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CCC has written a set of goals we hope this Council will address
CCC PRIORITIES 2024-25 (summary)
CCC looks forward to working with every Councillor, city staff member, resident, and business across the city to help our city government achieve the following policy or process changes. This can be a year of real progress for the city.
6 Top Priorities
Better GovernmentRequire speedy responses to public records requests; require clerk (or others) to publish votes with initials on city website during Council and other public meetings; publish weekly meeting calendar; add more separation between Councillors and judiciary committees (BZA, Cambridge Historical Commission, Planning Board); limit House Doctor (our “in house” pre-approved contractor projects) to below $500K.
City Finances5-year plan to keep city fiscally sound; more upfront detail on development proposal costs; maintain low residential and commercial property taxes.
Environmental Issues and Climate ResiliencyAnnual City updates on climate change results; published plan for new infrastructure; enact Urban Forestry Master Plan; improve environmental impact studies re climate goals.
HousingSupport the rights of tenants against unfair evictions, lease terminations, and rate hikes; encourage adoption of Senate bill S684 providing legal counsel; add financial incentives for property owners to add units to existing homes and keep rents below market rates for non-family for a fixed time period; allow multifamily zoning citywide without unduly increasing property values and impacting green space; create citywide design review committee; promote city purchased land for housing (land trusts) and lease land to developers; add regular independent reviews of tenant concerns and building upkeep; provide a single anonymized list of housing applicants and update annually
NeighborhoodsProvide more local meeting places and encourage more neighborhood groups citywide; host annual city council meeting with neighborhood group leaders; address long term vacancies (homes and local businesses) by adding escalating fee structure. Do annual review of ISD (Inspectional Services Department) requests and completions. Simplify and speed up responses to street light outages etc.
Transportation and InfrastructureTraffic camera use for better counts citywide and consider violation tickets like DC; address best practices for safest bicycle, scooter, skateboard use; Modified broadband for city square open spaces and both low income and senior housing.
CCC looks forward to working with every Councillor, city staff member, resident, and business across the city to help our city government achieve the following policy or process changes. This can be a year of real progress for the city.
6 Top Priorities
Better GovernmentRequire speedy responses to public records requests; require clerk (or others) to publish votes with initials on city website during Council and other public meetings; publish weekly meeting calendar; add more separation between Councillors and judiciary committees (BZA, Cambridge Historical Commission, Planning Board); limit House Doctor (our “in house” pre-approved contractor projects) to below $500K.
City Finances5-year plan to keep city fiscally sound; more upfront detail on development proposal costs; maintain low residential and commercial property taxes.
Environmental Issues and Climate ResiliencyAnnual City updates on climate change results; published plan for new infrastructure; enact Urban Forestry Master Plan; improve environmental impact studies re climate goals.
HousingSupport the rights of tenants against unfair evictions, lease terminations, and rate hikes; encourage adoption of Senate bill S684 providing legal counsel; add financial incentives for property owners to add units to existing homes and keep rents below market rates for non-family for a fixed time period; allow multifamily zoning citywide without unduly increasing property values and impacting green space; create citywide design review committee; promote city purchased land for housing (land trusts) and lease land to developers; add regular independent reviews of tenant concerns and building upkeep; provide a single anonymized list of housing applicants and update annually
NeighborhoodsProvide more local meeting places and encourage more neighborhood groups citywide; host annual city council meeting with neighborhood group leaders; address long term vacancies (homes and local businesses) by adding escalating fee structure. Do annual review of ISD (Inspectional Services Department) requests and completions. Simplify and speed up responses to street light outages etc.
Transportation and InfrastructureTraffic camera use for better counts citywide and consider violation tickets like DC; address best practices for safest bicycle, scooter, skateboard use; Modified broadband for city square open spaces and both low income and senior housing.
