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Coleman A. Young II Candidate for Mayor for the City of Detroit

Hi, I am Coleman A. Young II and I have been elected for 11 years as a legislator for the

State of Michigan. From 2006 thru 2009 I served as a State Representative for the 4th District for

2 two-year terms and served over 100,000 constituents. Currently, I am a second term (2011-

2018) State Senator for the 1st District, which was the same district that my father, Mayor Coleman

A. Young served as State Senator and I represent over 400,000 constituents in 11 cities and 2

townships; from Alter Road to Gibraltar, MI; including Downtown and Mid-Town Detroit. I am

elected and always working hard for my constituents… without hint of scandal or corruption.

During my 11-year tenure I have passed landmark civil rights legislation that gives working

women in the private and public sectors paid maternity leave. I have also passed legislation

regulating the medical marijuana industry; creating 10,000 jobs through movie tax credits;

assisting energy cost recovery; increasing blight control; creating the Michigan Tax Tribunal Fund;

and extending neighborhood enterprise zones for local homeowners to decrease property taxes. I

have made constituent services my priority and in 11 years I have resolved 11,818 complaints:

from mortgage foreclosures, to incarceration revocations, to landlord management issues, to traffic

issues. As a member of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, I have passed $500,000

for the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, $2 million to keep Focus Hope

open, and $6.8 million for the Heat & Eat Program, which gives the State of Michigan the capacity

to draw down an additional $300 million from the U. S. Government.

Attached is a complete copy of my Plan for Detroit (Copyright Certificate of Registration

TXu 2-050-246), which provides for a more equitable city that is transparent in its dealings and

includes the voices of the citizenry in an environment that is customer service friendly. It is our

overarching vision for Detroit’s administration of City Services.

Customer Service Oriented Staff ~ Inclusion of Constituent Viewpoints ~

Transparency in Government ~ Y is because it’s YOUR CITY!

My Plan for Detroit advances our vision for Detroit… a Place where Strong Families are

supported with Jobs, Safe Walkable Neighborhoods, Recreation, Good Schools, Retail Centers

and Entertainment. I want to be Mayor so that we can provide jobs, opportunities, secure and

developing neighborhoods for ALL Detroiters. I have also included a copy of my campaign

literature so that you can see what my accomplishments have been and what my campaign has

distributed to Detroiters.

My father, Mayor Coleman A. Young, taught me to “Always let The People find you

working, son.” I have done that. It is that work habit and Love for Detroit that has brought me to

this very gracious opportunity to ask for the votes of Detroiters in a debate before The People on

WDIV as candidate for Mayor of this great city. Thank you, Vote Coleman A. Young for Mayor on

November 7th.

He’ll Fight FOR YOU & Your Family

He’ll Fight FOR Your Neighborhood

He’ll Fight FOR JOBS FOR Detroiters

Campaign Office – 18963 Livernois Just South of 7 Mile

(313) 635-5080 Call Us to Volunteer

MAYOR DETROIT

Coleman A. Young

II

VOTE

Tuesday

NOV.

7th Coleman A. Young For Detroit 269 Walker Street #438 Detroit, MI 48207 TheYoungMovement.com

He’s Qualified – CURRENT 2 Term State Senator-#1 (2011-2018)

400,000+ constituents in Detroit & 11 cities My Dad’s State Senate District, Mayor Coleman A. Young CURRENT MEMBER - Senate Appropriations Comm. Passed $500,000 Charles H. Wright Museum

$2 million Focus Hope - $6.8 million Heat & Eat – NOW State CAN Draw down $300 million U. S. Government SERVED - 2 Terms as State Representative-#4 (2007-2010) 100,000+ constituents in Detroit

He’s Honest – No Scandals. No Investigations. No Misuse of Public Funds. No Corruption.

