Key Facts
Background
| Tyron Jordan earned a B.A. in Government from California State University – Sacramento. After college, he served in the army for 7 years. He currently works as a paralegal for the CA Attorney General. Jordan is a member of the Oakland Library Advisory Commission, a member of the Oakland Rotary Club, where he volunteers with the KinderPrep Committee distributing books to low-income families, and a volunteer for Veterans of Foreign Wars [4]. He previously served as a shop steward and union organizer for SEIU Local 1000 and as a Senator Bernie Sanders delegate-at-large for the 2020 DNC [3]. |
Key Issues
Infrastructure
Jordan opposes the Oakland A’s Howard Terminal Luxury Village Project [1].
Housing
Jordan supports extending the eviction moratorium, and enforcing rent control and tenant protection policies. He wants to decrease gentrification [1].
Homelessness
Jordan wants to provide immediate access to permanent housing, access to support and treatment for mental health and substance abuse issues, and double the number of available transitional housing beds. He wants to provide counseling for homeless individuals and implement a data gathering system to accurately count Oakland’s homeless population [1].
Public Safety
Jordan supports the recently proposed Mobile Assistance Community Responders of Oakland program. He wants to ensure that the Police Department and Fire Department are well-funded [1].
Law Enforcement
Jordan wants to promote trust in law enforcement by having officers reside in the communities they are assigned to police and by having new recruits personally introduce themselves to community members [1].
Economy
Jordan supports restructuring Oakland’s gross receipt system to decrease taxes for small businesses [1].
Energy
Jordan supports transitioning to clean energy sources [1].
Endorsements
No endorsements could be found.
Sources
1 Campaign Website
2 Twitter
3 Ballotpedia
4 The Oaklandside
5 Voters Edge