Wilfred Mbah

Nonpartisan

Increase city funding of legal services to tenants facing eviction.

Push the mobility department to install curb cuts, ramps, traffic islands and other features to make Somerville a truly accessible city for all of us, not just the athletic and able-bodied.

Collaborate and build on regional efforts to bring back an updated version of rent control.

Urge the Mayor to further increase direct funding to the Somerville Community Land Trust to expand affordable housing.

Update our zoning to increase the 20% affordable housing requirement for large development projects.

Demilitarize our police department, removing weapons of war from our streets.

Require landlords to apply for rental assistance and enroll in an eviction diversion program before filing to evict a tenant.

Find creative ways to move towards universal Pre-K for all Somerville families. Children who receive a high-quality early childhood education have improved grades, cognitive, and socio-emotional skills.

Act urgently on climate issues, with a constant focus on effectiveness rather than performative actions.

Work with the Department of Racial and Social Justice to reform city hiring practices to produce a more equitable and representative city government.

Support efforts to reduce car dependency by making transit more efficient and biking safer, including additional protected bike and bus lanes.

Continue to push the MBTA to go fully fare-free, particularly in environmental justice neighborhoods.

Reimagine both emergency response and enforcement to reduce the risk of escalation and violence by creating unarmed response teams and using “contactless” policing for nonviolent offenses.

Push developers to include electric vehicle charging stations in all new development.

Eliminate the school-to-prison pipeline by diverting money from the police budget to the school budget so we can hire additional career and guidance counselors.

Diversify Somerville’s police force by hiring more Black and Brown officers even as we reduce the budget, to better reflect the community it is tasked with protecting.