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Safe water, air, and biodiversity

Clean water, healthy air, and thriving natural systems are the foundation of a livable Austin. We support leaders who protect our watersheds, fund real solutions for the urban heat island, and defend the biodiversity that makes this region unique.

Climate disaster planning and mitigation

Austin faces heat, flooding, and storms that grow more severe each year. We back candidates who invest in serious planning, mitigation, and recovery, and who fully fund the emergency responders and disaster preparation our neighborhoods depend on.

Public policy that works for everyone

Policy should not reward the already wealthy at the expense of everyone else. We support affordability measures that do not accelerate displacement and gentrification, and we oppose blank checks that shift the cost onto working families.

Protection from displacement

No one should be pushed out of the city they call home. We stand for keeping neighborhoods intact, protecting residents from displacement, and supporting the unhoused with the resources they actually need rather than overspending on consultants.

Parks and open space for residents

Parks belong to the people who live here. We support maintaining and protecting public parks for residents rather than giving them away to private interests, and we defend the trails and open spaces that define Austin.

Fair first responder policy

Emergency response should reward professionals who truly care and reject any use of race or socioeconomic status to decide who gets help. We support fully funding and fairly compensating the first responders who keep our community safe.

Our Austin

What is at stake

The natural spaces, neighborhoods, and shared water that our platform protects.

Rowers on Lady Bird Lake in Austin — Clean water, healthy habitat, and the lakes and creeks that define Austin.

A tree-shaded home in a historic Austin neighborhood — Stable neighborhoods where longtime residents can afford to stay.

The stone entrance sign at Zilker Park in Austin — Public parks kept for residents, and first responders who serve everyone.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Lady Bird Lake by Billy Hathorn and the Zilker Park sign by Matthew Rutledge (CC BY 2.0); Hyde Park home by Dtobias (CC BY-SA 3.0).

How we decide

How candidates earn our support

We support candidates who commit to a clear standard. Before we endorse, we look for leaders who will:

Fund real climate, water, heat island, flooding, and biodiversity solutions.
Implement affordability policies that do not accelerate displacement and gentrification.
Maintain parks for residents rather than giving them away to private interests.
Support the unhoused with what they need rather than overspending on consultants.
Fully fund and compensate emergency first responders and disaster preparation and recovery.
Champion government transparency and honest public engagement.

See who we support

Help elect leaders who will do this work

Local races are decided by a few hundred votes. Your support helps put these priorities into office.

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