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Neal Sáles-Griffin
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Elections and appointments
Last election

February 26, 2019

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Neal Sáles-Griffin ran for election for Mayor of Chicago in Illinois. He lost in the general election on February 26, 2019.

Sáles-Griffin completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. Click here to read the survey answers.

Sáles-Griffin responded to Ballotpedia's unique candidate survey for 2019 Chicago candidates. The survey questions were developed with input from more than 100 Chicagoans in the months preceding the 2019 election. Here is one selected response:

"Chicagoans face adversity every day and we need to be creative about developing interventions and pathways that support and assist them. From mental health, to homelessness, to food security, to drug addiction we can coalesce the city's best community groups, neighborhood organizations, block clubs, and institutions to make sure residents know exactly how they can get help. Helping the vulnerable means bringing the issues into the light and solving the reality of the circumstances as best we can."

Click here to read more of Sáles-Griffin's responses.

Elections

2019

See also: Mayoral election in Chicago, Illinois (2019)

General runoff election

General runoff election for Mayor of Chicago

Lori Lightfoot defeated Toni Preckwinkle in the general runoff election for Mayor of Chicago on April 2, 2019.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Lori Lightfoot
Lori Lightfoot (Nonpartisan)
 
73.7
 
386,039
Image of Toni Preckwinkle
Toni Preckwinkle (Nonpartisan)
 
26.3
 
137,765

Total votes: 523,804
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General election

General election for Mayor of Chicago

The following candidates ran in the general election for Mayor of Chicago on February 26, 2019.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Lori Lightfoot
Lori Lightfoot (Nonpartisan)
 
17.5
 
97,667
Image of Toni Preckwinkle
Toni Preckwinkle (Nonpartisan)
 
16.0
 
89,343
Image of Bill Daley
Bill Daley (Nonpartisan)
 
14.8
 
82,294
Image of Willie Wilson
Willie Wilson (Nonpartisan)
 
10.6
 
59,072
Image of Susana Mendoza
Susana Mendoza (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
9.0
 
50,373
Image of Amara Enyia
Amara Enyia (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
8.0
 
44,589
Image of Jerry Joyce
Jerry Joyce (Nonpartisan)
 
7.2
 
40,099
Image of Gery Chico
Gery Chico (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
6.2
 
34,521
Image of Paul Vallas
Paul Vallas (Nonpartisan)
 
5.4
 
30,236
Image of Garry McCarthy
Garry McCarthy (Nonpartisan)
 
2.7
 
14,784
Image of La Shawn Ford
La Shawn Ford (Nonpartisan)
 
1.0
 
5,606
Image of Bob Fioretti
Bob Fioretti (Nonpartisan)
 
0.8
 
4,302
Image of John Kozlar
John Kozlar (Nonpartisan)
 
0.4
 
2,349
Image of Neal Sáles-Griffin
Neal Sáles-Griffin (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
0.3
 
1,523
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.0
 
86

Total votes: 556,844
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Campaign themes

2019

Ballotpedia survey responses

See also: Chicago 2019 Candidate Survey

Candidate Connection

Neal Sáles-Griffin completed Ballotpedia's Chicago candidates survey for 2019. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Sáles-Griffin's responses.

Low-income families do not have the same choices, options, or alternatives when it comes to public school. How can this be addressed?

I transferred to a private school from CPS after 6th grade because it wasn't good fit for me. I know the challenges that face families who are struggling in CPS and I understand the power and importance of school choice. That said, we cannot emphasize choice before we emphasize making all public schools better in Chicago. CPS educates around 400,000 students, 85% of whom are Black and Latinx and nearly 50% of whom come from low income backgrounds. The numbers show, that given the substantial size of the low-income population in our schools this not a fringe issue; it’s a critical challenge facing CPS. We need to put a freeze on school closures and build a portfolio of schools that are representative and equitable in every neighborhood across Chicago. By reassessing our magnet model, we can work towards every neighborhood having a good school that parents can walk their kids to.

How would you address inequality within and between schools?