How to Vote: Select your #1 candidate first; then select the order of your other candidates, but vote for at least 9 (NINE) for City Council! Generally only one candidate is elected on the first ballot. All the others are elected through transfer votes (all the other candidates you rank as #2-9 or 11). Sometimes it takes 15+ rounds before we know the winner. For School Committee vote for all 3 of the Endorsees.
CCC ENDORSED CANDIDATES
SCHOOL COMMITTEE ENDORSEES
ELIZABETH HUDSON: Rigorous, exciting math and science curricula. Best outcomes via educator support
JOSÉ LUIS ROJAS VILLARREAL: Hold leadership accountable for success; confident to stand alone & challenge conventional thinking (I)
ROBERT "BOBBY" TRAVERS: Value Students; Teacher and Staff Resources; More Transparency, Accessibility
JOSÉ LUIS ROJAS VILLARREAL: Hold leadership accountable for success; confident to stand alone & challenge conventional thinking (I)
ROBERT "BOBBY" TRAVERS: Value Students; Teacher and Staff Resources; More Transparency, Accessibility
CITY COUNCIL ENDORSEES
DOUG BROWN: Alewife Planning and Better Bicycling Structure
JOHN HANRATTY: Finance and Streets for All
FEDERICO MUCHNIK: Human scale affordable housing
PATTY NOLAN (I): Climate and Smarter Affordable Housing
CARRIE PASQUARELLO: Safety and Neighborhood Planning
JOAN PICKETT: Finance Accountability and Streets for All
PAUL TONER (I): Holistic Planning and Accountability
HAO WANG: Workforce Housing and Data-Driven Energy Policy
AYESHA WILSON Affordable Housing and Mental Health
ROBERT WINTERS: Good Government and Charter Review
CATHIE ZUSY: Enhance Green Spaces and Preservation
(I) Incumbent
JOHN HANRATTY: Finance and Streets for All
FEDERICO MUCHNIK: Human scale affordable housing
PATTY NOLAN (I): Climate and Smarter Affordable Housing
CARRIE PASQUARELLO: Safety and Neighborhood Planning
JOAN PICKETT: Finance Accountability and Streets for All
PAUL TONER (I): Holistic Planning and Accountability
HAO WANG: Workforce Housing and Data-Driven Energy Policy
AYESHA WILSON Affordable Housing and Mental Health
ROBERT WINTERS: Good Government and Charter Review
CATHIE ZUSY: Enhance Green Spaces and Preservation
(I) Incumbent
CCC CANDIDATE BIOS
n SCHOOL COMMITTEE ENDORSEES (Order your Votes #1 to #3)
*Write your OWN candidate vote choice order number on the ballot
ELIZABETH HUDSON (B.A., Cognitive Science, Yale; PhD). Chief Technology Officer in biotechnology (prior (work involved industrial robotics, software engineering). Currently also a Lieutenant US Navy Reserve. Advisory Board Harvard/Smithsonian Astrophysics Center. Mom of three boys, she is also public school graduate, Pittsburgh, PA. Core Approach: Rigorous and exciting math and science curricula. Focus on data and better outcomes achieved by better supporting our educators. website, Video introduction
JOSÉ LUIS ROJAS VILLARREAL (B.A. UPenn; M.I.A. Econ & Political Development, Columbia). Has been serving in the School Committee since Jan 2020. As chair of the building & grounds subcommittee José Luis facilitated the development of the COVID-19 Health & Safety Manual. Originally from Mexico, he has been living in Cambridge for over 20 years. Works in community finance in the cooperative sector. Main priorities: Evaluate district plan, Roll out of universal pre-school (UPK), Access to advanced mathematics, School Committee self-assessment. www.votejoseluis.org
ROBERT “BOBBY” V. TRAVERS, Jr. (Suffolk University/Cambridge College). Paraprofessional in Cambridge Public Schools. Active in Cambridge Education Association (current Treasurer), the Massachusetts Teachers Association (current Board of Directors), and the National Education Association. He wants to be the voice of reason and speak up for the voiceless on the School Committee. Core Approach: Value Students; Give Teachers and Staff More Resources; More Transparency, Accessibility.
