1. Arresting homeless people for performing activities of daily living outdoors because they either cannot afford housing or they have mental health issues that prevent them from taking better care of themselves is inhumane and solves nothing. Prevention of homelessness is the only real solution to the problems that arise from having lots of people living outdoors in urban areas. Minneapolis needs to 1) provide more mental health workers and residential treatment or half-way houses for people with mental illness; 2) partner with more nonprofits to provide short-term crisis housing for people who lose their homes; 3) hold banks more accountable for following federal laws relating to foreclosure; and 4) lobby to raise the minimum wage and provide more job opportunities for residents.
2. I fully support universal single payer health care. I do not support increasing the amount of MFIP grants; instead we need to provide more training and jobs and not withdraw all cash support once an individual or family has income. I do not support a Guaranteed Annual Income.
3. We need to pressure banks to renegotiate mortgages with homeowners when they are at risk for foreclosure; we need to hold banks accountable for following federal laws regarding timely notification of foreclosure proceedings and timely responses to homeowners requesting assistance with their loans; we need to get the word out to everyone about the programs that already exist to help homeowners avoid foreclosure; and we need to offer low-cost public storage for families who lose their homes so they don’t lose all their belongings as well. I am in favor of the city purchasing foreclosed properties and allowing homeless people to provide “sweat equity” in programs similar to Habitat for Humanity and to then purchase the homes at very low interest rates.
4. Absolutely! I’m tired of the people of Minneapolis subsidizing wealthy team owners.
5. No, I will not seek their endorsement, but I will accept it if offered.
6. I understand that officers of the law need to enforce the law, but the city needs to work much harder with homeowners and banks to prevent evictions from occurring. It’s my understanding that evictions legally are a county matter, and the Minneapolis police should not be involved.
7. Absolutely, and yes!
8. This is a local issue that should be dealt with locally. I favor an approach using better training and accountability and requiring officers to share liability by passing a law that requires them to carry their own liability insurance.
9. Yes, actually, I believe there are some limited circumstances where the use of those weapons might be warranted.
10. Yes
11. I can’t think of any.
12. Yes, I am in favor of a, b, and d. Urban chicken farms would need to be subject to the approval of neighborhood organizations because they carry more potential for negative impact on the neighborhood.
13. a. co-housing or intentional communities Yes
b. housing cooperatives Yes
c. easing laws to allow more SRO (single room occupancy) living spaces for the very low-income at risk of homelessness I would consider this
d. easing current laws about use of space for homeless shelters I would consider it
e. means for deploying empty houses as either “low-cost homesteads”, affordable rental homes or public-support shelters Yes
14. We need to increase the health of our neighborhoods by raising minimum wage, creating enterprise zones, partnering with local agencies to train entrepreneurs, offer vocational training for high school students and free or low cost vocational training for adults; we also must support our public schools. We need to create and use a Minneapolis-Corps of Minneapolis residents instead of relying on people hired by our Federal Government coming in to work with our communities. We need to provide incentives for Minneapolis businesses to hire Minneapolis residents and give Minneapolis residents preferential treatment in hiring for city jobs such as fire and police and other municipal positions.
15. Minneapolis is a city of neighborhoods. To be a better city, we need to make all of our neighborhoods healthy. To do this, we need to directly support neighborhoods with resources and funds, support our public schools, and get much more creative in providing job opportunities.
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