Each priority is organized around the problem, what William believes, practical action, and who it helps.
Last updated: May 30, 2026
Priorities
Common-sense priorities for a safer, healthier district.
Will is focused on practical steps that address root causes, protect families, and make government more responsive to the people it serves.
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Public safety rooted in intervention Families need safety now, while violence, addiction, untreated crisis, and retaliation can keep repeating.
- What William believes
- William believes public safety should include direct intervention, accountability, and help before people spiral further.
- Practical action
- Advance early intervention, including 72-hour evaluations after violent incidents, so cycles of trauma and retaliation can be interrupted.
- Who it helps
- Families affected by violence, neighbors trying to stabilize blocks, first responders, and people in crisis.
Recovery, housing, and stabilization Addiction, mental health crisis, trauma, and housing instability often overlap and show up as public safety problems.
- What William believes
- William believes stabilization should be treated as urgent community safety work, not as an afterthought.
- Practical action
- Support secure housing and stabilization options that treat addiction, mental health crisis, and trauma as urgent public safety issues.
- Who it helps
- People in recovery, families trying to keep loved ones safe, neighborhoods, service providers, and law enforcement partners.
Youth violence and gang prevention Young people need safe adults, structure, cultural connection, and practical alternatives before violence becomes normal.
- What William believes
- William believes prevention should reach young people early through mentorship, discipline, community connection, and accountability.
- Practical action
- Build partnerships around coaching, mentorship, anti-violence work, school/community supports, and safe activities.
- Who it helps
- Young people, parents, schools, coaches, neighborhoods, and families affected by violence.
Healthy food access Families can struggle to find affordable, healthy food close to home, especially when local options are limited.
- What William believes
- William believes food access is a health, family, and local business issue.
- Practical action
- Work with local market owners to expand healthy options and explore legislation allowing hot, healthy foods through EBT in locally owned stores.
- Who it helps
- Children, working families, elders, local stores, and neighborhoods without easy access to healthy meals.
Water conservation Drought years and water waste put pressure on farms, families, local budgets, and long-term growth.
- What William believes
- William believes water stewardship should be practical, local, and focused on conservation that people can see.
- Practical action
- Promote drought-year conservation, drip irrigation grants for farmers, and covering high-evaporation canal zones.
- Who it helps
- Farmers, farmworkers, households, local governments, and future generations who depend on reliable water.
Energy stewardship and solar on public buildings Public buildings use energy every day, and long-term operating costs matter to taxpayers.
- What William believes
- William believes public facilities should look for practical energy savings when the numbers work.
- Practical action
- Promote solar on publicly owned buildings and evaluate energy stewardship projects through cost, reliability, and maintenance needs.
- Who it helps
- Taxpayers, schools, local governments, workers, and communities planning for future energy needs.
Accountable local government People lose trust when decisions, costs, meetings, and follow-through are hard to understand.
- What William believes
- William believes government should answer clear questions, show its work, and stay close to the people affected by decisions.
- Practical action
- Keep attending public meetings, raise concrete questions, and turn community concerns into practical requests for action.
- Who it helps
- Residents, small businesses, neighborhoods, public employees, and voters who want decisions made in the open.
Small business and working families Working families and small businesses face rising costs, workforce pressures, and practical barriers that can be missed in broad policy debates.
- What William believes
- William believes policy should respect people who work with their hands, run local shops, raise families, and keep communities moving.
- Practical action
- Listen to local employers and working families before supporting bills that affect costs, permits, workforce needs, or household stability.
- Who it helps
- Workers, parents, tradespeople, local owners, customers, and communities that depend on steady local jobs.
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