My Priority Issues

Economic development

When we think of economic development in Palm Springs, it’s time to expand beyond downtown. There are too many plazas and business centers across the city with chronic vacancies, encampments, and other flailing conditions. We should accelerate the positive steps of this city council to re-engage plaza owners, small business owners and employees to foster prosperity across the city.  Smaller centers of commerce are a vital component of robust neighborhood.

HOUSING AT ALL LEVELS

A safe place to call home shouldn’t be a dream that is out of reach—it should be the most basic American promise. Everyone in this city is impacted by homelessness, soaring rent, and single family home sales averaging over a million dollars. To increase our housing stock, we need an aggressive, multifaceted approach. We need to ensure the success of the Navigation Center and get medical and social services to the unhoused. As a city, we could streamline housing development projects and reconsider density regulations to make new housing at all market levels a top priority.

quality of life

What does a high quality of life mean? It means a life where clean parks, environmental stewardship, walkability, access to grocery stores, and safe neighborhoods are community norms. It’s a balance between development and open space. Simply put: the healthy choice shouldn’t have to be the hard choice. Life expectancy is highly impacted by city design and planning choices. There is so much low hanging fruit here in Palm Springs to make sure that all residents have a safe, high quality of life.