CITY COUNCIL ENDORSEES (Order your Votes #1 to #11)
NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS
DOUG BROWN (B.A. History, Princeton). Co-Chair, Cambridge Climate Zoning Task Force (2018-2023). Officer, Fresh Pond Residents Alliance (2014-present). Doug, a stay-at-home dad, has long been involved in the community. He played a key role in the Alewife rezoning, advocated for the Watertown-Cambridge Greenway, and serves as a board member of History Cambridge. He authored a citywide zoning petition that would end exclusionary zoning and simplify approvals for small properties. Avid cyclist. http://www.brownforcouncil.com
JOAN PICKETT (MBA, MPH Columbia University). Former President, Mid-Cambridge Neighborhood Association. Former Employment: Standard and Poor’s Corp. (Director and Manager, Public Finance Ratings Group – 13 years); Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Senior Director Planning and Business Development 20 years). Volunteer work: Founding Board Member, Caring Canines Pet therapy); Leader: Charles River Conservancy (Finance Committee and Board Chair), Cambridge Streets for All (small business and resident advocacy group). https://electpickett.org/
CATHIE ZUSY (MAT Simmons College; MA Cooperstown History Museum Studies Program, BA Bucknell University). Former President, Cambridgeport Neighborhood Association. President, Magazine Beach Partners. Co-Chair Conservation Committee Cambridge Plant and Garden Club. Leader in local architectural preservation efforts (Magazine Beach, Peter Valentine’s House, St. Augustine Church). Creator of “If This House Could Talk” program in Cambridgeport. Member of group working to “save” and bolster our local news. https://www.votezusy.org/
CAMBRIDGE CIVIC LEADERS:
ROBERT WINTERS (Ph.D. B.U., Mathematics). Mid-Cambridge. Former Professor/Lecturer Wellesley College (14 years); MIT (9 years); Harvard (Precepter Math Dept – 7 years); Lecturer, Harvard Summer School (25 years). Editor: Cambridge Civic Journal (26 years); Host: Cambridge InsideOut. Member: Central Square Advisory Committee (22 years). President: Cambridge Recycling, Inc (20 years); Cambridge Recycling Committee (22 years); Member Envision Cambridge Advisory Committee & Housing Working Group: 2 years). http://vote.rwinters.com
AYESHA W. WILSON (MSW Wheelock College. Residence: West Cambridge. Mental Health Clinician (8 years). Cambridge Housing Authority, Senior Teacher/Counselor (9 years); Teen Program Director, City of Cambridge (1 year); Cambridge School Committee Member (4 years). Board of Directors, YWCA (4 years); Executive Secretary NAACP-Cambridge (7 years). Active in special care housing. https://www.voteayesha.com/
JOHN HANRATTY (MBA University of Dallas; MS Computer and Data Science, University of Illinois, Urbana- Champagne). Massachusetts Clean Energy Center, Fellow (1 term). Residence: Neighborhood Nine. ReversingLabs: VP Product Marketing/Business Development (6 years); Owner: Avon Hill Technologies (4 years). Active in Cambridge
Streets for All (Small business and resident advocacy group) http://vote.cambridgecivic.com/hanratty.htm
FEDERICO MUCHNIK (B.A. NYU, Film, Cinema, Video). Residence: Porter Square. Lesley University, Professor of Film Production & History. Author, The Strategic Producer (Routledge 2016). Co-Author/Editor Secret Courage; Walter Suskind and Amsterdam’s Jewish Resistance Movement During WW2. Documentary Filmmaker: Producer/Director film: This Killing Business. Selected local topics: Touching History; Harvard Square, The Bank, and The Tasty Diner (2005); One Brick At A Time; Building People at the Area 4 Youth Center (2006); Designing Affordable Communities (2021). www.federicoforcouncil.net
INTERNATIONAL WORK
