Abdilahi Jama

Environment / Energy I'll push to fund community environmental health navigators, people trained on the Superfund sites and fluent in Somali, Spanish, and Hmong, to meet families where they are and help them understand what's in the ground, whether their home is in an affected zone, and what they can actually do about it. Housing On the council, I'll push the city to do real tenant rights outreach in our buildings, in our languages. I'll work to make sure every renter in Ward 1 knows about HOME Line, and the free tax-prep sites already serving Anoka County. And I'll push for stronger enforcement of the rental licensing program so families aren't living with broken heat, mold, or landlords who think they can get away with it because nobody's watching. Criminal Justice / Public Safety I'm not running because I always wanted to be a politician. I'm running because this is my community, my family came here for the same reasons most of Ward 1 did, and I watched what Operation Metro Surge did to my neighbors. Nobody on the current council is going to fix it. End the camera grants. Pass a separation ordinance like Minneapolis. Stop pretending silence is neutral. Environment / Energy I will push for a tree planting program that prioritizes the parts of Ward 1 that have been overlooked, and make sure green space investments actually reach the neighborhoods where families live, not just the ones that already look good on paper.