Policy Priorities:

Pass gun safety ordinances within State-constrained legal parameters, prioritizing banning large capacity magazines, waiting periods, background checks on every gun sale, and criminalize straw sales

Implement a gun buy-back program

Increase gun safety education and distribute gun locks

Expand Place-Based Investigations of Violent Offender Territories (PIVOT) and Alternative Response to Crisis (ARC)

Increase staffing for Cincinnati Police Department Cold Case Unit to close previously unsolved gun homicides

Invest in violence interruption, survivor support and community programs

Change restrictive zoning and expand the adaption of form-based codes such as height, setback, minimum lot size, floor-area-ratio, and density, to allow more and easier housing production

Expand voluntary tax incentive contribution agreement (VTICA) program so more abatement recipients pay the 7.5% allocated to the Affordable Housing Fund and the 7.5% for the community fund

Encourage more mixed-use and mixed-income developments to foster walkable neighborhoods

Increase funding for Community Development Corporations (CDCs) and Homebase

Reduce energy costs for tenants and homeowners experiencing energy poverty by expanding programs such as WarmUp Cincy to support low-income renters, homeowners, and landlords of affordable housing with the installation of weatherization, energy efficiency, and healthy home upgrades

Continue to require paying prevailing wages on any project funded completely or in part with tax dollars in Cincinnati

Invest in minority and women-owned businesses by providing access to capital through successful public-private partnerships and the Cincinnati Development Fund

Continue to invest in the Career Pathways program and expand it to encompass new kinds of roles 

Encourage establishing apprenticeship programs in the private sector and trade careers

Eliminate health disparities and address Black maternal mortality by promoting doula services and group prenatal care and strengthening access to primary care

Provide greater mental health access and support 

Continue to support City of Cincinnati Primary Care (CCPC) health centers and increase public education about accessing their services

Increase funding for the Boots on the Ground Fund and Safe and Clean Fund

Enhance support for neighborhood community councils and increase funding for Invest in Neighborhoods

Support youth programming through the Cincinnati Recreation Committee (CRC) and the Cincinnati Public Library

Continue to invest in our partnership with Greater Cincinnati Regional Food Policy Council 

Expand Neighborhood (Food) Buying Clubs to make health, local choices available to small stores in neighborhoods across the City