Jewel and her husband raised their three children in Atlanta, where they have lived since the 1980's. She was president of the Association of West Cascade Communities, and Ethics Board member for the City of South Fulton and president of Women of Change.

Jewel Johnson's campaign for mayor is her first entry into politics.

Plans to start a quarterly newsletter that will be mailed out to every homeowner and business owner in the city.

Wants to make sure that citizens and business owners are a part of the planning process for the city.

Plans to create new studies to look into how to improve citizen quality of life.

As a citizen, she worked to overturn Atlanta's annexation of her neighborhood and supported the South Fulton campaign to become a city.

- Plans to start a quarterly newsletter that will be mailed out to every homeowner and business owner in the city. 
- Wants to make sure that citizens and business owners are a part of the planning process for the city. 
- Plans to create new studies to look into how to improve citizen quality of life. 
- As a citizen, she worked to overturn Atlanta's annexation of her neighborhood and supported the South Fulton campaign to become a city.

Public Services

Said, "South Fulton received CARES Act monies, and the question is, did you or anyone you know who qualified benefit from such funds? It is becoming evident that so much of these relief funds ended up in the wrong hands."

- Said, "South Fulton received CARES Act monies, and the question is, did you or anyone you know who qualified benefit from such funds? It is becoming evident that so much of these relief funds ended up in the wrong hands."

COVID

As of August 20, 2021, Jewel Johnson’s website did not contain information on this issue.

City Budget

Wants to "diversify\[\] the housing stock to accommodate millennials to the baby boomers."

Said, "\[w\]e should not have to watch our property values plummet due to the trucks, noise, and pollution."

- Wants to "diversify\[\] the housing stock to accommodate millennials to the baby boomers."
- Said, "\[w\]e should not have to watch our property values plummet due to the trucks, noise, and pollution."

Housing & Urban Development

Wants to revive the citywide neighborhood and business watch programs.

Plans to create better community-based partnerships between the community and the police.

- Wants to revive the citywide neighborhood and business watch programs. 
- Plans to create better community-based partnerships between the community and the police.

Public Safety

Said Cascade Road is "another sign of failed leadership from the South Fulton Administration. This culvert has been a problem fro years, and the mayor chose to do nothing about fixing our infrastructure for 14 years while he was commissioner."

- Said Cascade Road is "another sign of failed leadership from the South Fulton Administration. This culvert has been a problem fro years, and the mayor chose to do nothing about fixing our infrastructure for 14 years while he was commissioner."

Transportation & Infrastructure

Said, "\[w\]e're not anti-growth but pro-neighborhood."

Said, "\[a\] residential community is not a place for industrial-grade development."

- Said, "\[w\]e're not anti-growth but pro-neighborhood."
- Said, "\[a\] residential community is not a place for industrial-grade development."

Zoning

Jewel Johnson

- The mayor leads the executive branch of local government, presiding over city council meetings, making sure city departments run smoothly, and providing services to citizens. 
- The mayor runs the city day to day and prepares the budget each year, meaning that they propose how much funding goes to each city department, including the police department, city parks, transportation, and the fire department. 
- The mayor also hires the Police Chief, Fire Chief, and city department heads, such as City Planning, Parks & Recreation, and Transportation. 
- Most Georgia mayors are elected in odd years to four year terms. Elections are nonpartisan. 