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HABLA y VOTA Episode 9 Guest Senator Kirk Watson, Candidate for Austin Mayor
Bienvenidos to HABLA y VOTA co-hosted and produced by Paul Saldaña, Lily Zamarripa-Saenz and Chris "TejanoMan" Tristan. Every Sunday morning at 9am we will be talking about the importance of our power, voices and votes. We will have special guests that will join us weekly, from Latino community leaders, elected/appointed officials, and candidates.
On Episode 9 we are joined by Special Guest: Senator Kirk Watson, Candidate for Austin Mayor.
Austin City Council Elections are scheduled this November 2022, and voters will elect a new Austin Mayor along with Council Members for Single Member Districts 1, 3, 5, 8 and 9.
Elected Mayor of Austin at just 40-years-old, Kirk helped Austin navigate its first tech boom, driving initiatives that accommodated an influx of people and businesses in ways that addressed affordability, the economy, and things people love about Austin. He did it by bringing different political sides together — leveraging the community’s creativity, commitment, and compassion to advance transformative environmental, transportation and public safety initiatives.
Kirk went on to become the State Senator representing most of Austin and was honored multiple times in Texas Monthly magazine's analysis of the state's best legislators.
At the Capitol, he filed and passed bills aimed at employing diverse strategies to create affordable housing and make Austin more affordable. He fought efforts to reduce Austin's control of its destiny, especially in cases where the Texas Legislature wanted to undermine local policies that help people live and thrive here.
Kirk was also the Founding Dean of the Hobby School of Public Affairs at the University of Houston. During this time, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner appointed him to the Mayor's Task Force on Policing Reform.
During this episode we discuss land use issues starting with the debates between Austin's development and environmental communities to protect environmental sensitive land. We discuss the historic environmental racism and land use issues in East Austin and the creation of the East Austin Overlay.
We also discuss the racial reconciliation efforts that led to the "Peace Between Communities Conference" of policing, race, racial intolerance and racism. And the ongoing narrative of Austin's progressive policies, affordability, transportation issues and Kirk's top priorities and vision for Austin.
Join us every Sunday at 9am on HOT Tejano! https://hottejano.com (download the HOTTejano App).
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By HABLA y VOTABienvenidos to HABLA y VOTA co-hosted and produced by Paul Saldaña, Lily Zamarripa-Saenz and Chris "TejanoMan" Tristan. Every Sunday morning at 9am we will be talking about the importance of our power, voices and votes. We will have special guests that will join us weekly, from Latino community leaders, elected/appointed officials, and candidates.
On Episode 9 we are joined by Special Guest: Senator Kirk Watson, Candidate for Austin Mayor.
Austin City Council Elections are scheduled this November 2022, and voters will elect a new Austin Mayor along with Council Members for Single Member Districts 1, 3, 5, 8 and 9.
Elected Mayor of Austin at just 40-years-old, Kirk helped Austin navigate its first tech boom, driving initiatives that accommodated an influx of people and businesses in ways that addressed affordability, the economy, and things people love about Austin. He did it by bringing different political sides together — leveraging the community’s creativity, commitment, and compassion to advance transformative environmental, transportation and public safety initiatives.
Kirk went on to become the State Senator representing most of Austin and was honored multiple times in Texas Monthly magazine's analysis of the state's best legislators.
At the Capitol, he filed and passed bills aimed at employing diverse strategies to create affordable housing and make Austin more affordable. He fought efforts to reduce Austin's control of its destiny, especially in cases where the Texas Legislature wanted to undermine local policies that help people live and thrive here.
Kirk was also the Founding Dean of the Hobby School of Public Affairs at the University of Houston. During this time, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner appointed him to the Mayor's Task Force on Policing Reform.
During this episode we discuss land use issues starting with the debates between Austin's development and environmental communities to protect environmental sensitive land. We discuss the historic environmental racism and land use issues in East Austin and the creation of the East Austin Overlay.
We also discuss the racial reconciliation efforts that led to the "Peace Between Communities Conference" of policing, race, racial intolerance and racism. And the ongoing narrative of Austin's progressive policies, affordability, transportation issues and Kirk's top priorities and vision for Austin.
Join us every Sunday at 9am on HOT Tejano! https://hottejano.com (download the HOTTejano App).