✓ Expanded tenants’ rights and protections 

✓ Ensured all tenants have legal representation available to them in tenancy-related court action 

✓ Increased the supply of affordable homes 

✓ Brought more affordable homes to District 9 that can accommodate large, multi-generational families 

✓ Supported an initiative led by Councilmember Vivian Moreno to fund first-time homebuyer programs 

✓ Ended the ban on affordable homes that perpetuated poverty and segregation 

✓ Provided supportive housing and additional shelter options for people experiencing homelessness

✓ Delivered more than $218 million in emergency rental relief to San Diegans

✓ Created a Housing Instability Prevention Fund that protects seniors, families with children, and people with disabilities from falling into homelessness.

✓ Strengthened the City’s Climate Action Plan update to prioritize District 9 communities that have been historically underinvested in

✓ Expanded mobility options with a particular emphasis on fair investment, connecting all communities to opportunity.

✓ Supported efforts to shift the City of San Diego to 100% renewable sources of energy

✓ Partnered with Councilmember Raul Campillo to hold SDG&E accountable for delivering on their promise of providing millions of dollars for solar energy to low and middle income San Diegans

✓ Negotiated the acceleration of $10 million in funding for San Diego’s Climate Equity Fund, which pays for infrastructure that will allow disadvantaged communities to be better prepared for and resilient to climate change

✓ Partnered with County Supervisor Nora Vargas and SANDAG and MTS Boards to secure free public transportation for youth under 18 years of age and foster youth under 24 years of age

✓ Approved policy changes that will make tens of millions of dollars of new park and infrastructure funding available to District 9

✓ Improved salary and benefits for firefighters, police, and lifeguards to ensure we recruit and retain the best public safety personnel

✓ Secured funding to improve road safety on some of the most dangerous roads in San Diego County. 

✓ Supported City Council President Pro Tem Monica Montgomery-Steppe’s “No Shots Fired” initiative, which aims to disrupt and prevent violence 

✓ Invested in weed abatement, fire helicopters, and other critical fire prevention and response measures

✓ Launched initiatives, such as “Parks After Dark,” that bring positive activity that improves safety in the near and long terms

✓ Improved working conditions, salaries, and benefits for San Diego’s City workers so those who serve the City and their families can live here with dignity

✓ Helped create San Diego’s Office of Child, Youth, and Family Success

✓ Approved $18 million in State funding for the establishment of the City’s Employ and Empower internship program, which provides paid work opportunities to young San Diegans primarily from under-resourced communities 

✓ Supported Councilmembers Raul Campillo and Stephen Whitburn in their effort to repeal the City of San Diego’s counterproductive and unfair ban on labor agreements

✓ Partnered with County Supervisor Nora Vargas and SANDAG and MTS Boards to secure free public transportation for youth under 18 years of age and foster youth under 24 years of age