We have an obligation to provide the best education possible for Chicagoans, and we're diminishing the entire future of the city when we don't invest equally in the education of our children. I believe every neighborhood deserves a great school within walking distance. To work towards this, I'll begin by focusing my attention on supporting and investing more resources in our neighborhood schools in high-need areas. We have to review the current funding model for the city of Chicago to ensure this happens. Currently, the city rewards top performing schools with more resources. Seems reasonable on the surface, but it creates entrenched inequities that damage the CPS portfolio. The best metaphor for this is the NBA draft: It's as if the Golden State warriors got the first pick. We'd end up with teams stockpiled with wealth and talent. That’s what's happened in Chicago. It's time to focus our resources and attention to failing schools to build a pathway to success. This means not only adequate funding for teachers and necessary supplies, but also more funding for mentorship and support programs that prepare students for life after high school. The benefits of early childhood education are clear. I'd expand Rahm Emanuel’s Universal Pre-K initiative so more families have access to free early childhood education. Early childhood education is directly connected to positive, long-term life outcomes for both students and families. Studies show that there is a $17 return on every dollar invested in early childhood education. Universal pre-k is an important way to level the playing field for children and families across Chicago. CPS has failed students with special needs. My mother worked as a special education teacher’s assistant in CPS for 17 years. She and I both have seen firsthand the lack of resources and investment afforded to students most in need in our public schools. An overhaul and audit of SPED is underway, and as mayor I’ll prioritize funding and evaluatiing the quality of outcomes across all CPS schools. My approach to education and reform is defined by my background. As a tech entrepreneur who founded one of the first coding bootcamps in the United States, helped write Chicago’s technology plan, and educated CPS teachers, I’m uniquely qualified to push CPS to pioneer STEAM learning in all schools. We need to realize that not every student is going to go off to a 4-year college, but arts and technology training can give them the creativity and confidence to excel in whatever they do. We educate and change lives when our students are happy and look forward to coming to class. We need programs and pedagogies that treat them as a whole person and not just statistics.

How can public schools better support their teachers and work more productively with the teachers’ union, parents, and the community?

We need to select representative leadership that can interpret the needs of their community from a bottom-up, rather than top down approach. For too long, Chicago has anointed leadership rather than cultivating pathways to develop community-grown voices. The appointed school board is one such example. I support a partially elected, partially appointed school board for several reasons: First, while the majority of American cities have elected school boards, recent elections for these positions have become multi-million dollar battles between various educational interests. Second, the majority of CPS students come from black and Latinx backgrounds whose parents may have varying immigrant statuses. Their voices would not be heard in a race conducted by the BOE, but it could be included in the selection of their Local School Council. This is the most inclusive mechanism I see for selecting leadership. Third, I believe the mayor should still be held largely accountable for the success of our schools and that the mayor could play a beneficial role in appointing innovative leadership. As such, I’m currently in support of a 4-3 partially elected, partially appointed board. 4 elected members would be chosen by the local school councils, and 3 members would be appointed by the mayor. I’d also explore stipulations that all members serve on a local school council before being elected/appointed. The chairperson of the board would be chosen by the full committee. I firmly believe, we need to bring fair-minded, systems thinking approach to this redesign to ensure the outcome is equitable and representative of our communities.

What do you believe are the greatest needs of kids in school today? How would you prioritize these needs and address them?

Last year I spent every Monday morning in a CPS neighborhood school classroom teaching coding, design, and entrepreneurship to high schoolers. My students yearned to be intrinsically motivated, to feel like their teachers actually cared about their success, and just wanted to have the space and resources to pursue their dreams. Rather than obsessing over test scores and grades to define successful outcomes, It's far more important to foster an environment that encourages critical thinking, problem solving, and technical literacy. As a teacher at CPS, in my non-profit CodeNow, and as an adjunct professor at Northwestern University, these are embedded into the fabric of my pedagogy. As mayor, I'll empower our school leadership to value student fulfillment over statistics.

What are your proposals for supporting children before and after school? What would be your ideal afterschool programs?

Supporting our children before and after school means providing as level a playing field as possible. No student should attend school hungry, or be afraid of their commute to and from school. Once our students' safety and nourishment is assured, we can focus on mentorship programs that challenge and engage them to help them grow. I've personally spearheaded wrap-around services and educational programming through my own organizations (Starter League and CodeNow) over the past eight years. I've taught coding, design thinking, and entrepreneurship to CPS, City College, and high school and middle school students throughout the city. I also serve on the boards of the Chicago Youth Centers where we've provided after-school and summer programming for low-income families throughout the city. I plan on broadening the support of wrap-around programs utilizing both well-established non-profits with demonstrated track records, as well as upstart programs that are innovating educational subjects and programming which prepare our students for further academic and professional opportunities.

