Adelita Grijalva submitted this communist wish list to be placed on today's agenda but Administrator Jan Lesher ignored it because it is so radical. Adelita now needs Matt Heinz and Rex Scott to vote with her to put this on the agenda. What will Rex do? This is the liberal/communist wish list for Democrats to instill in Arizona and it starts in Pima County.
Chair Grijalva submitted nine items to the County Administrator for consideration as issues for the 2024
Pima County Legislative Agenda. They were not included in the materials the Administrator submitted as
background material for Regular Agenda Item No. 9 "2024 Legislative Agenda.
She would like for you to add these as backup material for this agenda item. The forms are attached. Her
issues, briefly, are:
- Funding for all-day kindergarten. This once was a state program, but the Legislature cut it back
to state funding for only half-day kindergarten. This funding should be restored.
- Allow local jurisdictions to regulate firearms sales. The Legislature took this right away from
local jurisdictions. Local governments should be able to protect residents as they see fit.
- Allow local jurisdictions to control housing rents. Rent prices have skyrocketed in recent years,
contributing to homelessness and privation for low-income families.
- Allow local jurisdictions to adopt inclusionary zoning, This would let the county to require
affordable housing inclusion for residential rezonings. We are in an affordable housing crisis.
- Allow local jurisdictions to regulate retail pet-sales stores. Many of these stores sell pets bred
under abusive conditions and practice shady finance schemes.
- Substantial additional funding for affordable housing. The current state budget took a strong
step in this direction, but considerably more funding is needed in this crisis.
- Funding for eviction prevention and evictees' legal representation. Federal funding under the
pandemic for these issues is running out and has proven very effective.
- Allow local jurisdictions to eliminate cash bail. The cash bail system is problematic as too often
low-risk offenders go to jail and high-risk offenders go free while awaiting trial.
- Restore county authority to regulate small cell=phone towers (up to 50 feet in height). The
smaller towers are going into residential areas, in some cases inappropriately.
Thank you,
Keith Bagwell, for Chair Grijalva