​Housing

• Championed and passed an innovative “height bonus” ordinance to encourage more affordable apartments downtown

• Successfully sponsored numerous tenants’ rights ordinances, including to strengthen Madison’s rent abatement program

• Fought for greater safety regulation for locks, fire protection, and increased housing inspections to keep residents safe

• Consistent supporter of robust funding for the City’s Affordable Housing Fund that assists in the creation of new affordable units

• Worked to ensure a ‘Housing First’ model to secure access to shelter for unhoused members of our community

 

Equity

• Authored an ordinance to decriminalize small amounts of marijuana and forgave thousands of dollars in fines for prior possession convictions

• Leader in providing protections for LGBTQ+ individuals across Madison. 

• Instituted paid parental leave for all City employees

• Sponsored expanding sexual and reproductive health services in Madison

• Authored an ordinance that created downtown quiet zones to restrict train horn noise

• Sponsored ordinances to limit construction and trash and recycling collection noise

 

Sustainability

• Fought for the creation or renovation of:

  • Brittingham Dog Park

  • Brittingham Boathouse

  • Capitol Centre / Madison Senior Center Park

  • Lakefront Porch Park

  • Lisa Link Peace Park

• Championed the Madison LakeWay Project that will greatly improve environmental sustainability and access to Lake Monona

• Encouraged all downtown developers to maximize energy efficiency, green features, and reduce stormwater runoff to the lakes in their building plans 

• Combatted climate change through the adopted Madison Sustainability Plan to reduce CO2 pollution, to increase renewable energy, and to achieve net-zero carbon goals

• Worked to preserve existing downtown trees and to plant more large shade trees appropriate to our changing climate

• Championed the Clean Lakes, Clean Streets program to provide for weekly street sweeping to protect our lakes from harmful pollutants 

 

Transportation

• Strongly advocated for the creation and expansion of the efficient Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system

• Championed the creation of Metro Transit Route 75 from downtown to Verona

• Fought to bring future Amtrak service to downtown Madison to connect us to the rest of the region

• Led efforts to create a future intercity bus terminal in the Lake Street parking ramp

• Added miles of bike lanes, paths, and pedestrian improvements to improve the public health and safety of the community

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