My Values & Priorities for Salt Lake County

  • I want to hear from each of you! Please schedule a time to meet with me, so we can discuss what you want to see happen at our County Council and how I can best serve you. Your feedback is important to me.

  • I pledge to maintain fiscal responsibility with our County budget and respect taxpayer dollars. To prioritize efficient and thoughtful investments that bring the most value to our community. To listen to County Council District 1 residents and prioritize their needs.

  • County government works best when we coordinate with both private and public partners, especially each of our local cities. We need to coordinate with everyone we can to find innovative solutions to the complex issues that face our community.

  • County Council District 1 has both the lowest voter turnout of any Council District and the most Democratic voters. Increasing turnout in District 1 by just a few percentage points would have made Democrats win two more countywide races last year. I am the only candidate with the experience and expertise to make that happen.

My Values

My Priorities for Salt Lake County

    • Build denser housing both affordable and market rate with union labor and a focus on for-sale homes

    • Coordinate with city and state partners

    • Increase options for all types of families, rent to own, duplexes, ownable apartments

    • Provide support for first time home buyers

    • Creating more east/west crossings over the tracks

    • Addressing historical inequities

    • Supporting west side businesses

    • Listening to local leaders

    • Improving our SLCo air quality

    • Protecting our public lands, parks, trails

    • Saving the Great Salt Lake

    • Stopping the Little Cottonwood Gondola and the Parley’s Canyon gravel pit

    • Building more transitional and affordable housing

    • Addressing the root causes of mental health and addiction

    • Coordinating with city, state, and private partners

    • Improving our shelters and expanding services across the County, like the new Sandy shelter

    • Ensuring that all of the county works to address the homelessness epidemic, not just Salt Lake City

    • Add mental health treatment beds at the County Jail

    • Expand access to mental health services

    • Improve training for first responders

    • Prioritize rehabilitation and treatment over incarceration

    • Increase bike lanes and improve our trails

    • Improve consistency and efficiency of buses and trax

    • Make trax and busses free at time of use

    • Promoting public and alternative transportation decreases traffic congestion, improves our air quality, protects our environment, and increases quality of life