He’s the People’s Champion – He Stands Alone. Voted Against – “Right to Work” which destroyed Our Unions, The City Bankruptcy Deal AND Taking of City Assets: The Theft of Cobo Hall, The Theft of Belle Isle, The Theft of DPS, The Theft of Public Lighting, The Theft of the DIA, and The Theft of Our Water.

Passed Landmark Civil Rights Legislation – For Paid Maternity Leave for Pregnant Police and Firefighters

and Working Women in Michigan. For Regulation of Medical Marijuana. For Energy Cost Recovery. For Increasing Blight Control. For expanding Neighborhood Enterprise Zones for Local Homeowners. For JOBS from the Movie Tax Credit for Detroiters!

He’s Elected 10 Years - Working Hard and Fighting For YOU! 10,000 JOBS THROUGH MOVIE TAX CREDITS 11,818 COMPLAINTS SERVICED 45,000 DOORS KNOCKED 5,761 DTE CONCERNS ADDRESSED 631 INCARCERATION ISSUES SOLVED 117 BLOCK CLUBS VISITED 865 SENIOR CITIZEN CONCERNS SOLVED 156 CHURCHES VISITED 272 LANDLORD-TENANT ISSUES 134 MORTGAGE FORECLOSURES STOPPED 389 FUNERALS ATTENDED 106 SCHOOLS VISITED 100 CHILDREN IN PAID READING PROGRAM 96 VACANT LOTS CUT 563 FAMILY EVENTS ATTENDED

Coleman A. Young II For Mayor of Detroit

Vision for OUR DetroitDetroit… a Place where Strong Families are supported with Jobs, Safe Walkable

Neighborhoods, Recreation, Good Schools, Entertainment and Retail CentersFor ALL Detroiters.

Vision for CITY Administration of ServicesCustomer Service Oriented Staff ~ Inclusion of Constituent Viewpoints ~ Transparency in Government ~ Y is because it’s YOUR CITY!

Coleman A. Young II – Plan for Detroit

TRANSPORTATION INNOVATION & DDOT• Complimentary Bus Tickets for Seniors and Students• Urbanized Area Formula Funding Program (49 U.S.C. 5307)

15 grants available based on Detroit’s population – transit capital and operating expenses

• SkyTran: elevated transit-electromagnetic power at 10% of costs to build can position Detroit for new businesses and development in the 21st century o Transports 10,000 passengers/hr. – sustainable energy o NASA engineering, built in Mountain View, CA; o Colorado is in planning stages: Boulder – Firestone

POVERTY• “Poverty is associated with the undermining of a range

of key human attributes, including health.” Per the World Health Organization

• Create an Office of Opportunity – Help the 48% of Detroit citizens living in poverty; shared prosperity/equal opportunity

• Moratorium on Water Shutoffs and Foreclosures• Utilize TARP Hardest Hit Funds to save homes &

stabilize neighborhoods, original mission for TARP• Senior Citizen Home Repair Grants NOT Loans• Re-Open Closed Rec Centers with bond dollars (already

approved by voters) and development impact fees• Support increasing $15.00/hour min. wage as approved by

14 cities; New York, NY; Missoula, MT; Pittsburgh, PA; Greensboro, NC; Portland, OR; Seattle, WA; Milwaukie, OR.

HOMELESSNESS• Employment is the real answer to homelessness Use Sec. 3

of HUD for training and jobs for Detroiters• Partner with Homeless Nonprofits so that there is a more

coordinated effort for families with children• Preventive Health Care – Work with federal partners

to have more federally qualified health clinics for more prevention

• This is true for Detroit. In the words of my father, Mayor Coleman A. Young “There is no problem that a good-paying job can’t fix.”

