Our Platform 

• Protecting Hayward Renters

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• Fighting Displacement & Strengthening our Roots

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• Ending Housing Inequality

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• Using Public Land for Public Good

• Secure the Right to Housing

  

• Protect Hayward Workers 

   

• Protect Small Businesses

 

• Prioritize a Just Recovery

• Increased community oversight of policing and officer conduct.

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• Unarmed first responders separate from the police department to respond to non-criminal emergency needs such as: mental health crises, assisting residents who need access to social services, traffic enforcement, and domestic disputes.

   

• Invest and expand long-term community safety strategies such as providing services for drug-addiction, job-training, and re-entry programs.

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• Mandatory, neutral third party investigation in all incidents involving an officer involved shooting.

• Raise the minimum wage to a living wage.

  

• Paid sick days for all workers, including those working in the gig economy such as Uber or Lyft drivers.

   

• Strengthen workers’ right to organize and from a union.

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• Ensure the wealthiest and largest corporations in our community pay their fair share through equitable taxation structures.

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• Create a city-wide, resident controlled committee to make decisions on our City Budget.

• Build more permanent housing for those in need of a home.

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• Expand services available such as mental health services, food access, and access to social workers.

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• Create more essential social services centers.

• We are in a climate crisis and we must act like it by fully participating in ongoing efforts for a Bay Area Green Deal.

  

• Create a resident committee consisting of those directly impacted by climate disaster to provide policy recommendations.

   

• Create an emergency fund to assist residents impacted by climate disaster.

 

• Work regionally to obtain free, fast, and reliable public transportation.

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• Build a robust network of sidewalks and protected bike lanes throughout the city accessible to all ages and abilities.

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• Increase electric vehicle charging stations.

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• Expand access to solar energy for homeowners and renters.

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• Collaborate with area businesses to create accessible non-profit seeking rideshare programs.