Kendra Brooks
About
Kendra Brooks' platform focuses heavily on progressive community advocacy, protecting local open spaces, and preserving neighborhood gardens from auction. As a representative of the Working Families Party, her priorities center on grassroots community support and progressive urban policy in Philadelphia.
Campaign promises (1)
- developmentLaunched a proposal to save hundreds of community gardens, side yards, and open spaces from being sent to auction.Related votes
Voice
- Meetings spoken in
- 19
- Total speaking time
- 1:11:53
- Avg per meeting
- 3:47
- Segments
- 679
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Top issues during term (11)(Business Jobs)
Starbucks workers' boycott endorsement
No direct city cost; the resolution is a moral and political endorsement of a consumer boycott.
Paid family leave (Family Care Act, SB906)
Would be funded statewide through employee contributions if enacted in Harrisburg.
Hilton Garden Inn labor dispute
No direct city spending; calls on a private employer to reach a labor deal.
Black labor legacy and temp worker protections
Grocery industry surveillance and pricing hearings
City-supported grocery stores and food access
$25 minimum wage advocacy
No immediate local effect; a state-enabled $25 minimum wage would raise wages for low-paid workers if enacted.
Ancestry.com vital records digitization
Terms are set in the concession agreement; no figure was stated at the session.
Living Wage for Musicians Act
Driverless rideshare vehicles
PhilaPort oversight hearings
Decisions during term (0)
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