Nicole Crosby

Social Services Programs that help support families and seniors access childcare, healthcare, and essential services needed to thrive in their neighborhoods. Housing Rein in the cost of living by focusing on projects that expand opportunity for home ownership and keep rents affordable. Environment / Energy Holding polluters accountable and ensuring development respects the health of our bay and coastline. Infrastructure / Transportation With increased gas prices and the impacts of climate change, the city needs to invest in public transportation as an affordable travel option for those who depend on it. We must prioritize safe and accessible transportation as we make a better San Diego for our future. Infrastructure / Transportation Ensuring pedestrian and biker safety in our neighborhoods. Criminal Justice / Public Safety Protect our communities from increased wildfire risk by ensuring our firefighters are fully staffed, prepared, and trained to fight and prevent the next wildfires that hit our area. Housing Standing up against short-sighted ADU policies that create haphazard buildings, enriching predatory developers. ADU developments need to be held accountable when it comes to trash can pile-ups in our neighborhoods. Housing Creating new home ownership opportunities. By prioritizing gentle density such as townhomes, making space for families on existing land, and offering affordable homeownership that is free from ADU policies and maintains existing onsite parking requirements. Environment / Energy Protecting our precious coastline, Mission Bay, Mission Beach, and Ocean Beach, so families, surfers, and seniors can continue to enjoy them for generations to come. Criminal Justice / Public Safety Ensure full staffing for our police to improve response times. Immigration Strengthen San Diego’s sanctuary city policies, and ensure that local law enforcement resources are never used to facilitate ICE operations that violate the rights of our community members. Infrastructure / Transportation Repairs for our streetlights, potholes, sewers, sidewalks, and roads. Criminal Justice / Public Safety Support public safety legislation that keeps illegal guns out of our neighborhood. Social Services Prevent our seniors from entering homelessness by building public senior care and housing facilities on government-owned land to prevent some of the City’s most vulnerable from ending up on the streets. In San Diego, the largest demographic entering homelessness is our seniors, who have been hit hardest by inflation and the rise in cost of living due to living on fixed incomes. Housing Pursuing common-sense reforms to improve the lives of long-time residents, such as extending San Diego’s current two-night minimum stay to match standards set by cities across our nation. These policies will encourage owners to convert these entire-home rentals back into long-term housing that local residents can afford. Social Services Support expanding shelter beds where needed and preventative homelessness measures. Infrastructure / Transportation Protecting our kids, whether they are crossing the street or riding their bike by supporting proposals to improve our crosswalks, lights, and road safety. Housing Ensuring housing is built for San Diegans and not corporate entities. Nearly a quarter of housing in San Diego is bought by corporations, blocking our young families from becoming home owners. Nicole will pursue policy reforms that eliminate tax incentives for large companies to swoop in and buy up residential neighborhoods, as well as put a 100-day waiting period for large corporate bidders. Abortion / Contraception Nicole will defend reproductive rights. Healthcare Develop partnerships with the County to deliver essential behavioral health services to our neighbors experiencing substance use and behavioral health disorders. Environment / Energy Preserving and maintaining our canyons as vital open spaces that clean our air, protect wildlife, and offer our community a place to explore nature without leaving the city. Housing Work with the San Diego Housing Commission to create programs that expand housing opportunities and subsidies for seniors and working families.