Mayor of Phoenix

Kate Gallego




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Homelessness

As the city continues to confront this challenge head-on, I am renewing my call to our partners – from other municipalities across the Valley to state and county agencies: The only way we can solve a problem that affects us all is by working together

Climate

To fight climate change Kate Gallegos' has started multiple projects to fight the heat, including installing 100 miles of cool pavement and planting trees to shade public walkways. These strategies have gone a long way to reduce urban temperatures – but we also need to meet the moment to support our most vulnerable. That’s why I’m calling on FEMA to revise their declared-disasters list to include extreme heat. Resources from pop-up shelters to additional outreach to our vulnerable residents could help us successfully navigate unforgiving summers.

Infrastructure

Shading public paths and cooling down pavement were two small pieces of broader infrastructure improvements across Phoenix. Gallego attributed many of the improvements to Phoenix’s infrastructure to the federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which is funding new additions to the light rail and improvements to water recycling. Projects like these will help the push for clean energy in Arizona,