New Orleans City Council

Our picks

 

District A:

Bob Murrell #39

Bob Murrell is running a grassroots 'people powered, people funded' campaign. His platform is centered on putting people first which is reflected in each of his five tenants: Housing Justice/ Housing is a right; Racial and Economic Justice; Ecological Justice & Infrastructure; Flip the Budget (Care over Harm); and Protecting Workers Rights. This is the type of progress push our city needs, to be a more equitable and just place.

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District B:

Lesli Harris #41

We can't deny that during the pandemic Jay Banks has held numerous community outreach events and Covid vaccination events. His work on passing the Mandatory Inclusionary Zoning Policy to incentivize and require that new developments include affordable housing units is a step in the right direction for housing affordability;however we'd be remiss to not comment on how quiet he's been regarding holding Entergy and city contractors accountable.

Noteably, Rella Zapletal as the President of the Touro Bouligny Neighborhood Association sued to block the land swap between HANO and OPSB that would convert a school building into an affordable housing development in 2019[1].

We like the specific steps Lesli Harris makes regarding affordable clean energy services such as: Oppose All Efforts to Pass Along Costs of Post-Hurricane Ida Power Restoration to Customers; require Entergy to amplify green energy efforts; Hold Entergy Accountable for its Failures; implement and the recently approved Renewable and Clean Portfolio Standard (100% clean energy by 2040); and advance community solar projects. In addition to her commitment to write legislation that prohibits City Council members and candidates from accepting political contributions from city-regulated utility firms like Entergy New Orleans and Cox Communications.

We also agreed with Lesli Harris’ positions regarding affordable housing at the Louisiana Fair Housing Action Center debate and we appreciate her stance to hold city trash contractors accountable for breaching their contracts and support hoppers' demands for a living wage and PPE. We however don't fully support the increase of cops to address violent crime so we'd need to hold her accountable to ensure investment and implementation of proactive community approaches to resolving crime.

We need people in office who will fight for us in all aspects and so the edge goes to Lesli Harris.

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District C: Frank Perez #50 or Stephanie Bridges #45

Frank Perez is a community activist and co-founder of the LGBTQ+ Archives Project of Louisiana. He supports criminal justice reform (banning police chokeholds and legalizing marijuana), addressing food insecurity and affordable housing.

Stephanie Bridges also proved to be a viable candidate supporting “equitable treatment for all, protecting the arts and culture and creating a future where our young people can have place and purpose.” She presents "reform focused" however has not in past races.

Frank Perez Website
 

District D:

Troy Glover #56

With a proven track record in community leadership and change, Troy presented as the more experienced candidate with a deep understanding of the districts concerns.

He prioritizes, police reform, affordable housing, equitable wages and affordable early childhood education. Nods as well to Kourtney Youngblood and Mariah Moore.

We fully support Mariah Moore’s efforts concerning housing infrastructure, fair wages, and putting tourism dollars back into the hands of our communities. However we don’t agree with her proposal to add another elected office of “public advocate,” as we fell that this is the role of our city council person. We also like what we see from Ms. Youngblood; however we feel that Troy has provided more specific and measurable solutions to solving our community’s issues.

Troy Glover Campaign Website

Division 1, at Large

Helena Moreno #31

Moreno's track record speaks for itself! She has earned herself a second term. From leading legislation around the decriminalization of marijuana to holding Entergy accountable with updated renewable energy portfolio standards - to supporting our LGBTQ and black and brown communities - its an easy YES!

Campaign Website

Division 2, at Large

Bart Everson’s climate justice platform is super progressive and sorely needed. Living in New Orleans, climate change should be on the forefront of all of our minds. We need meaningful action from our elected officials. We agree with his views and we need progressives on our council willing to take on climate change.

JP Morrell has consistently advocated for women's rights and reproductive justice as a Louisiana state senator.

Kristin Palmer’s website doesn’t list any actionable steps to meet any of her stated policy objectives and has a bad track record with sex workers.

Jared Brossett has suspended his campaign and we wish him the best.

Bart Everson Campaign Website
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