Do you believe that there is corruption in Chicago politics, such as pay-to-play practices when the city awards bids? If so, how would you address it?

Without a shadow of a doubt. Recent (and historic) reportings by major Chicago publications corroborate this. We cannot rely on the integrity of our elected officials alone to do the right thing. We need to design government to demand better actors. We should start by term limiting the majority of our elected officials. Incumbent status is too powerful an influencer and invites gatekeeping. By demanding term limits, we’ll invite fresh ideas into office, strengthen transitional mechanisms for the transfer of power and develop a healthy turnover in city hall so young leaders can rise to the top. In addition, Chicago needs campaign finance reform. Our government is closed to the interests of ordinary people because politicians must rely on wealthy donors to get into office. The operations of city hall needs to be recorded, our budget needs to be transparent, and we need to know how our money is spent. Simply, we need to make government harder to buy. We need to make it cheaper to run for office, and then, we need to limit the amount of time politicians can hold any one job, so that corrupt leaders can be voted out and no elected official becomes more accountable to their wealthy backers than they are to their constituents.

How would you make the city’s policies more responsive to community input instead of donors or special interests?

One of the root causes of pay-to-play politics is term limits. Corruption is in entrenched in Chicago because we do not have term limits at any level of government. If we imposed term limits, it would be much harder for a few wealthy individuals to buy their seats at the table. We need to couple term limits with finance reform. Currently there is no cap to the money (outside or otherwise) that can flow to a mayoral campaign. Common sense measures such as limiting the amount a single individual can donate to a campaign, and the number of donations that can be made, would prevent politicians from being swayed by monetary influence. Chicago is one of the only major cities without campaign finance reform. We should explore matching individual donations with a fund from the city, such as the one conducted in NYC, or a voucher system maintained in Seattle.

How would you handle the “recurrence of unaddressed racially discriminatory conduct by officers” identified in the U.S. Justice Department’s investigative report of the Chicago PD published in 2017?

Community investment in police reform is arguably the most important contributing factor to the success of rebuilding trust between police and communities. The damage done to the relationship between Chicagoans and law enforcement by decades of systemic, institutionalized racism and discrimination can only be addressed through working towards a genuine change in culture and communication between officers and those they serve. Many of the technology recommendations made by the Police Accountability Task Force such as full deployment of body cams, sharp shooter technology and new regulations around the use of tasers have been undertaken, yet there are many more changes to be made. As Mayor I will enforce the consent decree and ensure that all changes made to police policy are made in a transparent manner, with the full input and awareness of the public. My dad was a police officer for over thirty years and I know that they majority of Chicago’s cops are good. Most complaints about our task force originate from a subset of bad actors. We need to leverage data to weed out those actors, and ensure cops with no complaints are rewarded and promoted.

What sort of proposals would help reduce police shootings and fatalities?

Police officers need to be deterred from using lethal force as much as possible. We need to develop a culture in the CPD that disperses tension rather than escalates it. Additionally, civilians should not feel like they're at an extreme disadvantage when reporting on violent incidences. I support the following: Eliminate the requirement of a sworn affidavit for investigating civilian complaints of misconduct. Eliminate the delay on officer statements in shooting cases and create a clearly outlined process to receive statements from all officers involved in a timely manner. Eliminate officer’s right to review and amend statements previously made to investigators. In situations where there is no threat of a gun- and especially where learning disabilities are detected, social workers should be dispatched to assist in the diffusion of the situation.

What ideas do you have to reduce the availability of illegal or unregistered guns in Chicago?

Chicago cannot act alone to stem the flow of illegal guns in the city. The majority of illegal guns recovered in 2016 came from outside of Illinois, demonstrating that we need deep cooperation with federal, state and neighboring state agencies. In addition, possession of illegal guns is concentrated in Chicago's more violent neighborhoods, so we cannot ignore holistic interventions that bring people out of a life of crime an into fulfilling and safe career paths, thus reducing the "appetite" for illegal guns. We need to ensure that reporting lost or stolen guns is streamlined by local agencies and work with the CPD to ensure they have the most advanced technology to trace and seize illegal firearms.