HAO WANG (B.S. Peking University, Physics; Ph.D., MIT, Electronic Materials; MPA, Harvard). Residence: West Cambridge. Former Deputy Commissioner N.Y. State Office of Mental Health; former Chief Information Officer State University of New York. Former Managing director, Accenture, global management & technology consulting firm. Author, several poetry volumes in Chinese. Current Board Member, Riverside Community Care, Cambridge & Somerville nonprofit behavioral health & human services provider. CEO, Endear, Inc, https://haoforcambridge.com/
CARRIE PASQUARELLO (B.A. San Diego State University, Grossmont College) Residence: North Cambridge. Former international work & volunteer U.S. State Department (Rome, Milan, Bangkok). 2014 - Current: CEO & Co-Founder, Global Secure Resources, Inc. (Manages development of global security and safety standards especially for the vulnerable-seniors, students, people targeted for race, sex, or religion). Author: Study Abroad Safety. Volunteer past, current: Boston Area Rape Crisis Center (BARCC), Cambridge Women Business Accelerator Meet-Up Group. https://www.carriecaresforcambridge.com/
INCUMBENTS
PATTY NOLAN (A.B.Harvard; MPPM Yale School of Management). Resident: West Cambridge. Former Consultant McKinsey & Co. (3 years). Former CEO Clivus Multrum (3 years) ProGroup (3 years); Former Consultant Local Initiatives Support Corporation (2 years). Cambridge School Committee Member (14 years). 2 term City Councillor. Active in: Issues around Energy and Climate; Multi-modal Transit; Envision implementation; City Governance (Finance transparency, Charter Review). https://pattynolan.org/
PAUL TONER (B.A. Boston University; M.Ed. U. Mass, Boston; J.D. Suffolk University). Resident: North Cambridge. Former teacher, Cambridge Public Schools; Former president, Cambridge Teachers Association and MA Teachers Association; Aspen Pahara and Broad Academy Fellow. Former Exec. Dir. Teach Plus MA; MA Board of Higher Ed.; Education Commission of the States. 1 term City Councillor. Common Sense leadership/Neighborhood and business advocate https://www.tonerforcambridge.com/
*Write your OWN candidate vote choice order number on the ballot
ELIZABETH HUDSON (B.A., Cognitive Science, Yale; PhD). Chief Technology Officer in biotechnology (prior (work involved industrial robotics, software engineering). Currently also a Lieutenant US Navy Reserve. Advisory Board Harvard/Smithsonian Astrophysics Center. Mom of three boys, she is also public school graduate, Pittsburgh, PA. Core Approach: Rigorous and exciting math and science curricula. Focus on data and better outcomes achieved by better supporting our educators. website, Video introduction
JOSÉ LUIS ROJAS VILLARREAL (B.A. UPenn; M.I.A. Econ & Political Development, Columbia). Has been serving in the School Committee since Jan 2020. As chair of the building & grounds subcommittee José Luis facilitated the development of the COVID-19 Health & Safety Manual. Originally from Mexico, he has been living in Cambridge for over 20 years. Works in community finance in the cooperative sector. Main priorities: Evaluate district plan, Roll out of universal pre-school (UPK), Access to advanced mathematics, School Committee self-assessment. www.votejoseluis.org
ROBERT “BOBBY” V. TRAVERS, Jr. (Suffolk University/Cambridge College). Paraprofessional in Cambridge Public Schools. Active in Cambridge Education Association (current Treasurer), the Massachusetts Teachers Association (current Board of Directors), and the National Education Association. He wants to be the voice of reason and speak up for the voiceless on the School Committee. Core Approach: Value Students; Give Teachers and Staff More Resources; More Transparency, Accessibility.
