrea is calling for the City to phase in a significant increase in capital spending, focused on two critical areas: schools and climate change. Andrea will ensure that any data initiatives protect our immigrant communities by not releasing sensitive information on our undocumented residents. $('.hideResponses').on('click', () => { By then, other adult mentors were noticing Campbells promise. The pandemic changed how Bostonians interact with their government. Campbell believes shes the candidate best equipped to guide Boston down that road, having traveled it herself. As Mayor, she will ensure both schools and partners have a whole-child focus that includes arts, athletics, applied learning opportunities like internships, and other connections to the world outside of the school walls, so a young persons experience in Boston reflects the world class city that we are and we can nurture the passions of our exceptional young people. This should include, for example, an online tracker that displays classroom level readiness including air quality measures. I pull out my Bible, Campbell said. Even as a child, Campbell couldnt help but notice the gaping discrepancy in support. Relatedly, Andrea knows that changing the defined income categories for voucher qualification could play a major role in creating access to affordability. Community health centers and smaller providers operating in neighborhoods across Boston must not be left behind. She takes over at a moment of deep Republican irrelevancy. She won in the general election on November 8, 2022. Andreas public health agenda is grounded in her personal experience, fundamental to her vision for Boston, and driven by her belief in healing communities through thoughtful action. Our immigrant communities, particularly our undocumented residents and our mixed-status families, have long lived in fear of law enforcement and government. font-size: 1.25em; Andrea also sees first-hand the disproportionate impact of fossil-fuel pollution on neighborhoods like her own and knows that Bostons transportation system drives and reinforces the deep inequities in the city. Andrea and her colleagues filed and passed legislation to severely limit the use of military enforcement tactics like tear gas and rubber bullets by Boston police, tactics that have no place in peaceful protests, but the legislation was vetoed. She worked at a nonprofit organization representing students and parents in legal matters involving education. Fighting tirelessly against employer wage theft and advocating for the passage of wage theft prevention legislation on Beacon Hill. In attendance were elected officials including U.S. Sen. Ed Markey, U.S. Reps. Ayanna Pressley and Lori Trahan, Gov. 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