How will you help to rebuild trust in the police department and to encourage the community to work with police?

First, we need to enforce the consent decree to the fullest extent. Years of misconduct have deteriorated community trust. If we clearly demonstrate new levels of accountability, we can rebuild relationships with Chicagoans. I also believe community policing and violence interruption will change the nature and dynamic of many interactions with police officers, emphasizing a humane and empathetic approach to all our city's residents. I've advocated for hiring cops from the neighborhoods they serve, and improving patrol systems at CPD so that police officers are not readily shifted from one neighborhood to another. Consistent relationships between law enforcement and community members will help develop a critical report.

How would you address criminal justice issues such as prison reform and the reintegration of formerly incarcerated persons into city life?

Crime and violence affect communities with feeble infrastructure, limited opportunities, and poor education. We need to ensure every Chicagoan has access to engaging opportunities that support and nurture them. I'll task the recently established Office of Violence Prevention to become a dedicated office in the mitigation of criminal activity and the reintegration of criminals to society. The OVP will work with community activists and neighborhood organizations as a liaison between our streets and our government, considering interventions from cradle to post-prison. We can’t address our violence problem in Chicago without recognizing the importance of mental health. We need to increase access to quality and affordable mental health interventions through neighborhood clinics and through telehealth solutions. We’ll also work towards de-stigmatizing mental health support so that the network of individuals affected by violence can always seek help.

How would you address the displacement of people of color and long-term residents from their neighborhoods?

I got into this race because my friends and family were moving away. Out of over 100 relatives, more than half of them had left. Poor job prospects, inaccessible housing, rising medical costs and failing schools forced them to leave. People of color are displaced because they're systematically shut out of opportunities and education readily available to the rest of the city. We have an obligation to provide the same resources to these communities as every where else. In addition to reinvesting in our neighborhood schools, fighting for a $15 minimum wage and stemming violence, we need to ensure housing is accessible and affordable. We can do so by restricting the buyout options in the Affordable Requirements Ordinance that allows wealthy developers to pay a fee in lieu of building affordable homes. We can't continue to prioritize the profits of developers over the needs of residents. Additionally, we must limit aldermanic prerogative and tamp down NIMBYism that prevents the creation of affordable housing in many parts of the city. As mayor, I will also continue encouraging denser development around transit, which can increase housing availability while keeping costs down.

How would you care for the most vulnerable Chicagoans?

Chicagoans face adversity every day and we need to be creative about developing interventions and pathways that support and assist them. From mental health, to homelessness, to food security, to drug addiction we can coalesce the city's best community groups, neighborhood organizations, block clubs, and institutions to make sure residents know exactly how they can get help. Helping the vulnerable means bringing the issues into the light and solving the reality of the circumstances as best we can.

How would you ensure that development benefits residents in their neighborhoods and not solely the developers and other interests?

Even at the neighborhood level pay to play politics is a problem that diminishes the voices of our community: Chicago's alderman maintain unprecedented zoning power that's been shown to prevent the creation of affordable housing in favor of developer's wishes. Alderman are too easily swayed by private interests, and without term limits, their incumbent status becomes a way to marginalize their voter's opinions. To make sure that our city is equitable we should aldermanic power and systematize a way to include community voices early on in a projects process. Community Benefit Agreements are also a viable legal tool to ensure that existing residents benefit from new developments in their communities. They can request things like more green space, small business contracts etc. Chicagoans deserve to have a say in what happens when new developments come in, especially when it comes to protecting affordable housing, and hiring from the community.

How would you distribute revenue fairly between neighborhoods?

"Fairly" is the operative word here. The decisions behind Chicago's budget are opaque and inaccessible, so our fund allocation is difficult to track and near impossible to follow. My team and I spent months digitizing Chicago's budget because I believe it's unacceptable that tax-payers cannot trace where our dollars go. Once we set a precedent for transparency Chicagoans can hold us, elected officials accountable to the inflow and out-flow of their hard earned money. Then we can have an informed discussion about distributing this revenue 'fairly.'

How do you propose to resolve the city’s underfunded pension plan for city employees?

