Safety

1.

Delivering the resources we need. Increased staffing, technologies, training, evidenced-based community violence interventions, stopping chronic retail theft, and mental health supports.

Education

2.

Support students, teachers, and parents with the resources that are needed in every classroom for high-quality schools. That means focusing on outcomes and funding what drives success, including wraparound supports, data-driven systems of early interventions, and banning cell phones in the classroom.

Transportation

3.

Turning today’s crisis into reinvention and reform for the system we need. Achieving a regional system with one card to go everywhere, aligned capital planning, and more reliable service befitting the greatest city in the world.

Growing and Building in Chicago

4.

Making it easier to open and grow a small business while improving the business climate so companies want to be here. Incentivizing hiring and leasing to businesses instead of letting vacant properties sit idle. Expand Illinois’ Main Streets Program to Chicago, which helps small businesses compete. Eliminate unnecessary licensing requirements and red tape. Add housing to bring down that key cost in this community. Improve Illinois’ fiscal health so our state is in a strong position for the future. Ease property tax burdens on particularly the elderly so they can remain in their community.