Ten years spent getting it done.

Reformed Council voting procedures to require clear "aye" and "nay" votes.

Advanced 611 units of new affordable housing through projects at West Side Flats, Harbourline, Soul Apartments, and the redevelopment of Press House (2016–23).

Passed Earned Sick and Safe Time.

Supported increased funding for pedestrian and bicycle safety (2016–present).

Strengthened the Right Track program with a $3 million investment, creating job opportunities and pathways for more than 1,000 young people each year in Saint Paul (2016–present).

Led the effort to create the Seasonal Safe Space, an emergency shelter with 64 beds that increased Saint Paul's shelter capacity by 12%.

Redesigned the Youth Fund, which directs tax money from gambling and liquor sales to youth programming and community youth organizations.

Led the work to start redeveloping Central Station, which will include housing above the transit station.

Co-led the "Open for Business" permitting-simplification initiative, which created Business Navigators to help owners get from permit to construction to opening day.

Created multilingual guides for new business owners navigating city permitting and licensing; previously these guides existed only in English.

Secured $325,000 in West Side Commercial Vitality Zone funding, resulting in seven small-business grants, a pedestrian-bridge mural over Robert Street, and new sidewalks and boulevard trees along Cesar Chavez Street.

Created a permanent Housing Trust Fund to create, preserve, and protect affordable housing for Saint Paul residents.

Passed a $15 minimum wage, indexed to inflation, with enforcement provisions.

Supported restrictions on flavored and menthol tobacco, tobacco-license caps, smoke-free parks, and raising the minimum age to purchase tobacco to 21.

Secured funding for the Capital City Bikeway, four miles of protected bike paths in and around downtown Saint Paul.

Helped launch the Downtown Alliance and serves on its board.

Authored a resolution requiring the City to expand gender-neutral restrooms.

Established the Division of Labor Standards.

Helped launch Heading Home Ramsey, a community-wide partnership to end homelessness, including collecting the data needed to understand the scale of the problem.

Co-authored speed-limit reductions.

Created and chaired the Council's Audit Committee.

Led the SPARK coalition advocating for affordable childcare.

Established the Downtown Special Services District to improve cleanliness and safety downtown.

Passed the Humane Pet Store ordinance, prohibiting the sale of dogs and cats in pet stores to fight back against puppy and kitten mills.

Advocated for a coordinated approach with Ramsey County to spend Saint Paul's share of the $26 billion national opioid settlement where it would do the most good.

Authored a public health ordinance setting distance requirements between tobacco shops and tobacco product shops.

Led the effort to establish rights for hospitality workers laid off during the COVID-19 pandemic to return to their jobs.

Authored Saint Paul's Guaranteed Income Pilot program, which served 150 families over 18 months.

Passed rent stabilization.

Championed free Parks & Recreation programming for kids.

Authored a resolution for an early learning program aimed at closing opportunity and achievement gaps, reducing poverty, and easing the cost of childcare for families.

Co-authored the creation of the Office of Neighborhood Safety and an immigrant and refugee program within the City Attorney's office.

Championed Saint Paul's Safe Storage ordinance, which requires guns to be stored locked and unloaded.

Voted to allocate $37 million in federal American Rescue Plan Act funds to deeply affordable housing.

Supported the creation of 500 new homes through office-to-housing conversions, including 187 at Landmark Tower, 178 at The Stella, and 166 planned at Galtier Plaza.

Chaired the Saint Paul Housing and Redevelopment Authority.

Passed Saint Paul's Wage Theft ordinance, which has helped recover tens of thousands of dollars in stolen wages for workers.

Fought to expand the Saint Paul Inheritance Fund to include residents displaced from the West Side Flats.

Established the Commercial Corridor Organization Assistance Program, which has directed $1.4 million to activate Saint Paul's main streets.

Elected Council President and led a collaborative budget process between the Mayor's office and the Council that preserved city services while stabilizing expenses.

Chaired the Policy Committee.

Created a more transparent legislative drafting process.

Passed tenant protections: capped security deposits, protected tenants from landlord retaliation, and set clearer application-screening guidelines.

Created Pedro Park, a downtown green space with a playground, picnic area, and dog park.

Ended the City's Flock camera program.

Changed how Saint Paul protects trees and tree canopy during street reconstruction.