Kelsea Bond — LPAC

Kelsea is originally from Metro Atlanta. She has lived in City Council District 2 for ten years, and currently resides in Midtown, Atlanta.

Meet the Atlanta City Council candidates: Kelsea Bond for District 2

Kelsea is a community organizer and former education policy worker. They have organized as a union member and served as a political campaign manager.

Atlanta's Green New Deal: Kelsea Bond's Vision for Change

Kelsea's campaign for Atlanta City Council Member, District 2 is thier first entry into politics. 

Believes "we need to ensure that employers who do business with the city of Atlanta practice worker safety and prioritize union hiring."

Believes we need "fair taxes on the ultra-rich" to pay for public services like health programs and after school care.

Supports "strong community benefits agreements from developers who receive public subsidies."

Plans to work with Fulton County to ensure luxury commercial property owners are paying their fair share in taxes.

Supports investing in publicly-owned grocery stores to combat food insecurity in areas where the free market does not build.

Supports raising city employee wages to encourage private businesses to increase their wages to remain competitive.

- Believes "we need to ensure that employers who do business with the city of Atlanta practice worker safety and prioritize union hiring."
- Believes we need "fair taxes on the ultra-rich" to pay for public services like health programs and after school care.
- Supports "strong community benefits agreements from developers who receive public subsidies."
- Plans to work with Fulton County to ensure luxury commercial property owners are paying their fair share in taxes.
- Supports investing in publicly-owned grocery stores to combat food insecurity in areas where the free market does not build.
- Supports raising city employee wages to encourage private businesses to increase their wages to remain competitive.

Economy

Supports transparency, accessibility, and accountability in government.

As a city council member, sponsored legislation to provide free menstrual products in city-owned bathrooms and at the Atlanta airport.

Supports providing free menstrual products in city-owned bathrooms and at the Atlanta airport.

Plans to partner with local organizations to host free name change clinics for transgender and gender-nonconforming individuals.

- Supports transparency, accessibility, and accountability in government.
- Supports providing free menstrual products in city-owned bathrooms and at the Atlanta airport.
- Plans to partner with local organizations to host free name change clinics for transgender and gender-nonconforming individuals.

Public Services

Supports using publicly-owned and vacant land to build permanently affordable housing options like community land trusts and social housing, and plans to use the Affordable Housing Trust fund for land acquisition.

Supports using publicly-owned and vacant land to build affordable housing options like community land trusts and social housing.

Supports abolishing parking minimums, especially near public transit and in walkable neighborhoods, to lower housing costs and incentivize public transit use.

Supports zoning reforms to enable denser, mixed-use multi-family housing for all income types.

Supports creating an Office of the Tenant Advocate to educate renters on their rights and provide legal assistance to those facing eviction.

Supports expanding inclusionary zoning and updating the definition of affordable housing to include low-income and working-class residents.

Opposes "violent encampment sweeps" and advocates for community-centered cleanups with trust-building efforts, rather than using heavy equipment.

Supports providing "robust wraparound services and medical care for all new housing for recently houseless individuals."

- Supports using publicly-owned and vacant land to build affordable housing options like community land trusts and social housing.
- Supports abolishing parking minimums, especially near public transit and in walkable neighborhoods, to lower housing costs and incentivize public transit use.
- Supports zoning reforms to enable denser, mixed-use multi-family housing for all income types.
- Supports creating an Office of the Tenant Advocate to educate renters on their rights and provide legal assistance to those facing eviction.
- Supports expanding inclusionary zoning and updating the definition of affordable housing to include low-income and working-class residents.
- Opposes "violent encampment sweeps" and advocates for community-centered cleanups with trust-building efforts, rather than using heavy equipment.
- Supports providing "robust wraparound services and medical care for all new housing for recently houseless individuals."

Housing & Urban Development

Supports access to abortion and opposes criminalizing abortion care.

Opposes criminalizing abortion care and wants Atlanta to opt out of prosecuting givers or recipients of abortion according to state law.

Opposes the use of facial recognition technology in policing, citing invasiveness and discrimination against Black and brown individuals.

Supports investing in community-oriented alternatives to policing, such as the Policing Alternatives & Diversion Initiative (PAD).

- Opposes criminalizing abortion care and wants Atlanta to opt out of prosecuting givers or recipients of abortion according to state law.
- Opposes the use of facial recognition technology in policing, citing invasiveness and discrimination against Black and brown individuals.
- Supports investing in community-oriented alternatives to policing, such as the Policing Alternatives & Diversion Initiative (PAD).

Public Safety

Supports investing in transit alternatives, like BeltLine Rail, to reduce transportation costs for service workers.

Supports completing the More MARTA program, including bus rapid transit, Beltline Rail, and Streetcar East Extension.

Believes in ensuring MARTA spends dollars wisely to complete new projects quickly and provide more frequent progress updates.

Aims to increase transit ridership by collaborating with MARTA and community partners on events, outreach, city-planning initiatives, and offering free rides to Atlanta Public Schools students.

