Keisha Lance Bottoms in 2010-2020 Mayor's Office Websites
On Civil Rights:
Improve police LGBTQ bias with cultural awareness training
Bottoms will ask the Criminal Justice Reform Commission to identify ways the Atlanta
Police Department can enhance bias training and cultural awareness training, especially for interacting with LGBTQ individuals and immigrant communities
Source: Mayoral campaign website KeishaLanceBottoms.com
Apr 14, 2020
On Crime:
Move Atlanta away from "broken-window style" policing
Bottoms will move Atlanta away from broken-window style policing toward genuine community policing. Bottoms will: - Expand the Pre-Arrest Diversion Initiative
- Increase resources available to the Public Defender's Office
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Reforming money bond policies at the Atlanta Municipal Court to ensure no one is jailed because of their inability to pay bond.
Source: Mayoral campaign website KeishaLanceBottoms.com
Apr 14, 2020
On Immigration:
Offer pro bono assistance to immigrants facing deportation
Bottoms will expand the City of Atlanta's new deportation defense legal program, which offers pro bono legal assistance to immigrants facing deportation in our communities.
We must not waver in our support for our foreign-born residents when the regional federal ICE office reports an 80 percent increase in arrests under President Trump.
Source: Mayoral campaign website KeishaLanceBottoms.com
Apr 14, 2020
On Jobs:
Raise minimum wage to $15/hour; re-start Hire One
Bottoms will re-establish the successful Hire One initiative, and expand it to include formerly incarcerated individuals, formerly homeless individuals and individuals living in specific zip codes with higher rates of unemployment. Bottoms will for
all airport concessions and retail workers to earn $15 per hour; leverage the Atlanta-Fulton County Recreation Authority to secure agreements for workers at Philips Arena and the Atlanta Zoo to earn $15 per hour, the livable wage for our community.
Source: Mayoral campaign website KeishaLanceBottoms.com
Apr 14, 2020
On Technology:
Develop transit-oriented development housing projects
Bottoms will form a new Working Group with the Department of City Planning and MARTA to accelerate transit-oriented development projects, including a robust commitment to affordable housing at those new developments,
in order to house working families directly on MARTA lines, reducing the need for parking and the cost of commuting.
Source: Mayoral campaign website KeishaLanceBottoms.com
Apr 14, 2020
On Welfare & Poverty:
Focus on affordable housing via faith-based resources
Bottoms will: - Accelerate legislation to implement recommendations from the Atlanta City Design to promote density and reduce parking requirements, which significantly raise the cost of new apartment buildings.
- Establish a rental housing
initiative to support the 50% of Atlantans who rent their homes.
- Pursue the expansion of inclusionary zoning throughout the City's boundaries, so that every new development contributes to maintaining affordability for Atlantans.
Bottoms will seek greater public input on solutions to address homelessness, especially with faith-based organizations, and seek private
philanthropic support to maximize the impact of our city's homeless service providers.
Source: Mayoral campaign website KeishaLanceBottoms.com
Apr 14, 2020
On Welfare & Poverty:
Resource centers & smaller shelters to relieve homelessness
Bottoms will:- Ask the Homelessness Commission to develop a proposal for a day-time resource center which would serve meals, offer people access to a complete range of services, as well as computers and phones.
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Accelerate development of new, smaller shelter facilities, including shelters for women and families.
- Work with organizations to identify interventions and solutions for homeless LGBTQ youth.
Source: Mayoral campaign website KeishaLanceBottoms.com
Apr 14, 2020
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