City Council member Jesse Moreno says he's done a lot for Dallas' District 2 since elected in 2021. Sukhbir Kaur, his opponent, says he hasn't done enough.
At 46%, Hispanics make up the largest share of District 2. Another 30% of the district is white, 14% are Black and 4% are Asian.It doesn’t happen often, but Dallas City Council member Jesse Moreno had a free hour in his schedule one day last week. He said he took that time to drive around his district and report any issues he saw to city staff.
The district is home to neighborhoods the Cedars, Oak Lawn, Deep Ellum, Dallas Love Field and parts of downtown. Moreno was born and raised in the district and served on Dallas’ Park and Recreation Board before he was elected to City Council. With violent crime down in Dallas, Moreno said the city now needs to focus more on what he calls “crimes of opportunity” like break-ins and thefts in apartment complexes. Moreno has been endorsed by the Dallas Police Association, the Dallas chapter of National Latino Law Enforcement Organization and the Dallas Fire Fighters Association. He said people can tell he's doing something right on public safety based on these organizations' endorsements.
But bringing a place up to code and trying to provide better living conditions for residents who live there could end up pricing those same residents out. “That’s the last thing that I want to do – to displace those same people who called upon our help,” he said. On homelessness, he said the city needs to add mixed-income housing in every council district. “Every district has to be willing to be embracive,” he said. “Until we do that, we’re going to continue to have, one, an affordable housing issue, but also a homeless issue,” he said.
Dallas is getting ready to approve another bond package, and Moreno said he’s the right person to help guide and secure funds that should help address some of these issues in his district. The city hasn’t banned panhandling, though. It recently passed an ordinance that made it unlawful for people, including panhandlers, to stand on narrow medians. However, the city was sued over the ordinance over claims that it is a violation of the First Amendment. As a result, the ordinance has not been enforced. But Kaur said the ordinance should be enforced until the court makes a ruling on its legality.
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