Steve Fletcher - Minneapolis Ward 3

I’ve asked the City Attorney to not spend city resources prosecuting protest-related charges. I’ll update when I have a response to share.https://twitter.com/daniellejean701/status/1337490451033624583 …

Thanks and congratulations to everyone who advocated for these important investments to make our city safer and more just. It’s a big win and an important first step toward a transformed system of public safety. Congrats, especially, to co-authors @MplsWard4 and @MplsWard10.

The Minneapolis City Council passed our 2021 budget, including the #SafetyForAllBudget package! In 2021, our city will implement mental health emergency response, support community safety programs, add violence prevention capacity and improve police accountability.

Thanks to everyone who contributed ideas, feedback, public testimony and advocacy work to help move our city forward. I’m proud of what we’ve accomplished together, and thrilled we got to such a positive outcome.

Today, the City Council voted to approve our #SafetyForAllBudget in it’s entirety! It’s a huge step forward that funds mental health response & violence prevention, shifts civilian roles to departments that can better support the work, and improves accountability.

Thanks to everyone who shared their perspective and experience in this rapidly evolving market. There's more work to do in the rule-making and fee-setting process ahead, but today's work fixed a lot of the issues that revealed themselves in extensive stakeholder discussion.

I authored an ordinance to better regulate short term rentals, which just passed the Council unanimously. The new law allows us to intervene in problem rentals, and preserves more housing as housing, rather than letting too much be converted to STR. https://lims.minneapolismn.gov/File/2019-00707 

Public hearing is over. Thanks to @MplsWard10 and @mplsclerk for making this meeting run so smoothly, and to everyone who shared their ideas and feedback!

I really appreciate everyone taking the time to testify on the budget. Its after midnight and we’re still going! It’s important for community to be heard and hear each other. As a policy maker, I value these hearings, even if they can feel a little distant (especially online).

A couple ways to learn more and provide feedback: - Online discussion for Ward 3 constituents Tuesday, December 1st at 5 PM. https://fb.me/e/13fFd8LYY  - Public hearing on Wednesday, December 2nd at 6:05. You can sign up to speak here: http://www2.minneapolismn.gov/meetings/onlinemeetings/attend-citycouncil-meeting …

This excellent thread from my colleague Cam Gordon @mplsward2 expresses a lot of the reasons I believe in this proposal, and the reasons I believe it will be met with a lot of support in community and on the Council.https://twitter.com/mplsward2/status/1332764219180199941 …

Yesterday, @mplsward4, @MplsWard10 and I released the #SafetyForAllBudget proposal, which makes important investments in mental health response, public safety beyond policing, violence prevention, and accountability/oversight.https://twitter.com/MplsWard4/status/1332788852298309634 …

I’m here to observe tonight with a few of my colleagues. Caught up with one bus load of people who had been cited, loaded on a bus and dropped off in Stadium Village. They were mostly OK, understandably angry, and bewildered by the escalation.

I cannot see what good tonight’s arrests of peaceful protesters can accomplish. I can see plenty of harm. Adamantly disagree with the decision to trap and arrest demonstrators tonight. It’s the last thing our community needed tonight.

If you’re one of the voters that helped Minneapolis set a new turnout record... thank you! If you haven’t voted yet, there’s still time. Get to your polling place by 8 PM and you can still be part of this historic election. Go #VOTE now!https://twitter.com/VoteMpls/status/1323776882240901123 …

Ballot drop-offs, including Northrop on the U of MN campus are open to accept your absentee ballot. Early voting starts at Noon. According to @mplsclerk, Sunday turnout has been lower in the past than other days, so this may be the best day for quick, easy in-person early voting.https://twitter.com/VoteMpls/status/1322927850027143168 …

Downtown absentee ballot drop-off open until 8 pm. Thanks, @HC_Elections for making it quick and easy to get our votes counted.https://twitter.com/HC_Elections/status/1322612433299582977 …