This issue is personal for me, my father was a cop for over thirty years and is a pension recipient. I will work with Governor Pritzker at the state level to enact progressive tax reform to help fund our pension obligations which are going to ramp up close to another one billion dollars over the next four years. In addition to an aggressive push in Springfield for support, there are a variety of areas in the city budget that are primed for efficiencies and cost-reductions. Those potential areas will be laid out in plain-sight as I provide an itemized receipt for Chicago's budget, illuminating our inefficiencies and revenue generation potential. As a contingency, Paul Vallas' proposal to establish a pension obligation bond is worth consideration. We could utilize expiring TIFs as a means to cover unexpected revenue or expense issues with the aforementioned initiatives.

What’s your opinion on tax increment financing (a program that funds development using any additional property tax revenue that results from an increase in appraised property values)? What, if any, changes would you make to the use of TIF?

TIFs have strayed from their original intent to develop and invest in blighted communities in Chicago. It's a slap in the face to see TIF funds allocated to pet projects like Navy Pier while neighborhood schools are crumbling on the South and West sides. I've spoken with Paul Vallas about his ideas for TIF reforms, and upon serious consideration and discussion I've decided to share and endorse his proposals. These key reforms include accelerated expiration of successful TIFs for additional local school investment, the development of an Equity Investment Fund to direct money to blighted areas in opportunity zones, and radical transparency during a full TIF district remapping process along with full transparency for the allocation process to hold recipients more accountable.

How would you assess the city's finances, and if your proposals would require new spending, how would you pay for them?

Chicago’s long-standing use of quick-fix strategies have only served to mask and exacerbate the long-term fiscal debts of our city. Irresponsible fiscal management and an opaque budget have allowed those in power to demonstrate short-term wins while delaying the inevitable consequences until a future election cycle. This is an entrenched issue in a city with no mayoral term limits. The reckless cycle of borrowing now means Chicago spends over 20% of its citizens’ money on interest payments to banks and lenders, without making any meaningful progress paying off our grossly underfunded schools and pensions. As Mayor, I will engage all affected parties – taxpayers, city employees, civil servants – to craft progressive solutions for Chicago’s financial obligations. I'm adamant that before any new spending occurs we need to audit our city budget and understand line item by line item how and why we using those funds. Once that's clear we can talk about reprioritization of finances.

Would you be in favor of freezing property taxes, at least for low-income households, so that people can stay where they are living?

Our property tax system in Chicago is not equitable or fair. Wealthy people can afford to have their taxes reassessed while the burden of rising taxes fall on low-income families. We need to review our tax policies and properly assess holdings. I’m encouraged by the recent election of Fritz Kaegi as Cook County assessor. He’s been championing reforms to the property tax policies in Chicago which would result in many buildings being correctly valued, generating more tax dollars. We should see what ground we make up this way before addressing the need to raise or lower property taxes. We need long term strategies to generate revenue for the city. I'd support more progressive and inclusive policies such as:

How would you increase access to quality food and urgent care in all parts of the city?

There is no excuse for lack of access to healthy, nutritious food in Chicago’s neighborhoods. Food deserts plague Chicago, creating areas of the City where it is cheaper and easier to feed a family McDonald’s than it is to access and buy groceries. We must ensure access to fresh food through grocery stores, pop-ups, farmer’s markets, and food pantries, but fundamentally we have to strengthen the buying power of these communities so there is a self sustaining. Our children are being hurt by poor health and nutritional deficiencies. The city estimates that about half of our 6th graders are overweight or obese, and African American and Latinx communities are disproportionately affected. We need to work on healthy food in schools; access to fresh, healthful foods in all of our neighborhoods; and making sure kids get active play every day, both during school recess and safely around their own homes and neighborhoods. Chicagoans' access to comprehensive healthcare is a right, not a privilege. We deserve a public health system that fights for us equally, regardless of race, age, gender, religion, orientation or socioeconomic status, which is why I'm committed to radically expand comprehensive health care to all. My mom overcame cancer and I believe no one should struggle to cover their bills, while aslo fighting for their health Entire communities have been left out of progress we've made in the city. Consequently, Chicago now faces a public health crisis: health disparities due to demographics, financial resources, and education set many Chicagoans up for a lifetime of poor health, including many consequences that can be avoided. Failure to provide people with access to health care and education that directly addresses social determinants of health and wellness ignores the needs of many of Chicago’s most at-risk residents.

How will you address public health concerns such as contaminated drinking water, rat infestation, and lead poisoning?

