Mikal Goodman is from Pontiac, Michigan. He has an associate's degree from Oakland Community College, focusing on political science and sociology. He lives with his family in Pontiac.

District 3 Mikal Goodman | Pontiac City Council

Mikal is the Executive Director of the Michigan Alliance for Justice in Climate (MAJIC). He previously worked as a paraprofessional and elective instructor at the Arts and Technology Academy of Pontiac and served as the lead political organizer with Oakland Forward.

Mikal is currently a member of the Pontiac City Council, representing District 3. He was elected in 2021 and is serving his first term.

Supports requiring city contractors to pay a living wage and meet safety standards.

Supports penalizing corporate landlords for prolonged commercial vacancies and supporting small business development in downtown Pontiac.

Supports penalizing corporate landlords for keeping commercial properties vacant.

Supports partnering with the Building Trades to expand union construction career pathways, with a focus on women, veterans, and people of color.

Supports partnering with the Building Trades to expand union construction career paths, focusing on women, veterans, and people of color.

Supports creating parking passes for service workers in Pontiac to make downtown more accessible for employees.

Supports creating parking passes for service workers to make downtown more accessible for employees.

Supports small business development in downtown Pontiac.

- Supports requiring city contractors to pay a living wage and meet safety standards.
- Supports penalizing corporate landlords for keeping commercial properties vacant.
- Supports partnering with the Building Trades to expand union construction career paths, focusing on women, veterans, and people of color.
- Supports creating parking passes for service workers to make downtown more accessible for employees.
- Supports small business development in downtown Pontiac.

Economy

Supports the Tenant/Community Opportunity to Purchase Act (TOPA) to help tenants buy their homes when the owner sells, and plans to conduct feasibility studies for this initiative in Pontiac.

Supports the Tenant/Community Opportunity to Purchase Act (TOPA), which lets tenants buy their homes if the owner sells. Plans to study if this could work in Pontiac.

Supports providing housing access and down payment assistance for families displaced by infrastructure projects.

Supports housing access and down payment help for families displaced by infrastructure projects.

Supports establishing an anti-eviction task force, a school-year eviction moratorium, and winter weather protections.

Supports creating an anti-eviction task force, a school-year eviction moratorium, and winter eviction protections.

Supports providing renters with legal representation in eviction cases.

Supports regulating rent and fees to make housing more affordable.

Supports adopting a "Housing First" approach, prioritizing services over punitive measures, and creating a supportive response to encampments.

Supports a “Housing First” approach, focusing on services instead of punishment for people in encampments.

Supports accessible housing for seniors, disabled residents, and current residents seeking homeownership.

Supports building accessible housing for seniors, people with disabilities, and local families who want to buy homes.

- Supports the Tenant/Community Opportunity to Purchase Act (TOPA), which lets tenants buy their homes if the owner sells. Plans to study if this could work in Pontiac.
- Supports housing access and down payment help for families displaced by infrastructure projects.
- Supports creating an anti-eviction task force, a school-year eviction moratorium, and winter eviction protections.
- Supports providing renters with legal representation in eviction cases.
- Supports regulating rent and fees to make housing more affordable.
- Supports a “Housing First” approach, focusing on services instead of punishment for people in encampments.
- Supports building accessible housing for seniors, people with disabilities, and local families who want to buy homes.

Housing & Urban Development

Believes true community safety includes mental health resources, youth programs, and support for vulnerable residents, not just policing.

Supports implementing a crisis response team to handle mental health and nonviolent 911 calls.

Supports violence interruption programs led by respected community members to reduce gun violence through local engagement and mentorship.

Supports violence interruption programs led by community members to reduce gun violence.

Supports partnering with nonprofits to provide Narcan training and prescription disposal events to combat opioid addiction.

Supports working with nonprofits on Narcan training and safe prescription disposal to fight opioid addiction.

Supports increasing street lighting to improve public safety.

Supports collaborating with leaders at all levels to develop restorative solutions for youth violence, focusing on alternatives to incarceration.

Supports restorative justice and alternatives to incarceration for youth.

Supports declaring gun violence a public health crisis to secure funding for prevention and intervention programs.

