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Felicia Moore
Felicia Moore is running for Atlanta Mayor.
Political background
Felicia Moore is currently Atlanta City Council President. She was elected in 2017. She was previously a city council member representing District 9, which covers northwest Atlanta. She had her city council seat for 20 years.
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Professional background
Felicia is a licensed real estate broker.
Personal background
Felicia has lived in Atlanta for 35 years. She graduated from Central State University in Ohio, and she has a masters of science in Accounting from Central Michigan University. She was president of her neighborhood association and chair of her Neighborhood Planning Unit. She currently lives in the Collier Heights Community.
ON THE ISSUES
CAMPAIGN FINANCE
Public Services
- Against Buckhead leaving the city of Atlanta. She called it a "divorce," saying, "you know with divorce comes alimony. It's going to be a very expensive endeavor. As they say, it's cheaper to keep her."
- Wants to build city unity by addressing crime and city services, including raising the morale of the police by meeting with them in person.
- Promises that citizens will receive high-quality waste management, sewer, and infrastructure services.
- Plans to increase enforcement of the alcohol code against restaurants and bars that have liquor licenses.
COVID
- Wants to use federal recovery money to help Atlanta businesses recover from the pandemic. She said, "we find ways, particularly with the federal funding we're having, to really get and help those most vulnerable, those that were hit hardest, through the pandemic."
City Budget
- Thinks that city revenue must be managed and spent responsibly
- Plans to conduct a review of Atlanta's financial health and practices.
- Wants Fulton County to increase funding for the Fulton County District Attorney's Office to address the backlog of cases.
Housing & Urban Development
- Said she would address housing affordability by looking at the "entire spectrum" of housing, including units for unsheltered people and city workers.
- Thinks it is important for agencies to stop providing public assistance to developers when it isn't necessary.
- Said housing affordability is "the next issue on [her] list" after crime.
- Wants to start a workforce development agency to provide job training so that people can work to afford homes.
Public Safety
- Wants to increase resident confidence in law enforcement.
- Plans to launch a search for a permanent chief of police, hire more police officers to fill empty openings in the police department, put more police officers on the street, and address disciplinary issues to reward good officers and remove bad officers.
- Says Atlanta needs to make sure violent offenders aren't released from prison early.
- Wants to create a group of trained, unarmed mental health professionals who respond specifically to mental health crises.
Zoning
- Supports increasing density in residential areas, but only with neighborhood input and with support from local residents.
- Supports allowing small apartment buildings or second units in single-family residential districts.
- Said there is no correlation between taking away single family zoning and increasing affordability.
- Wants to build density on city owned properties.
Corruption
- Promises to make a broader range of financial information available to the public.
- As a city council member, she wrote legislation to create Independent Procurement Review Officers responsible for overseeing the city's process for entering into contracts.
- Wants to make the city's Housing Opportunities for People With Aids (HOPWA) program more transparent and accountable.