CITY COUNCIL ENDORSEES (Order your Votes #1 to #11)
NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS
DOUG BROWN (B.A. History, Princeton). Co-Chair, Cambridge Climate Zoning Task Force (2018-2023). Officer, Fresh Pond Residents Alliance (2014-present). Doug, a stay-at-home dad, has long been involved in the community. He played a key role in the Alewife rezoning, advocated for the Watertown-Cambridge Greenway, and serves as a board member of History Cambridge. He authored a citywide zoning petition that would end exclusionary zoning and simplify approvals for small properties. Avid cyclist. http://www.brownforcouncil.com
JOAN PICKETT (MBA, MPH Columbia University). Former President, Mid-Cambridge Neighborhood Association. Former Employment: Standard and Poor’s Corp. (Director and Manager, Public Finance Ratings Group – 13 years); Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Senior Director Planning and Business Development 20 years). Volunteer work: Founding Board Member, Caring Canines Pet therapy); Leader: Charles River Conservancy (Finance Committee and Board Chair), Cambridge Streets for All (small business and resident advocacy group). https://electpickett.org/
CATHIE ZUSY (MAT Simmons College; MA Cooperstown History Museum Studies Program, BA Bucknell University). Former President, Cambridgeport Neighborhood Association. President, Magazine Beach Partners. Co-Chair Conservation Committee Cambridge Plant and Garden Club. Leader in local architectural preservation efforts (Magazine Beach, Peter Valentine’s House, St. Augustine Church). Creator of “If This House Could Talk” program in Cambridgeport. Member of group working to “save” and bolster our local news. https://www.votezusy.org/
CAMBRIDGE CIVIC LEADERS:
ROBERT WINTERS (Ph.D. B.U., Mathematics). Mid-Cambridge. Former Professor/Lecturer Wellesley College (14 years); MIT (9 years); Harvard (Precepter Math Dept – 7 years); Lecturer, Harvard Summer School (25 years). Editor: Cambridge Civic Journal (26 years); Host: Cambridge InsideOut. Member: Central Square Advisory Committee (22 years). President: Cambridge Recycling, Inc (20 years); Cambridge Recycling Committee (22 years); Member Envision Cambridge Advisory Committee & Housing Working Group: 2 years). http://vote.rwinters.com
AYESHA W. WILSON (MSW Wheelock College. Residence: West Cambridge. Mental Health Clinician (8 years). Cambridge Housing Authority, Senior Teacher/Counselor (9 years); Teen Program Director, City of Cambridge (1 year); Cambridge School Committee Member (4 years). Board of Directors, YWCA (4 years); Executive Secretary NAACP-Cambridge (7 years). Active in special care housing. https://www.voteayesha.com/
JOHN HANRATTY (MBA University of Dallas; MS Computer and Data Science, University of Illinois, Urbana- Champagne). Massachusetts Clean Energy Center, Fellow (1 term). Residence: Neighborhood Nine. ReversingLabs: VP Product Marketing/Business Development (6 years); Owner: Avon Hill Technologies (4 years). Active in Cambridge
Streets for All (Small business and resident advocacy group) http://vote.cambridgecivic.com/hanratty.htm
FEDERICO MUCHNIK (B.A. NYU, Film, Cinema, Video). Residence: Porter Square. Lesley University, Professor of Film Production & History. Author, The Strategic Producer (Routledge 2016). Co-Author/Editor Secret Courage; Walter Suskind and Amsterdam’s Jewish Resistance Movement During WW2. Documentary Filmmaker: Producer/Director film: This Killing Business. Selected local topics: Touching History; Harvard Square, The Bank, and The Tasty Diner (2005); One Brick At A Time; Building People at the Area 4 Youth Center (2006); Designing Affordable Communities (2021). www.federicoforcouncil.net
INTERNATIONAL WORK
HAO WANG (B.S. Peking University, Physics; Ph.D., MIT, Electronic Materials; MPA, Harvard). Residence: West Cambridge. Former Deputy Commissioner N.Y. State Office of Mental Health; former Chief Information Officer State University of New York. Former Managing director, Accenture, global management & technology consulting firm. Author, several poetry volumes in Chinese. Current Board Member, Riverside Community Care, Cambridge & Somerville nonprofit behavioral health & human services provider. CEO, Endear, Inc, https://haoforcambridge.com/
