Steve Hansen

Civil Rights Steve is firmly supportive of our LGBTQ+ students and will fight back against policies that seek to discriminate against anyone in the classroom. Criminal Justice / Public Safety As Mayor, Steve will prioritize expediting law enforcement response times, increasing training for first responders, and ensuring we improve public safety through thoughtful leadership, compassion, and collaboration with the community. He will also ensure that proper enforcement and prosecutions of those who commit criminal activity are upheld to stop the cycle of the early release of dangerous individuals into our community. Housing As Mayor, Steve will expand upon these housing wins with plans to build more housing at all levels of affordability to ensure all Sacramento residents can meet their housing needs through two comprehensive plans: a regional affordable housing finance plan that ensure Sacramento secures its fair share of state and federal funds to build workforce housing, senior housing, and permanent supportive housing, and an expansive streamlining plan to cut red tape, bureaucracy, and reduce costs so that housing projects do not stagnate waiting for approval to get built. Housing While the City can make major improvements on homelessness policy, Steve will make sure the County and the State are playing their part, including providing the necessary funding and assistance to properly implement the CARE Act and Project Homekey, which rehabilitates hotels, motels, and vacant apartment buildings into permanent supportive housing. Additionally, Steve is a supporter of Proposition 1 - a $6.38 billion bond to build new behavioral health housing and treatment settings across the state that will be on the March, 2024 ballot. As Mayor, Steve will secure these funds and ensure Sacramento gets its fair share to address the homelessness and mental health crisis in our community. Education As Mayor, Steve will expand upon his successes working on public transit issues and extend free riding options to more students, including college and university, improve cleanliness and safety on transit like the Light Rail, work with both public and private partners to build more electric chargers in all communities, and expand electric gig transportation opportunities to ensure all residents have high quality, affordable transit options throughout Sacramento. Housing As Mayor, Steve Hansen will work to cut red tape and build more housing for all levels of affordability to address Sacramento's housing crisis. Housing Steve Hansen will help remove homeless encampments from residential neighborhoods by connecting unhoused individuals with housing and addiction and mental health services.