Chicago can no longer deny the emergent state of its drinking water. The drinking water of more than 70% of 2,797 tested homes in Chicago contained lead. We know that lead is most dangerous to Chicago’s children and leads to serious, sometimes deadly deficits and illnesses throughout life. I am committed to remedying this and other environmental threats to the safety and health of Chicagoans. Ensuring the city is providing medical attention for such issues as lead poisoning and other health problems experienced by Chicagoans because of the city’s failure to act. (Petcoke, asthma, pollution in Lake Michigan, lead poisoning) As Mayor, I will answer the hard questions we must have answers to regarding lead contamination in the City of Chicago and develop a plan for line replacement. At present we must determine: whether the State of Illinois and City of Chicago is in violation of the Safe Water Drinking Act, the Clean Water Act and any other applicable federal or state laws; whether the practices and procedures of Chicago’s protocol for lead testing are compliant with the standards set forth by the Environmental Protection Agency; the financial, legal, social and health consequences that the taxpayers of Chicago may incur as a result of the emerging crisis of lead contaminants in public water sources; what protocol and procedures the Water Department and the Department of Public Health are undertaking to effect the decontamination of water sources; what protocol and procedures the City of Chicago and the Department of Public Health are undertaking to identify and treat the devastating health consequences of lead exposure; and what protocol and procedures Chicago is undertaking to ensure that no future instances of lead contamination occur. Fundamentally, we need to protect the quality of the air we breath, the water we drink, and the land we live off of. If any of these suffer, we as Chicagoans suffer. As an avid snowboarder and winter sports non-profit board member I'm deeply concerned by the effects of climate change. Climate change is real and we need to take action immediately to mitigate our environmental impact. We need to look at renewable energy sources to power our city and we need immediate environmental remediation for air and water contaminants due to industry and mismanagement. We can do better, and I'll look at peer cities to learn how Chicago can change course.

How would you make Chicago a cleaner city with less waste and pollution?

I'd reinstate the Office of Sustainability that Emmanuel signifigantly reduced and grant them the full resources necessary to envision and implement bold environmental plans. We need to use renewable energy to power our buildings, reduce our energy load across all infrastructure projects and commit to reducing hazardous and harmful pollutants in our city limits. As a world class city on the largest fresh water body in the US, we should be a leader, not a follower in environmental management.

What would be your first steps for improving the transit system in terms of affordability, accessibility, and safety?

A world-class city like Chicago should have world-class public transit. I'd use some allocation of TIF funds to improve infrastructure and expand access to public transit across the city. I'd also encourage the Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Ordinance which incentivizes development around CTA and Metra rail stations in Chicago to increase access and ridership. It's important to attract housing and job growth to areas near transit while improving the walkability and retail spending in commercial corridors near transit. Additionally, I'd explore a free transit pass for CPS high school students. A free transit pass would be a significant step towards providing students with the means of getting to and from school, while encouraging the next generation of ridership.

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Campaign website

The following themes were found on Sáles-Griffin's 2019 campaign website.

Education

Great schools in every neigborhood

  • Provide access to a great education within walking distance
  • Expand pre-K programs across the city
  • Rebuild and prioritize our special education programs
  • Endorse a partially elected school board to include community voices

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Public Safety

Public safety starts with public wellbeing

  • Create an Office for Violence Prevention
  • Leverage data to reduce the use of force and racial disparities in policing
  • Provide access to mental health services to all Chicagoans
  • Recruit police officers from the communities they serve

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Affordable Housing

Everyone deserves a decent home

  • Preserve and expand affordable housing
  • Enforce affordable housing ordinances
  • Continue developing homes in transit-rich areas

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Government Accountability

Good government by design

  • Eliminate unlimited donations from special interests
  • Give you a receipt when you pay your taxes
  • Include youth voices in decision making
  • End Chicago's political dynasties

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Jobs

Gainful employment opportunities throughout Chicago

  • Fight for a $15 minimum wage
  • Invest in businesses owned by Chicagoans
  • Attract big companies, but not at the expense of residents
  • Create an office of Vocational Training and Employment

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—Neal Sáles-Griffin's 2019 campaign website[2]

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Footnotes

  1. Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  2. Neal Sáles-Griffin's 2019 campaign website, "Platform," accessed February 18, 2019