CONSTITUTIONAL BREACHES• Fight to Restore City Jewels• Restore Defrauded City Retirees• Support and Join Law Suit for Re-Pay $1.1 Billion

OWED from State of Michigan To Detroit Citizens

CRIME / NEIGHBORHOOD SECURITY• Restore Residency for Police, Fire, EMT/ Distance

Homeland Security• Require By Law: ALL Police Agencies to Adhere to

DPD Policies and DPD be present at scene• Expand Neighborhood Police Mini-Stations• Shot-Spotter Technology: Acoustic Sound Technology to

track gunshots in Detroit• Partner w/hospitals; data/wrap around services for gunshot

victims suffering from PTSD

AUTO INSURANCE REFORM• Sue insurance companies for racist, red-lining policies that

keep Detroit’s rates highest in United States• U. S. Treasury states insurance should be no more than 2%

of YOUR income.• Driving Record determines rate, NOT credit score or zip

code

EDUCATION• Work with the Superintendent of Detroit Public Schools

Community District (DPSCD)• Expanded Learning Time: Longer School Day/Year• Provide wrap-around services with schools: Job Training,

Tax Preparation, Community Health Care, Baby College, Conflict Resolution, Nutrition Services, Trauma Counseling and Transformative Leadership

ENTREPRENEURS & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT• Procurement Technical Assistance Centers• Community Development Corporations/ Financial• New Market Tax Credits; CBDG and Home Funds for

Neighborhood Investments• African Town – Work with Dr. Claude Anderson

HEALTH CARE• Preventive Health Care –More federally qualified health clinics for more prevention• Opioid Epidemic – Partner with our substance abuse addiction and treatment recovery centers, so that we

have clear policy, like New York City; medical grade heroine, naltrexone or brand Vivitrol to block brain opioid receptors

• LEAD – Law Enforcement Assistance Diversion: Low level drug violators should receive diversion and treatment not corrections

• Partner with local health care systems, local/state agencies, NIH WHO, and CDC to abate Hepatitis A breakout for 100,000 water shutoffs and asbestos contamination from landbank demolitions

© Coleman A. Young II – Plan for Detroit; 7/4/2017; U. S. Copyright Office #1-5567399531

For my Complete Plan for Detroit, including issues affecting Environment and Blight see TheYoungMovement.com. Or call us at (313) 635-5080 to get a copy. - Thanks, Coleman

For my Complete Plan for Detroit, including issues affecting Environment and Blight see TheYoungMovement.com. Or call us at (313) 635-5080 to get a copy. - Thanks, Coleman

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CONSTITUTIONAL BREACHES

CRIME / SECURITY

AUTO INSURANCE REFORM

EDUCATION / LITERACY / TRANSFORMATIVE LEADERSHIP

ENTREPRENEURS & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

TRANSPORTATION INNOVATION & DDOT

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

BLIGHT / AESTHETICS

HEALTH CARE

HOMELESSNESS

POVERTY


Overarching Vision for CITY Administration of Services

Customer Service Oriented Staff ~ Inclusion of Constituent Viewpoints ~ Transparency in Government ~ Y is because it’s YOUR CITY!

Overarching Vision for Detroit

Detroit… a Place where Strong Families are supported with Jobs, Safe Walkable Neighborhoods, Recreation, Good Schools, Retail Centers and Entertainment

For ALL Detroiters.




Overarching Vision for CITY Administration of Services

Customer Service Oriented Staff

Inclusion of Constituency Viewpoints

Transparency in Government

Y is because it’s YOUR CITY!

Overarching Vision for Detroit

Detroit… a Place where Strong Families are supported with Jobs, Safe Walkable

Neighborhoods, Recreation, Good Schools, Retail Centers and Entertainment for

ALL Detroiters.

All political power is inherent in the people. Government is instituted for their equal

benefit, security and protection. (Michigan Constitution, Article 1, Section1, 1963)

No person shall be denied the equal protection of the laws; nor shall any person be denied

the enjoyment of his civil or political rights or be discriminated against in the exercise

thereof because of religion, race, color or national origin. The legislature shall implement

this section by appropriate legislation. (Michigan Constitution, Article 1, Section 2, 1963)

The difference between services in our neighborhoods and downtown and midtown is

discriminatory on its face. Let us Unite our City in a more equitable way for all Detroiters.

