ChrisTiana ObeySumner would bring a wealth of lived experience to the City Council as a disability justice advocate, a former sex worker, and someone who has experienced homelessness. They’re also a tax wiz, a big-time density advocate, and a social equity defender who has worked with local governments. In a city that is failing to prioritize pedestrian safety and resisting efforts to build enough housing, the council needs the depth of knowledge and the power of presence that ObeySumner would bring to the council.
The decision to endorse them did not come easily, though, but that’s no fault of ObeySumner’s. At this moment, all the candidates in the race are running slightly to the left of outgoing Council President Debra Juarez, which is pretty easy to do, but each sucks in their own complicated little way.
