Drawing by Sohpie Fuldaeur For those of you who followed me as mayor and would like to continue to follow…

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Drawing by Sohpie Fuldaeur For those of you who followed me as mayor and would like to continue to follow…
Raising the pride flag with from left to right, Pride executive director Deidre Rowland, Pride president Britton Kohn, and city…
Read More Statement on Homophobic Threats and Cancelling of Family-Friendly Drag Show
Missing Middle Housing forms. The design guidelines ensure that missing middle homes will fit with and complement neighbourhoood character. This…
Read More Victoria’s Big Housing Moves – Building the Future We Need
A single family subdivision being built in the westshore, where a forest once stood. This is the final part in…
Read More Part 4. Missing Middle Housing and More Inclusive, Climate-Friendly Cities for the Future
The majority of the light yellow areas – which comprise a large portion of the city's limited land base –…
Read More Part 1. The Racist and Exclusionary History of Single Family Zoning
Our backyard adjacent to our neighbours. At just about every land use public hearing I've sat through for the last…
To learn more about the process of developing the Welcoming City Strategy and to meet some members of the Welcoming…
Read More Welcoming Victoria: An Inclusive, Anti-Racist City
This might be a bit of a heavy read, and it's a bit rambly about all the challenges we're facing.…
New skate parks and bike park too at Topaz. More below! Thursday was our last Council meeting before a summer…
Read More Council Summer Wrap Up – Housing, Bike Lanes, Sports Fields, and More
Dave Obee’s Times Colonist editorial on Friday, “Clover Point redesign ‘fixes’ what wasn’t broken,” really got under my skin. So…
Read More Clover Point 2.0, Accessibility, Confronting Reality, and The Future We Need