Plans to protect pedestrians by expanding the “no right on red” ordinance, completing Atlanta’s sidewalk grid, and prioritizing the most dangerous roads, underserved neighborhoods, and senior communities.

Plans to protect pedestrians by expanding the “no right on red” ordinance.

Plans to fix broken sidewalks to make them more accessible for seniors, strollers, wheelchairs, and walkers.

Wants to invest in traffic calming mechanisms like raised crosswalks, bulbouts, and tree planting on major roads to improve pedestrian safety by slowing traffic.

Wants to improve pedestrian safety using raised crosswalks, bulbouts, and tree planting on major roads to slow traffic.

Aims to eliminate traffic fatalities by completing a city-wide bike grid with protected lanes on dangerous streets.

Supports expanding Atlanta’s e-bike voucher program, particularly in underserved communities and high-injury areas.

- Supports investing in transit alternatives, like BeltLine Rail, to reduce transportation costs for service workers.
- Supports completing the More MARTA program, including bus rapid transit, Beltline Rail, and Streetcar East Extension.
- Believes in ensuring MARTA spends dollars wisely to complete new projects quickly and provide more frequent progress updates.
- Aims to increase transit ridership by collaborating with MARTA and community partners on events, outreach, city-planning initiatives, and offering free rides to Atlanta Public Schools students.
- Plans to protect pedestrians by expanding the “no right on red” ordinance.
- Plans to fix broken sidewalks to make them more accessible for seniors, strollers, wheelchairs, and walkers.
- Wants to improve pedestrian safety using raised crosswalks, bulbouts, and tree planting on major roads to slow traffic.
- Aims to eliminate traffic fatalities by completing a city-wide bike grid with protected lanes on dangerous streets.
- Supports expanding Atlanta’s e-bike voucher program, particularly in underserved communities and high-injury areas.

Transportation & Infrastructure

Supports the local implementation of a Green New Deal, promoting a shift toward renewable resources and away from fossil fuels.

Wants to reduce Atlanta’s carbon footprint by planning more mixed-use, walkable neighborhoods that encourage walking, biking, public transit, and car-free living.

Wants to preserve the tree canopy by planting more trees on public land, especially along pedestrian walkways and bus stops.

Supports preventing severe flooding by investing in green infrastructure, such as rain gardens, green roofs, and stormwater parks.

Opposes the construction of "inefficient, wasteful data centers" within city limits.

Supports enforcing the ban on single-use plastics from city government buildings and the Atlanta Airport, which was approved by City Council in 2019.

Wants to fund public pools and splash pads to help families stay cool during hot months.

- Supports the local implementation of a Green New Deal, promoting a shift toward renewable resources and away from fossil fuels.
- Wants to reduce Atlanta’s carbon footprint by planning more mixed-use, walkable neighborhoods that encourage walking, biking, public transit, and car-free living.
- Wants to preserve the tree canopy by planting more trees on public land, especially along pedestrian walkways and bus stops.
- Supports preventing severe flooding by investing in green infrastructure, such as rain gardens, green roofs, and stormwater parks.
- Opposes the construction of "inefficient, wasteful data centers" within city limits.
- Supports enforcing the ban on single-use plastics from city government buildings and the Atlanta Airport, which was approved by City Council in 2019.
- Wants to fund public pools and splash pads to help families stay cool during hot months.

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Supports affordable housing, environmentally responsible infrastructure, and workers' rights.

Supports investing in transit alternatives like the BeltLine Rail to reduce transportation costs for service workers.

- Believes "we need to ensure that employers who do business with the city of Atlanta practice worker safety and prioritize union hiring."

- Supports transparency, accessibility, and accountability in government.
- Believes we need "fair taxes on the ultra-rich" to pay for public services like health programs and after school care.

Supports creating more affordable housing in Atlanta.

- Supports creating more affordable housing in Atlanta.

As of September 3, 2025, Kelsea Bond’s website did not contain information on this issue.

- Supports investing in transit alternatives, like BeltLine Rail, to reduce transportation costs for service workers.

- Supports the local implementation of a Green New Deal, promoting a shift toward renewable resources and away from fossil fuels.

Kelsea Bond is a queer community organizer, former union member and education policy worker, born and raised in Metro Atlanta. Growing up in a diverse family of educators and public sector workers, Kelsea was raised to believe that our government has a responsibility to provide housing, healthcare, and a quality education as a human right. Since 2020, Kelsea has organized alongside dozens of progressive community organizations and labor unions to fight for reproductive and LGBTQ+ rights here in the State of Georgia, and organize solidarity for unionizing workers. In 2021, Kelsea organized with abortion rights groups to raise awareness for a Reproductive Freedom Act in Georgia, and in 2023 worked with their former union, United Campus Workers of Georgia to introduce legislation to the state legislature to legalize public sector bargaining rights. Kelsea has lived in City Council District 2 for ten years, and currently resides in Midtown, Atlanta.

Kelsea's campaign for Atlanta City Council Member, District 2 is their first entry into politics. 

As of September 3, 2025, Kelsea Bond did not have a website or any information online.

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