Aisha Gomez

Healthcare Protect patients and communities from healthcare consolidation, privatization, and financialization by blocking hospital mergers and private equity acquisitions. Immigration Immigrant rights with the North Star Act, Work Opportunity Act, and other legislation aimed at welcoming and supporting our valued immigrant communities. Housing Funding for land trust, co-ops, and other alternative ownership models. Education Expand the North Star Promise to make post-secondary education free for more low- and middle-income Minnesota families. Education Fund Minnesota’s public colleges and universities, so that they can be hubs of innovation and social development for Minnesotans of all ages and interests. Healthcare Fight extractive healthcare practices such as pharmaceutical price gouging. Wages / Job Benefits Invest in the prevention, investigation, and prosecution of wage theft violations. Housing Humane, evidence-based responses to homelessness, including safe camping sites, transitional housing, and more. Healthcare Support universal single payer healthcare and intermediate expansions of collective healthcare models, such as the public option. Wages / Job Benefits Stand up for a workers’ right to organize in the workplace and form a union. Taxes / Budget Protect and strengthen our state budget to fund the basic goods and services that keep our society running. Housing Building and subsidizing deeply affordable and supportive housing. Education Fully fund ELL and Special Ed cross-subsidies. Housing Investments in Public Housing, both to strengthen existing public housing stock and to expand availability through public ownership and finance models. Infrastructure / Transportation Supporting bike and pedestrian infrastructure, as well as traffic calming design. Housing Establishing and strengthening renters rights and tenant protections. Abortion / Contraception Protect reproductive freedom and all those who come to Minnesota seeking reproductive care. Education Support public education by ensuring adequate teacher pay and investment in physical school facilities. Healthcare Fund the expansion of community health clinics and other public health infrastructure. Economy Ensure that corporations pay their fair share of taxes so that our communities can have the schools, infrastructure, and other basic services that they need. Environment / Energy Investing in sustainable transit, especially in under-served low-income areas. Infrastructure / Transportation Investments in public social institutions such as parks, libraries, and community centers, especially in under-served and low-income areas. Housing Zoning reform to increase the supply of dense, walkable, sustainable housing. Environment / Energy Expand the urban tree canopy with an eye for racial and economic justice. Environment / Energy Increasing enforcement funding for environmental protection laws. Environment / Energy Divesting from costly, over-built roadway designs that induce lane mile demand. Environment / Energy Protecting our precious water resources from shortsighted pipeline and mining projects. Environment / Energy Passing zero waste and policies that hold polluting corporations responsible for the environmental cost of their profits. Environment / Energy Invest in solar, wind, and other sustainable energy in order to meet the state’s carbon reduction goals. Environment / Energy Phasing out toxic, polluting facilities like Smith Foundry and HERC.