Key Focus Areas

Nine commitments for the term, in the order they would be brought to council.

  • Community Empowerment

    A participatory budget for each of the twelve wards, with residents deciding how a fixed share of district funds is spent.

  • Environmental Sustainability

    Rooftop solar on every public building by 2032, and a river clean-up program funded from the utilities levy.

  • Social Equality

    An independent office to review complaints against public services, reporting to the council rather than to the departments it reviews.

  • Economic Justice

    Small-business rate relief on the high street, paid for by closing the vacant-property loophole that rewards empty units.

  • Education Access

    Free after-school study rooms in all sixteen district libraries, staffed until seven on weeknights.

  • Healthcare Reform

    A walk-in clinic within two miles of every household, starting with the three neighborhoods that currently have none.

  • Technology Ethics

    A public register of every system the district uses that makes a decision about a resident, and the right to ask how it decided.

  • Regional Collaboration

    Shared procurement with the four neighboring districts, so a small county is not paying a small county's prices.

  • Civic Engagement

    Council papers published seventy-two hours before a vote, in plain language, with a summary of who is affected.

  • Community Empowerment
  • Social Equality
  • Economic Justice
  • Education Access
  • Healthcare Reform
  • Regional Collaboration

Core Values

Three commitments the campaign is willing to be measured against, written plainly enough that a broken one is obvious.

  • Integrity

    Every donation, every meeting and every vote is published within a week. If we get something wrong, we say so first.

  • Inclusivity

    Materials in four languages, childcare at every town hall, and a step-free venue every time. Turning up should not be the hard part.

  • Innovation

    We test small before we spend big — a pilot block, a single route, one season — and we publish the results either way.