- Believes true community safety includes mental health resources, youth programs, and support for vulnerable residents, not just policing.
- Supports implementing a crisis response team to handle mental health and nonviolent 911 calls.
- Supports violence interruption programs led by community members to reduce gun violence.
- Supports working with nonprofits on Narcan training and safe prescription disposal to fight opioid addiction.
- Supports increasing street lighting to improve public safety.
- Supports restorative justice and alternatives to incarceration for youth.
- Supports declaring gun violence a public health crisis to secure funding for prevention and intervention programs.

Public Safety

Supports regulating against the establishment of new centers that "mislead residents seeking quality reproductive care."

Supports rules against new centers that mislead residents seeking reproductive care.

Supports funding access to contraceptives, STI checks, prenatal care, domestic violence support, and childcare.

- Supports rules against new centers that mislead residents seeking reproductive care.
- Supports funding access to contraceptives, STI checks, prenatal care, domestic violence support, and childcare.

Healthcare

Supports expanding ADA-accessible playground equipment and investing in park improvements.

Supports expanding ADA-accessible playgrounds and improving parks.

Supports extending Spanish language resources and staff to improve citywide accessibility.

Supports adding more Spanish language staff and resources citywide.

Supports creating a forum for youth to voice their concerns.

Supports creating a searchable city spending database to increase transparency.

Supports funding programs that help seniors age in place, reduce isolation, and foster community connections.

Supports working with nonprofits and government agencies to make Pontiac a "welcoming, supportive city for immigrants."

- Supports expanding ADA-accessible playgrounds and improving parks.
- Supports adding more Spanish language staff and resources citywide.
- Supports creating a forum for youth to voice their concerns.
- Supports creating a searchable city spending database to increase transparency.
- Supports funding programs that help seniors age in place, reduce isolation, and foster community connections.
- Supports working with nonprofits and government agencies to make Pontiac a "welcoming, supportive city for immigrants."

Public Services

Supports investing in green infrastructure to address flooding and prepare cooling and warming centers for extreme temperatures.

Supports passing ordinances to hold polluting corporations accountable and protect residents from industrial pollution.

Supports investing in projects that aim to address pollution’s health effects and wants to incentivize tree and native species planting to improve air quality.

Supports investing in projects to reduce pollution’s health effects, including more trees and native plants to improve air quality.

- Supports investing in green infrastructure to address flooding and prepare cooling and warming centers for extreme temperatures.
- Supports passing ordinances to hold polluting corporations accountable and protect residents from industrial pollution.
- Supports investing in projects to reduce pollution’s health effects, including more trees and native plants to improve air quality.

Energy & the Environment

Supports investing in walking, biking, and transit infrastructure to ensure safe and sustainable navigation for all residents.

Supports investing in walking, biking, and transit infrastructure to ensure safe and sustainable transportation.

Supports legislation that reinstates driver's licenses for all, including the Drive Michigan Bills, to improve access to transportation.

- Supports investing in walking, biking, and transit infrastructure to ensure safe and sustainable transportation.
- Supports legislation that reinstates driver's licenses for all, including the Drive Michigan Bills, to improve access to transportation.

Transportation & Infrastructure

Mikal Ka'Mario Goodman (Write-In)

- Supports requiring city contractors to pay a living wage and meet safety standards.
- Supports penalizing corporate landlords for keeping commercial properties vacant.
- Supports partnering with the Building Trades to expand union construction career paths, focusing on women, veterans, and people of color.
- Supports small business development in downtown Pontiac.

Supports empowering residents to engage in budgeting and policy prioritization.

Supports investing in green infrastructure to address flooding and extreme temperatures.

Supports investing in walking, biking, and public transit infrastructure to ensure safe and sustainable navigation for all residents.

Mikal is the Executive Director of the Michigan Alliance for Justice in Climate (MAJIC), where he advances policies that center Black and Brown communities disproportionately affected by climate change. He previously worked as a paraprofessional and elective instructor at the Arts and Technology Academy of Pontiac and served as the lead political organizer with Oakland Forward, where he organized grassroots efforts to transform Oakland County's BIPOC and frontline communities.

As of August 13, 2025, Mikal Ka'Mario Goodman (Write-In)’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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