"My COVID19 Recovery Plan identifies as priorities that I will advocate as mayor; housing stability, food security, education recovery, and small business stimulus. I ask for help from every resident of Somerville for new ideas to improve this plan and our recovery. My priorities will first assist vulnerable residents and families with housing stability and food security assistance."-Katjana Ballantyne
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Katjana has published her comprehensive plan to make Somerville more affordable for everyone, to empower residents, prevent displacement, and to add increase the quantity of affordable housing in our city. Katjana is uniquely qualified to make Somerville more affordable, more inclusive and more equitable. Read Katjana's Affordability Plan here.
Katjana’s successful leadership on environmental issues has already made our city an exemplar in climate-focused zoning and in restoring natural urban ecosystems. She'll make sure Somerville ranks among the first cities in the nation to become not just carbon-neutral, but carbon-negative. Katjana authored and sponsored the Somerville Green New Deal, passed unanimously by the city council in 2019. As mayor, she'll work for a healthy, sustainable future.
Click to read Katjana's Climate Change Combat Plan here
"Food insecurity is a major problem in the US and in Somerville, and the problem only became worse during the pandemic. No one should suffer hunger, especially not children. It is an absolute imperative that every one of us should have food. As mayor, I will work to end food insecurity in Somerville. I’ll ask for ideas and contributions and work hard to end food insecurity in Somerville."-Katjana Ballantyne
"Housing stability is the basis of food security, health, and every kind of equity; education, employment, environmental, and social equity. Eviction and resulting homelessness serve no one’s best interest, and as mayor, I’ll work hard for housing stability and ending homelessness in Somerville. I’ll use every tool at hand to create housing stability while looking for even more effective tools. As mayor, I’ll be committed to using these tools to help us recover from COVID-19 without displacement."-Katjana Ballantyne.
"As mayor, I’ll continue to be guided by science, and public health data in making policies to keep our community safe. I am committed to guarding the health of students, families, teachers and school workers. As we continue to restart our schools, every family needs appropriate education options for their children."-Katjana Ballantyne
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Katjana's Small Business Stimulus Plan
As mayor, Katjana will be sure to continue supporting the Small Business Program in round three and beyond. She also proposes more for ways to continue providing support for the businesses that support us, Learn more at katjana.org
"We need to focus on meaningful opportunities for residents living in vulnerable communities; women, and single-parent families, often immigrants and people of color, who too often shoulder the weight of poverty."-Katjana Ballantyne.
