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Big Endorsement: Honored to be one of two challengers on this eight-candidate slate. In February, Cambridge City Council passed maybe the most significant local zoning changes in the country when it ended Exclusionary Zoning and allowed by-right construction of multi-family housing. That big step followed a decade of advocacy from A Better Cambridge, a nonprofit dedicated to housing affordability. Cambridge has the most expensive rent in Massachusetts. IYRYK--If You Rent, You Know. The...
Bike Champion Endorsement Thank you Cambridge Bicycle Safety for your endorsement! The Cycling Safety Ordinance was passed in 2019-2020 with the vision to create a comprehensive system of protected bicycling infrastructure. It was brave and bold. The effects of connecting these networks takes time, and we are definitely seeing the results. Walk into any bicycle store in Cambridge--they're slammed. Look at the open data portal--up and to the right. Bikes counted in annual survey But timelines...
Endorsed and On Strike! Thanks to SEIU Local 888 not only for their endorsement of my campaign, but for their leadership on the ongoing Public Defender labor action. If you haven't heard, Massachusetts' Public Defenders are (still) on strike. Massachusetts, like many states, relies heavily on private attorneys (i.e., lawyers with their own law firms) to handle the majority of public criminal defense cases (where the defendant cannot afford an attorney and is appointed one by the state). These...