Projects
Ongoing Projects (2020–2021)
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Beach-to-Bin Policy: Working extensively with Councilmember Joe LaCava’s office and community organizations, such as the Surfrider Foundation, Coastkeeper SD, and the Audubon Society of SD, to put in place fishing line recycling bins. The goal is to provide a secure place for fishermen to properly dispose of fishing line, keep plastic out of the ocean, and ship the material off to be recycled. There is currently one bin in Pacific Beach and we are looking to set up more throughout the city.
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Young Students and Professionals Housing Advisory Council: In collaboration with SDSU, and through discussions with Councilmembers Joe LaCava and Sean Elo-Rivera, the Triton Lobby Corps is pushing for the creation of a Housing Advisory Council, under the umbrella of a revived San Diego Youth Council. TLC hopes to establish a formal board that can raise young people’s voices in the city’s housing policies, conduct research to increase housing affordability and availability, and make recommendations to the SD City Council and Housing Commission.
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LGBTQIA+ Inclusive Language Working Group: Member of a working group brought together by the offices of Councilmember Raul Campillo and Council President Jennifer Campbell. The working group is discussing removing all gender binary language from the city’s laws, codes, and documents.
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Member of the MTS Community Advisory Group
Past Projects and Lobbying Efforts
2020–2021
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Issued public comments and conducted lobbying meetings supporting the adoption of SD Truth Coalition’s surveillance ordinance.
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Conducted lobbying efforts to place Measure E on the November ballot to remove coastal height limits in the Midway District.
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Lobbied in favor of AB 3214, a state bill that would have established the right to recall and retention for laid off workers state-wide.
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Lobbied in favor of San Diego County’s efforts to make all telecommunications free for county inmates.
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Consistently lobbied for more affordable housing, increasing renter’s protections, and fairer housing policies.
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Worked with Supervisor Lawson-Remer’s office and lobbied to expand the Mobile Crisis Response Team, a unit of mental health professionals who respond to certain 911 calls.
2019–2020
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Lobbied in Sacramento in favor of AB 1689 to increase mental health funding for UCSD.
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Lobbied in favor of AB 209 to help provide farmers with the research and ideas to make agriculture more environmentally friendly.
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Lobbied in favor of SB 253 to help fund healthy conservation practices.
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Lobbied in favor of AB 534 and SB 728 to help students take advantage of government programs (such as SNAP) to end food insecurity, while also giving higher-education institutions emergency funds to assist students facing food or housing insecurity.
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