​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 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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