Erika Evans

Wages / Job Benefits Increase resources for City Attorney’s Office staff handling support for workers and worker rights. Criminal Justice / Public Safety Erika will employ diversion, restorative justice principles, and accountability tools to bring a balanced approach to property crime prosecutions. Criminal Justice / Public Safety Erika understands how to move DUI cases forward, and she will do so without pointing fingers or making excuses. Criminal Justice / Public Safety As a seasoned Federal prosecutor who held high-level fentanyl traffickers accountable, Erika knows the need for a coordinated response to make real impacts. Criminal Justice / Public Safety Erika will bring experience as a city and federal prosecutor to emphasize domestic violence cases and restore the lives and peace of mind survivors deserve. Housing Partner with the Regional Homelessness Authority and other providers to help unhoused people get into shelter and supportive services and reduce the burden on ineffective jail and emergency room settings. Immigration Stand up to attacks on the rights of immigrants and asylum seekers. Criminal Justice / Public Safety A renewed focus on reducing large settlement amounts. Wages / Job Benefits Hold employers who engage in wage theft and unfair practices accountable and stand firm with working people on matters of justice and fundamental rights. Criminal Justice / Public Safety Expand proven intervention and alternative justice programs that remove people from settings where they may harm themselves or others. Criminal Justice / Public Safety Push for needed changes in state law that allow for CARE Team dispatch—freeing up traditional police resources and ensuring the right type of responder can address emergency calls. Environment / Energy Fight back against the rollback of climate protections. Wages / Job Benefits Continue to enforce and expand fair labor practices. Criminal Justice / Public Safety Restore standard appellate processes to appeal rulings when appropriate and avoid the blanket affidavit practices utilized by the current Republican City Attorney, which are creating conflict and backlogs in our Municipal Court.