Mission

Constitutional Breaches: In accordance with the Oath of Office required by the Mayor of

Detroit “Every elective officer and every appointee before entering on official duties shall

take and subscribe the following oath before the Detroit City Clerk: "I do solemnly swear (or

affirm) that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of this

state and that I will faithfully discharge the duties of office to the best of my ability." The

original of the oath shall be filed in the Office of the City Clerk and a copy provided to the

elective officer or the appointee.” (Detroit City Code. Sec. 2-103)

One of responsibilities of government is to assure the citizenry the right to the enjoyment of

the long term held assets which have been acquired and maintained under the municipal

corporation. Assets which have been taken unlawfully by unconstitutional acts must be

returned to the citizens via action of the courts in the balance of a triumvirate government.

• Legally fight to restore City of Detroit assets to The People, like Belle Isle, the Detroit

Water and Sewerage Department and Public Lighting. Undo the Constitutional

Breaches triggered by the unconstitutional Emergency Manager Law and the

Bankruptcy which defrauded Retiree pensions and city coffers

Coleman A. Young II –Plan: Page 2 of 9


• Support and join the lawsuit against the State of Michigan for the re-payment of $1.1

billion dollars in revenue sharing plus accrued interest, now owed to the City of

Detroit

Crime: Treat violence like a virus. We want to issue a resolution to the Centers for

Disease Control (CDC), to be able to acquire more accurate data to gain more information on the

root causes of how the violence occurs, [like Wilmington, DE].

• Re-Establish Residency policies by court action as a Homeland Security /Inter-

national Border issue for First Responder distance from Command Center-Detroit.

• Partner with hospitals with data and wrap-around services for gunshot victims, who

also are more likely to become gunshot perpetrators, according to the National Institutes of

Health (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1449260/?tool=pmcentrez)

o We want to provide job services, job training services, crisis counseling, and PTSD

therapy (post-traumatic stress disorder).

o Oftentimes, victims are suffering from PTSD.

(https://www.adaa.org/understanding-anxiety/posttraumatic-stress-disorder-

ptsd/symptoms)

• Expand use of Mini-Police Stations in high crime areas to increase police

effectiveness and decrease response times.

• Shot-spotter Technology: Use of acoustic/sound technology to track where gunshots are

originating throughout Detroit and trace the location.

(http://search.proquest.com.proxy.lib.wayne.edu/docview/871890691?accountid=14925)

• Better use of Tracing Data from Nation Integration Ballistics Information Network

from Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. New Jersey has used this data to help close more

cases faster. It is “the only national network that allows for the capture and comparison of

ballistic evidence to aid in solving and preventing violent crimes involving firearms.”

(https://www.atf.gov/resource-center/fact-sheet/fact-sheet-national-integrated-ballistic-

information-networkthe only national network)

• More effective use of Office of Victims of Crime Act Grants (VOCA) to assist victims.

(https://ojp.gov/ovc/grants/)

Auto Insurance Reform: Provide auto insurance for Detroit residents that is more

equitable with other insured members in the state and across the United States. Currently,

we have a File and Use system. The auto insurance companies file the new rates whenever

they want with the Auto Insurance Commissioner and use the new rates at will.

• Sue the insurance companies over the racist, red-lining policies that they have used to

keep Detroit’s rate excessively high

• Implement Prior Approval, which requires the Insurance Commissioner’s prior

approval, before they can file the new rates

• Give the Commissioner more powers so that they can order roll-backs of rates if they

are “excessive” or issue refunds if the Commissioner finds that consumers have been

overcharged or price-gouged.



• Change the definition of “excessive rates.” Rates are only deemed excessive in the

State of Michigan if competition doesn’t exist, which is a near impossible standard to

reach.

o We need to adhere to the definition of “excessive rates” established by the

United States Treasury, where it states that rates are excessive if they are more

than 2% of your income. (https://www.treasury.gov/initiatives/fio/reports-and-

notices/Documents/FINAL%20Auto%20Affordability%20Study_web.pdf)

o This rate should be adopted by the State of Michigan

• Public Hearings should be held, for insurance companies to increase rates, because

their product is mandated by state law.

