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In this role he advocates to protect and expand human rights in Illinois. BOOK BANS Senator Mike Simmons spearheaded efforts for a comprehensive book ban to protect all communities and ensure their history and existence aren’t erased. His sweeping book ban legislation would protect the kind of books that have been under attack in schools and libraries — books that explore race and ethnicity, sexual orientation and gender identity, sexual health and reproductive health, religion and faith background, biographies, autobiographies, and memoirs about rights and activism. RETURNING CITIZENS Senator Mike Simmons wants to alleviate financial pressures and ensure that all community members have access to affordable housing and job opportunities. That’s why he passed legislation to assist returning citizens as they reintegrate into their communities by pausing any outstanding fees, fines, or taxes for a year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/602c4b17e88200661a7fd570/1631630905194-7TVUXM2XETLGB2U16ROG/MikeSimmons_web_elements_v1-18.png Issues (v2) - Income Inequality Our economy is stacked against people who are working in entry-level jobs, transient work, gig workers, and essential workers. Income inequality is inexcusable when big corporate entities are still able to take advantage of ridiculous loopholes and hoard profits while skimping out on providing health insurance for their workers. We need a new commitment to the people across the 7th district who are working two and three jobs in some cases and still are behind on bills. This will take bold leadership and a willingness to speak truth to power. As someone who has waited tables on top of a full time job to pay off debt and help take care of family members, I know how exhausting and demoralizing that is to too many people who simply work too hard not to see a better return on their labor. We need structural changes that more fairly distribute wealth across the state so that we have a more reliable safety net for people who are in between jobs and those barely holding on to work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/602c4b17e88200661a7fd570/1631657190427-NK6X523UMVJF60VQLW1A/MikeSimmons_web_elements_v1-25.png Issues (v2) - Education & Schools Our public schools have been intentionally disinvested in for decades. Our young people are nickel and dimed, losing access to support staff, mental health services, play time, and so many resources wealthier communities take for granted. I will speak up for our public schools and work with young people, teachers, school staff, and activists to fight for a massive reinvestment in our public schools. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/602c4b17e88200661a7fd570/7856f211-998a-4934-9434-bbd0306a6e19/MikeSimmons_Issues_2023.png Issues (v2) - Transportation and Pedestrian / Cyclist Safety Senator Mike Simmons has worked tirelessly to ensure transportation equity by authoring and securing passage of a package of bills that will make streets safer to use, improve the CTA, and enhance statewide infrastructure for pedestrians and cyclists. Part of his efforts include accelerating the timeline for electrification of buses. He has authored and passed legislation to require bike and pedestrian safety infrastructure improvements at scale on all state routes, while also championing and passing a bill that provides farecard auto-renewals for people living with disabilities and seniors who rely on RTA systems including the CTA. He negotiated and passed two more bills that require warning vehicle crossing signage on all bike trails, and another that removes a requirement that municipalities must design roadways for large semi-trucks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/602c4b17e88200661a7fd570/be69784a-382d-40d4-a1aa-a7f2d6d19bcc/MikeSimmons_Issues_2023-01.png Issues (v2) - Mental Health Care Senator Mike Simmons wants to ensure that children have access to mental health services, which is why he has authored and passed legislation that requires that Illinois provide assistance to K-12 schools that want to set up mental health services within schools. Senator Mike Simmons wants to remove barriers to accessing mental health services. That is why he passed a law that requires schools to instruct students on where and how to access mental health resources. Thanks to his work and passage of SB4028, legislation he authored which was inspired by his high school youth legislative council initiative in his district, there is now a statewide student mental health advisory council that includes representation of queer voices, youth of color, therapists of color, and others that have been marginalized in mental health spaces. He also supported legislation that will increase the rate of reimbursement through Medicaid to increase the pay for mental health workers and add badly needed capacity for those in our neighborhoods who need mental health care. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/602c4b17e88200661a7fd570/1627328025398-9NVBBC2G408TQ6GQ2K9H/MikeSimmons_issues-18.png Issues (v2) - Access to Healthcare Senator Mike Simmons will always champion and support legislation that increases access to healthcare services. He advocated for funding increases for safety-net hospitals and community clinics as part of the 2023 budget, all of which were included and will provide higher quality and more accessible health care for our struggling communities. After a two year long fight, Mike secured passage of SB1282, a bill that removes co-pays and cost-sharing for populations at high risk of liver disease, which is a silent killer and the 9th leading cause of death. Many in our communities are struggling with addiction, which can precede and co-occur with liver damage. Mental health and physical health should be treated together, and passage of this legislation is an important structural improvement that ensures cost is never a reason someone doesn’t get screened for liver disease. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/602c4b17e88200661a7fd570/1627327894242-LWANV8N1OU5WGT18AT89/MikeSimmons_issues-17.png Issues (v2) - Housing GENTRIFICATION Gentrification has pushed out long-time residents and made parts of the 7th district out of reach for too many. We live in one of the most diverse communities in the country. I am a product of that diversity, and will work to keep it a place that we all can call home. Housing is a human right, and I will fight to preserve affordable housing, fight to set higher safety standards in affordable housing, fight to protect our mom and pop building owners, fight for stabilization of rent in large apartment buildings, and advocate for new ideas such as creating land trust and cooperatives where lower-income residents can co-own their homes. My work focuses on protecting small business owners who are leasing their spaces and who also need help. SAFER LIVING CONDITIONS State Senator Mike Simmons passed landmark legislation to protect tenants of state supported housing by requiring that all new buildings and any renovated buildings install air conditioning so that people can live comfortably and stay safe during heatwaves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/602c4b17e88200661a7fd570/1631630941078-CLSC5FUMNKJ4OFKZWODC/MikeSimmons_web_elements_v1-24.png Issues (v2) - Climate Change We are seeing climate change play out everyday. Fires have raged for weeks and months in precious forests and nature areas across the country this year, while parts of Lake Michigan shorelines are eroding from stronger storms and waves right here in the 7th District in Rogers Park, Edgewater, and Uptown, and the planet is getting hotter as our carbon footprint expands. We are at a crisis point and must reduce our reliance on fossil fuels at a systemic level by incentivizing new solar, wind, and other renewable energy sources. That means adding electric vehicles to our roads and to our public transit systems, building up green infrastructure at every opportunity in housing and commercial buildings, and leading at an individual level to leave our planet better than we found it. Everyone has a role to play and government must lead. 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