Lorri's Vision | Lorri Galloway for Mayor

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"We need a mayor with experience who takes strong action and follows through on promises – who doesn’t speak in generalities, but instead offers specific steps to address our many challenges and move Anaheim forward. During my eight years on city council I focused on issues that would bring clear and tangible results to the residents of Anaheim and that is what I will do as mayor. We need to make our local economy work better for everyone; we need to address the homelessness crisis impacting our residents and neighborhoods; we need to tackle the scourge of crime and gang violence."

LORRI'S 7 SOLUTIONS FOR ANAHEIM

1. BUILD AN ECONOMY THAT BENEFITS EVERYONE

Make local investments in infrastructure, providing incentives for living wages, job creation, and community redevelopment.
Connect the working class to better training and technical education opportunities.
Make it easier to open a business and offer micro-loans to new startups.
Create new development prospects in older neighborhoods like west Anaheim by working directly with developers to incentivize retail and other ventures without displacing long-term residents.

2. SOLVE THE HOMELESSNESS CRISIS

Prioritize permanent supportive housing for homeless people with disabilities.
Put residents first, relocating the homeless into shelters or other facilities and cleaning up encampments so that we can reclaim our parks and rivers for the community.
Ensure services are available by bringing business and community leaders together to supply emergency beds.
Eradicate the root causes of homelessness by addressing issues impacting the mentally ill and drug-addicted to the formerly incarcerated and the urban poor.
Aggressively implement early childhood intervention programs, drug counseling and rehabilitation, and economic growth packages.

3. GET TOUGH ON GANGS, GRAFFITI AND VANDALISM

Increase the number of officers and patrols while diverting young people to positive alternatives, like jobs and specialized training.
Aggressive consequences for graffiti and vandalism and create a task force to monitor distressed neighborhoods and provide rapid response.
Install cameras in known high-crime areas to identify bad actors and discourage criminal behavior.
Work with local high schools to create a pipeline of new police recruits that better reflect the community they serve.

4. INCREASE THE SUPPLY OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING

Work directly with developers to incentivize affordable housing developments.
Streamline permitting for affordable housing projects.
Identify new areas of the city for development.
Clear a path for infill development that allows residents to live and work in the same area.

5. INCREASE MOBILITY THROUGH TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENTS

Implement a permit parking program in Anaheim neighborhoods where space is limited due to high traffic and workday commuters.
Work with innovative new platforms like rideshares to create shuttle services with reliable rides and fixed routes that encourage carpooling and reduce congestion.
Reinvest in public transit to reduce pollution and traffic congestion on our major roads and freeways.

6. PREPARE OUR CHILDREN TO GET AHEAD

Implement early childhood intervention programs that put our kids on the path to a good job, not a prison sentence, and help students suffering from early childhood trauma, poverty and neglect.
Reinvest in science, technology, engineering, arts, and math to prepare the next generation of workers to obtain good, high-paying jobs that are right here in Anaheim.
Open new libraries so young people hungry for knowledge have safe, positive places they can go.
Open a new sports park in the city – and update our existing parks – to keep our kids healthy and active.

7. LEVERAGE INVESTMENTS IN RESORTS & TOURISM

Work with the resort district to create fair incentives that accelerate growth and investment in Anaheim.
Leverage resort investments to generate new revenues for city services that enhance quality of life for the residents of Anaheim.