• Driving Record should be the determiner for rates not territories or credit scoring.

• Only 19% of Detroiters have good credit; insurance should not be based on credit

scores when you may have a bad credit score and great driving record or vice-versa.

Education: Work with the Superintendent of Detroit Public Schools Community District

• Provide Wrap Around Services with Schools. Those services that are provided by City

of Detroit services be provided within the microcosm of the school so that it aids in

the success of the student. Services like: Job Training, Tax Preparation, Community

Health Care, Baby College, (http://hcz.org/our-programs/the-baby-college/), Conflict

Resolution, Nutrition Services, Trauma Counseling and Transformative Leadership

Program for equality and equity for marginalized students and citizens.

(http://routledgetextbooks.com/textbooks/_author/shields-9780415892544/default.php)

• Work with international expert at Wayne State University on Transformative

Leadership for minoritized communities.

• Expanded Learning Time: Longer School Day, Longer School Year so that students

have longer exposure to learning environment and less time on streets. Also, expanded

learning time decreases the amount of summer loss of learning.

(http://www.readingrockets.org/article/time-learn-benefits-longer-school-day;

http://www.doe.mass.edu/redesign/elt/)

• Partner with Labor Organizations to Provide Skilled Trades Skills and Jobs Training.

All students don’t want to or cannot attend college. This provides them with an alternative

for professions and careers that can lead to apprenticeships and journeyman positions.

Entrepreneurs and Economic Development: Helping Entrepreneurs and Small Business

Owners to get started, develop and gro (https://michiganeconomy.chicagofedblogs.org/?p=862)

Community Benefits Agreements with legally binding agreements for first source hiring for

Detroiters. These agreements would be legally binding with sanctions that if the promises for

Detroiters to get first opportunity for jobs and services that are agreed on like community/retail

centers, etc. that the developer can be sued for citizen recourse.

• Procurement Technical Assistance Centers that are expanded throughout the city that



provide training to small businesses and entrepreneurs to help them qualify for local,

state and federal contracts and grants.

• One-Stop Permitting Centers

• Reducing regulations and red tape for entrepreneurs

• Small Business Development Centers to help Small Business owners with

development/business plans for start-up financing and growth development

• Community Development Financial Institutions ties to help with financing needs for

small businesses will give the City ability to draw down more money from the federal

government

• Community Development Corporations for repositories of Federal Grants

• New Market Tax Credits, Community Development Block Grants and Home Funds

for Neighborhood Investment

• Bring back African Town to help monetize our culture and history for small businesses

Transportation: At least 15 Federal Transit Agency grants for which the City of Detroit

qualifies. (https://www.transit.dot.gov/grants)* Some of the grants are competitive, but most are

formula, which means that Detroit’s eligibility for the grants is based on our population from the

last Census Report of 2010. Specifically, Detroit is eligible for the Urbanized Area Formula

Funding program (49 U.S.C. 5307), which makes federal resources available to urbanized

areas and to governors for transit capital and operating assistance in urbanized areas and

for transportation-related planning.

• skyTran: An elevated transit that uses electromagnetic power for personal rapid

transit (PRT) that carries 2 person pods that is much cheaper than traditional

mass/rapid transit; 10% of traditional costs. These units use Maglev (magnetic

levitational energy) (STML™) which requires as much energy as a hair dryer, so

energy-wise it is a much more sustainable mass/rapid transit system.

(https://www.energy.gov/articles/how-maglev-works)

• skytran at the NASA Ames Research Center, in California, has been developed as a high

speed overhead driverless two person pods with rapid personal transit. skyTran requires

less infrastructure and maglev energy along an overhead guideway. Typically, skyTran costs

1/10 of the cost to construct for this personal mobility transit model.

