Ethan Hale - Ballotpedia

Ethan Hale is from Seattle, Washington. He earned a high school diploma from Cedar Ridge High School. He attends Houston Community College. He is agnostic.

Ethan is an activist. He has been affiliated with 50501 Houston and Recall Houston.

Ethan's campaign for Houston City Council At-large Position 4 is his first entry into politics. 

Supports a local system of universal basic income (UBI) for those on Social Security Insurance (SSI) and disabled people.

Supports using local funds to address medical staff shortages due to Medicaid cuts.

- Supports a local system of universal basic income (UBI) for those on Social Security Insurance (SSI) and disabled people.
- Supports using local funds to address medical staff shortages due to Medicaid cuts.

Economy

Opposes the "Strong-Mayor" system, which would give the mayor more power, saying it "concentrates far too much power into one person and should be abolished."

- Opposes the "Strong-Mayor" system, which would give the mayor more power, saying it "concentrates far too much power into one person and should be abolished."

Public Services

Believes food, housing, and healthcare are human rights.

Opposes the "criminalization of homelessness" and believes the city must do more to address homelessness.

Promises to address landlords who "screw over their tenants."

- Believes food, housing, and healthcare are human rights.
- Opposes the "criminalization of homelessness" and believes the city must do more to address homelessness.
- Promises to address landlords who "screw over their tenants."

Housing & Urban Development

Opposes allowing the Houston Police Department to cooperate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Believes reducing poverty will reduce crime.

Believes reducing poverty will reduce crime more than "spending on police."

- Opposes allowing the Houston Police Department to cooperate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
- Believes reducing poverty will reduce crime more than "spending on police."

Public Safety

Supports municipalizing CenterPoint Energy to ensure reliable electricity.

Supports local control of CenterPoint Energy to ensure reliable electricity.

Supports the development of public transportation.

- Supports local control of CenterPoint Energy to ensure reliable electricity.
- Supports the development of public transportation.

Transportation & Infrastructure

Supports taxing the biggest polluters in the city and using that money to fund health services for the communities they harm.

Believes the water supply is "on the verge of collapse" due to data centers and wants to invest in water treatment plants and halt new data center developments.

- Supports taxing the biggest polluters in the city and using that money to fund health services for the communities they harm.
- Believes the water supply is "on the verge of collapse" due to data centers and wants to invest in water treatment plants and halt new data center developments.

Energy & the Environment

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Ethan Hale

Supports taxing the biggest polluters in the city and using that money to fund health services for the communities they poison.

Supports public ownership of utilities and plans to municipalize CenterPoint.

Believes "the neoliberal establishment needs to be replaced with a system that puts people above profit."

Opposes the "criminalization of homelessness."

Ethan is a pre-med student and activist. He has been affiliated with 50501 Houston and Recall Houston.

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