Jereme was born in Liberty City and raised in Gwinnett County. When he was ten years old, his father went to prison, so he helped his mother clean buildings and housing until he was 15 years old, when he got a job as a bagger at Kroger. He attended Georgia State University. Right before the pandemic began, he moved back to Atlanta, where he lives with his dog, Zion.

Jereme is a licensed realtor and digital cartographer. He runs an independent consultant practice. He also started his own real estate brokerage when he was 25 years old.

Jereme's campaign for city council is his first entry into politics.

June 30, 2021 CCDR

September 30, 2021 CCDR

Amended April 30, 2021 CCDR

Wants to convince Google to expand in Atlanta.

Believes members of neighborhoods and the city need to come together to create new developments.

Supports providing small businesses with the human and financial capital needed to thrive while also providing corporations with the talent pool they need

- Wants a $20 an hour minimum wage. 
- Wants to convince Google to expand in Atlanta.
- Believes members of neighborhoods and the city need to come together to create new developments.
- Supports providing small businesses with the human and financial capital needed to thrive while also providing corporations with the talent pool they need

Public Services

Encourages mask-wearing and adherence to CDC advisories

Plans to provide small businesses and residents the financial capital they need to survive

Supports the creation of a city Department of Health and permanent mask mandates in certain environments and public spaces

- Encourages mask-wearing and adherence to CDC advisories
- Plans to provide small businesses and residents the financial capital they need to survive
- Supports the creation of a city Department of Health and permanent mask mandates in certain environments and public spaces

COVID

Wants to create a Department of Public Safety with a $100 million budget and a Department of Municipal Security with a $325 million budget.

Wants to create a Department of Residential Development with a $200,000 budget.

Would like to create new revenue streams so the city can better fund organizations like PAD (Pre Arrest

Supports implementing new fees, increasing current fees, and creating CIDs so businesses can “self-tax”

- Wants to create a Department of Public Safety with a $100 million budget and a Department of Municipal Security with a $325 million budget. 
- Wants to create a Department of Residential Development with a $200,000 budget.
- Would like to create new revenue streams so the city can better fund organizations like PAD (Pre Arrest
Diversion)
- Supports implementing new fees, increasing current fees, and creating CIDs so businesses can “self-tax”

City Budget

Wants to create "luxury" "social housing" owned by the city and managed by a professional management company that provides units for elderly citizens, professional citizens, essential workers, and low-income citizens.

Plans to implement rent control, rent freezes and rent stabilization.

Promises to buy and renovate shipping containers, parking garages and empty shopping centers for homeless residents to live in.

Wants the city to sell city land to developers for $1 for developers to build and sell housing at a 3% profit margin.

Plans to create pathways for the middle class to achieve homeownership

- Wants to create "luxury" "social housing" owned by the city and managed by a professional management company that provides units for elderly citizens, professional citizens, essential workers, and low-income citizens. 
- Plans to implement rent control, rent freezes and rent stabilization. 
- Promises to buy and renovate shipping containers, parking garages and empty shopping centers for homeless residents to live in. 
- Wants the city to sell city land to developers for $1 for developers to build and sell housing at a 3% profit margin.
- Plans to create pathways for the middle class to achieve homeownership

Housing & Urban Development

Wants to require that police officers live in the communities that they are policing and require officers to attend therapy.

Promised to make all body camera footage publicly available within 48 hours.

Wants the city to provide a network of surveillance cameras for private businesses and citizens to own and operate, with ten cameras per neighborhood and a doorbell camera for every front door.

Wants to put a police department at every busy intersection in every neighborhood.

Plans to create a Hate Crimes Units that would fine violators and/or ban them from private businesses and property within city limits.

Wants to impose a mandatory minimum prison sentence of more than 25 years for anyone involved with human trafficking.

Believes the city must invest in youth programs, internship programs, and job placement programs

- Wants to require that police officers live in the communities that they are policing and require officers to attend therapy. 
- Plans to end minor traffic stops. 
- Promised to make all body camera footage publicly available within 48 hours.
- Wants the city to provide a network of surveillance cameras for private businesses and citizens to own and operate, with ten cameras per neighborhood and a doorbell camera for every front door. 
- Wants to put a police department at every busy intersection in every neighborhood. 
- Plans to create a Hate Crimes Units that would fine violators and/or ban them from private businesses and property within city limits. 
- Wants to impose a mandatory minimum prison sentence of more than 25 years for anyone involved with human trafficking.
- Believes the city must invest in youth programs, internship programs, and job placement programs

Public Safety

Atlanta Bike Coalition

Plans to restructure the Department of Transportation and hire a Director of Transport.

Wants to invest $3.9 billion into fixing and building basic infrastructure, including building a train on the BeltLine, bus rerouting, building bike lanes, and fixing potholes, over a ten year period.

Promises to spend $1 billion repairing Atlanta sidewalks.

Supports building out the sidewalk network, extending the Streetcar along major corridors like Moreland Ave, and creating a true protected Bike Lane Network

Promises that within the first 30 days in office, he will work with City Council to draft a New Transportation Plan which will be presented to all 242 Neighborhoods and all 25 NPUs for

- Plans to restructure the Department of Transportation and hire a Director of Transport.
- Wants to invest $3.9 billion into fixing and building basic infrastructure, including building a train on the BeltLine, bus rerouting, building bike lanes, and fixing potholes, over a ten year period. 
- Promises to spend $1 billion repairing Atlanta sidewalks.
-  Supports building out the sidewalk network, extending the Streetcar along major corridors like Moreland Ave, and creating a true protected Bike Lane Network
- Promises that within the first 30 days in office, he will work with City Council to draft a New Transportation Plan which will be presented to all 242 Neighborhoods and all 25 NPUs for
feedback and advisory

Transportation & Infrastructure

Wants to change zoning laws to allow smaller, more affordable homes such as townhomes, duplexes, triplexes, basement apartments and tiny homes.

Supports getting rid of requirements for homes and apartment buildings to provide parking.

Wants to get rid of lot size requirements and limits on the height of buildings.

Believes each of Atlanta's 242 unique neighborhoods should have a zoning code that works best for their current and future residents

- Wants to change zoning laws to allow smaller, more affordable homes such as townhomes, duplexes, triplexes, basement apartments and tiny homes. 
- Supports getting rid of requirements for homes and apartment buildings to provide parking. 
- Wants to get rid of lot size requirements and limits on the height of buildings.
- Believes each of Atlanta's 242 unique neighborhoods should have a zoning code that works best for their current and future residents

Zoning

Jereme Sharpe

- City council members work together with the rest of city council to set and implement city policy. 
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