• skyTran could position Detroit for new businesses and development in the 2ist

century and do for Detroit what the automobile did for Detroit during the industrial

revolution in the age of innovative rapid personal driverless transit. skyTran is being

considered/built in India, (http://www.livemint.com/Politics/jTkaW0K5ZHCASU

uz0rSDBO/skyTran-to-build-pod-car-pilot-project-in-India-at-own-cost.html), Mountain

View, CA, (https://mv-voice.com/news/2017/04/11/the-transit-system-of-tomorrow-for-

traffic-jams-of-today), and a demonstration site at Ben Gurion Airport at Tel Aviv,

Israel. (http://kinetic.seattle.wa.us/skynews3.html) (http://www.jpost.com/Business-

and-Innovation/Health-and-Science/Lofty-thinking-with-SkyTran-463286)

• Sustainable Systems of Colorado has developed a transit system using skytran is a

transportation system developed through the U. S. Department of Transportation that is an

overhead guideway system with 2 person pods. skytran handles 10,000 passengers per hour



and it is run by sustainable solar and hydrogen energy so that the environment is not

impacted. Their system provides it’s own solar via a solar ribbon and can create enough

energy to sell back to the grid and use during days that do not have enough sun or to homes

for their use. (http://www.skytran.com/)

• Partner with General Motors, Ford, FCA and Tesla on driverless cars for multiple

modes of transportation

• Detroit Department of Transportation - Current Transportation System: We need to

get the DDOT buses on schedule reliably so that customers can rely on DDOT to get to

and from work and other scheduled appointments.

• Resume complimentary Bus Tickets for Senior Riders, who are Detroit Residents

o We need computerized traffic controlling automation systems we can have more

control with bus transportation. We need a large wall-sized electronic map that

shows every bus with transponders along all bus routes and transmitters in each

bus so that we could replace the cost of foreman and route inspectors that are too

expensive for a post-bankruptcy DDOT. However, the DDOT transportation controller

would be a onetime expense and then annual maintenance service costs which would

require inspectors only when there is a problem on the route. Drivers equipped with

radio communicator earpieces to the traffic control board supervisor could report

irregularities. This way the entire system could be viewed at once, rather than in

portions. It gives the controllers an immediate view of the system-wide issues and

positives and how to address the issues more rapidly.

o Technology addresses issues that helps DDOT to become more customer-oriented

and tracks performance data.

• Partner with the Google Transit Partner Program to make a better experience for

the rider (like New York, NY and Hampton Roads Transit Regional), which gives

riders live updates via integration of “transit stop, route, schedule, and fare

information to make trip planning quick and easy for everyone.”

(http://maps.google.com/ help/maps/mapcontent/transit/index.html)

*Fifteen+ Grants that Detroit DOT may qualify for are as follows: Buses and Bus Facilities

Grants Program – 5339(C); Capital Investment Grants – 5309(C); Enhanced Mobility of Seniors &

Individuals with Disabilities – Sec. 5310(F); Flexible Funding Programs – Congestion Mitigation and

Air Quality Program – 23 USC 149(F); Flexible Highway Performance Program – 23 USC 119(F);

Flexible Funding Programs – Surface Transportation Black Grant – 23 USC 133(F); Grants for Buses

and Bus Facilities Formula Program – 5339(a)(F); Human Resources & Training – 5314(b)(F); Low

or No Emission Vehicle Program (LoNoCAP) 5339(c)(C); Metropolitan and Statewide Planning and

NonMetropolitan Transportation Planning – 5303, 5304, 5305(F); Public Transportation

Innovation – 5312(C); Safety Research and Demonstration Program(C); State of Good Repair Grants

– 537(F); Technical Assistance & Standards Development – 5314(a)(F); Transit Cooperative

Research Program – 5312(i)(C); Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery

(TIGER) Program (C); Urbanized Area Formal Grants – 5307(F); and Zero Emission Research

Opportunity (ZERO)(C). (C) = Competitive & (F)= Formula. (https://www.transit.dot.gov/grants)



