I’M CARMEN LLANES PULIDO & I’M RUNNING FOR MAYOR OF AUSTIN
Hi, I’m Carmen Llanes Pulido. I am running for Mayor of Austin as a Nonprofit leader, community organizer, land use scholar, and former City Commissioner with 20 years of experience working with residents, service providers, advocates, and city staff to get results on local issues.
I am proud to have worked alongside the diverse communities in North, South, East and West Austin to champion common-sense solutions that improve quality of life and realize a more affordable, sustainable, and inclusive city.
In this time, I have witnessed our city innovate, change, and grow to become a beacon of progress in our state and across the nation.
But being a big city has come with big city issues. As residents shoulder the burden of high housing costs, Austin communities face increasingly extreme weather, and the homelessness crisis continues with few results, local politicians who put power before people are not providing the leadership or solutions Austinites deserve. Time and time again in the face of serious challenges and attacks on our local control, Austinites have come together to defend our home.
I am running for Mayor because Austinites deserve a Mayor who will fight alongside them to face the challenges ahead.
MY RECORD OF SERVICE
Keeping child care providers’ doors open through COVID.
Protecting Austinites from extreme weather by developing neighborhood preparedness plans and guiding emergency cooling and warming shelters.
Lowering crime rates by improving parks, lighting, and police-community relationships.
As Mayor, I will continue to work shoulder to shoulder with you, my neighbors, to lower costs and invest in our critical infrastructure and basic services to improve quality of life for all Austinites.
As a former City Commissioner, nonprofit leader, land-use scholar, and organizer, I have a track record of:
Securing millions of dollars for affordable housing, cultural arts, and parks.
Defending neighborhoods while creating hundreds of affordable housing units.
TOGETHER WE CAN
The hardworking people who contribute every day to our city’s culture and success deserve to thrive here.
Austin’s current administration has prioritized making deals with developers, corporations, and special interests at the expense of necessary investments in affordable housing, critical infrastructure, and basic services. We are all paying the price, as increasing debt obligations and unchecked real estate speculation are driving up rents and property taxes and making living in Austin harder and harder for communities to hold onto.
But it doesn’t have to be this way.
We're at a crossroads in Austin's history. I am asking for your vote to bring new, responsible, community-informed leadership to Austin City Hall.
Our city government should work for all of us. Together we can build an Austin that:
Is climate resilient and sustainable
Is affordable for all
Has new accountable leadership
Together, we can build a thriving future for all Austinites.
SUPPORT OUR CAMPAIGN
Join our movement to bring community-driven leadership to Austin politics. There are many ways for you to support the campaign, from block walking, to text and phone banking, donating, putting up a yard sign and many more, your contributions are so important to moving our community-driven campaign.
LET’S GET CARMEN ELECTED!
I’m excited to be out in the community connecting with as many Austinites as possible!
Keep checking both here and on my social media to learn about upcoming events where you can come see me, ask questions, and hear about my vision for a thriving future for all Austinites.
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