Environment:

• Sequestration for Carbon Capture System to begin reducing and abating air

pollution https://www.bcg.com/documents/file15263.pdf

• Renewable Portfolio Standard System – that would give us a 25% renewable energy

sources by 2045. http://www.ncsl.org/research/energy/renewable-portfolio-

standards.aspx

• Update our City Code to American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air

Conditioning Engineers Standards (ASHRAE) (https://www.ashrae.org/)

(https://www.ihs.com/products/ashrae-standards.html) and require building retrofit to

meet green standards. This would also increase green jobs.

• Adherence to actuary and ASHRAE standards

• Low Income Solar Energy Policy, because the city has 48% of its citizens living in

poverty. Utilize net metering so that constituents can sell energy back to DTE, the

major supplier. This will also provide lower energy bills for residents and provide

clean energy for constituent health. Also, a strong solar energy policy will stop the

expansion of some of the industries that are polluting and hurting people and killing

them. (http://www.lowincomesolar.org/; http://solar.gwu.edu/research/state-policies-

increase-low-income-communities%E2%80%99-access-solar-power)

Blight:

• Community Bill of Rights (like Baltimore, MD) community constituents, churches,

community organizations can file injunctions and complaints against owners of

blighted buildings. (http://communitylaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/CBR-

Checklist-2013.pdf; Md. Code Ann., Real Prop. § 14-123)

• Deputize citizenry (like Atlanta, GA) to issue blight tickets against individuals or

companies that violate the vacant, open and dangerous ordinance or who own

blighted buildings. If they do not respond to those tickets, then Buildings and Safety would

come in and regulate. (https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles/165360.pdf)

• Implement a receivership law (like Philadelphia, PA) that anyone within 2000 feet of

an abandoned or blighted building can issue violations and/or injunctions against the

owner of that structure and take them to court. The judge can determine whether to

appoint a receiver that could be a local nonprofit. The nonprofit then has control over what

the owner must do to bring the building back to unblighted use or determine some other

community use. This law has also been implemented in Texas and had favorable results.

(https://www.realestatelegalupdate.com/2014/10/articles/real-estate-u-s/us-

pennsylvania-rehabilitates-the-abandoned-blighted-property-conservatorship-act/)

• Creditor Responsibility Law – Requires that the mortgagor has responsibility for

upkeep when the mortgagee does not after abandoning the building. (New Jersey)

(http://www.hcdnnj.org/assets/documents/nptcreditorresfullbill.pdf)



Health Care:

• Preventive Health Care – Work with federal partners to have more federally qualified

health clinic, so that more people will be able to have preventive health care.

• Universal Health Care System (San Francisco, CA) – Employer Mandates for health

care access for all Detroit citizens

• Opioid Epidemic – Partner with our substance abuse addiction and treatment

recovery centers, so that we have clear policy. Supervised injection sites in a

controlled, licensed medical center, like in New York, NY.

(https://www.oasas.ny.gov/AdMed/meds/vivbill.cfm)

• Use of medical grade heroine sites for recovery and treatment. Which should also

include “a medication called naltrexone — known by the brand name Vivitrol —

[which] blocks the brain’s opioid receptors, thwarting the euphoric effects of heroin

and prescription painkillers. Patients can’t get high even if they try.”

(http://bangordailynews.com/2014/08/27/the-point/once-a-month-opiate-addiction-

medication-met-with-praise-skepticism-in-maine/)

• LEAD – Law Enforcement Assistance Diversion – The people who are involved in low

level drug violations should receive treatment and diversion rather than criminal

corrections. (http://leadrugs.org/)

• Partner with local health care systems, local/state public health agencies, National

Institutes of Health, World Health Organization, Centers for Disease Control to abate

the Hepatitis A breakout resulting from the 90,000+ water shutoffs in Detroit.

o Also, work in partnership with these agencies to abate asbestos contamination in

Detroit due to the lack of safety precautions for the demolition of “11,000 homes.”

(https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/phs/phs.asp?id=28&tid=4;

https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/ToxProfiles/tp61-c1-b.pdf)

o Commit to the 8 Millennium Development Goals (MDG) that all UN Members States

have agreed to try to achieve

(http://www.who.int/topics/millennium_development_goals/en/)

o MDG 1: eradicate extreme poverty and hunger

o MDG2: achieve universal primary education

o MDG 3: promote gender equality and empower women

o MDG 4: reduce child mortality

o MDG 5: improve maternal health

o MDG 6: combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases

o MDG 7: ensure environmental sustainability

o MDG 8: develop a global partnership for development

• “When young people have decent jobs, political weight, negotiating muscle and real influence in the world, they will create a better future,” United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today as he kicked off a Headquarters event on empowering youth through employment.



• “A lack of jobs feeds insecurity. A jobs-rich country can have a wealth of stability. Young people are forced to bear the brunt of conflicts. They should be given the chance to carry the banner of peace,” Mr. Ban told the General Assembly.” (http://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/blog/2015/06/give-young-people-decent-jobs-and-they-will-create-a-better-future-un-chief/)

• The same is true for Detroit. In the words of my father, Mayor Coleman A. Young “There is no problem that a good-paying job can’t fix.”

Homelessness:

• Partner with Homeless Nonprofits so that there is a more coordinated effort that is led

by the City of Detroit for services so that we can get people off the street, especially,

families with children

• Employment is the real answer to homelessness

Poverty: Per the World Health Organization: “Poverty is associated with the

undermining of a range of key human attributes, including health. The poor are exposed to

greater personal and environmental health risks, are less well nourished, have less

information and are less able to access health care; they thus have a higher risk of illness and

disability. Conversely, illness can reduce household savings, lower learning ability, reduce

productivity, and lead to a diminished quality of life, thereby perpetuating or even increasing

poverty.

Poverty is often defined in absolute terms of low income – less than US $2 a day, for example.

But in reality, the consequences of poverty exist on a relative scale. The poorest of the poor,

around the world, have the worst health. Within countries, the evidence shows that in

general the lower an individual’s socioeconomic position the worse their health. There is a

social gradient in health that runs from top to bottom of the socioeconomic spectrum. This

is a global phenomenon, seen in low, middle and high income countries.”

(http://www.who.int/topics/poverty/en/)

Impacting Poverty requires a philosophical policy viewpoint of administering services to

constituents with the goal of transforming their lives to achieve shared prosperity and equal

opportunity.

• Create an Office Of Opportunity – To Help 48% of Detroit Citizens who are currently

living in poverty to achieve shared prosperity and equal opportunity

• Moratorium on Water Shut-Offs and Restore Water Service To The Most Vulnerable

Citizens

o Better Asset management and build capacity (capital improvements) in Water

and Sewer Lines to stop home flooding

• Moratorium on Home Foreclosures (http://www.bridgemi.com/detroit-journalism-

cooperative/sorry-we-foreclosed-your-home-thanks-fixing-our-budget)



• Utilize Federal TARP or Hardest Hit funds to save homes & stabilize neighborhoods

for tax paying residents; as is the original mission for the use of these federal funds

• Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Informational/Educational Campaign

• Develop job opportunities from public & private sector via Public Private

Partnerships

• Senior Citizen home repair allocations using HUD resources will resume Grant Status

NOT Loans.

• Re-open closed Recreation Centers with bond dollars (already approved by citizens)

and development impact fees

o Better asset management of parkland to provide open air recreation

• Support increasing the minimum wage to $15.00/hour, as approved in 14 cities and

states, including New York, NY; Missoula, MT; Pittsburgh, PA; Greensboro,

NC; Portland, OR; Seattle, WA; and Milwaukie, OR. (http://www.nelp.org/news-

releases/14-cities-states-approved-15-minimum-wage-in-2015/)