CARRIE PASQUARELLO (B.A. San Diego State University, Grossmont College) Residence: North Cambridge. Former international work & volunteer U.S. State Department (Rome, Milan, Bangkok). 2014 - Current: CEO & Co-Founder, Global Secure Resources, Inc. (Manages development of global security and safety standards especially for the vulnerable-seniors, students, people targeted for race, sex, or religion). Author: Study Abroad Safety. Volunteer past, current: Boston Area Rape Crisis Center (BARCC), Cambridge Women Business Accelerator Meet-Up Group. https://www.carriecaresforcambridge.com/
INCUMBENTS
PATTY NOLAN (A.B.Harvard; MPPM Yale School of Management). Resident: West Cambridge. Former Consultant McKinsey & Co. (3 years). Former CEO Clivus Multrum (3 years) ProGroup (3 years); Former Consultant Local Initiatives Support Corporation (2 years). Cambridge School Committee Member (14 years). 2 term City Councillor. Active in: Issues around Energy and Climate; Multi-modal Transit; Envision implementation; City Governance (Finance transparency, Charter Review). https://pattynolan.org/
PAUL TONER (B.A. Boston University; M.Ed. U. Mass, Boston; J.D. Suffolk University). Resident: North Cambridge. Former teacher, Cambridge Public Schools; Former president, Cambridge Teachers Association and MA Teachers Association; Aspen Pahara and Broad Academy Fellow. Former Exec. Dir. Teach Plus MA; MA Board of Higher Ed.; Education Commission of the States. 1 term City Councillor. Common Sense leadership/Neighborhood and business advocate https://www.tonerforcambridge.com/
The 2023 Cambridge City Council election is pivotal in preserving the integrity of our city.
Learn More About the Cambridge Citizens Coalition: HERE
The AHO 2.0 zoning amendment will be ordained by City Council on October 15, 2023 allowing 12 story buildings on key avenues and 15 story buildings in historic squares for exclusively income-limited residents seeking housing from around the area and more broadly. Historic still sustainable buildings will be demolished throughout the city for tall very dense structures without setbacks, parking, key infrastructure planning, or Planning Board oversight. CCC supports citywide human scale housing with green spaces and trees for income-limited residents and other Cambridge residents. See more detailed maps at CCCoalition.org.
GET BUILDING HEIGHT RIGHT FOR THE CLIMATE!
"It may seem obvious that cities filled with big buildings use energy more efficiently than dispersed suburban landscapes, and that newer, taller buildings are more energy-efficient than older, squatter structures. People widely understand that New York City, for example, ranks well on energy use per person, where housing tends toward the vertical, one boiler room can serve many units, and heat rises into the units above, rather than being lost to the sky....Skyscrapers use and lose more energy than low-rise buildings, research shows.... 'The results show that height is a significant predictor of energy use, even accounting for other variables,'the researchers wrote in a paper published in the journal Building Research and Information. In fact, each additional story in a building is associated with a 2.4 percent increase in electricity use and 2.9 percent increase in fossil fuel use, more than doubling the average emissions per square foot for the tallest buildings in their survey." Source: Greentech Media November 2020 (read article at link below).
"It may seem obvious that cities filled with big buildings use energy more efficiently than dispersed suburban landscapes, and that newer, taller buildings are more energy-efficient than older, squatter structures. People widely understand that New York City, for example, ranks well on energy use per person, where housing tends toward the vertical, one boiler room can serve many units, and heat rises into the units above, rather than being lost to the sky....Skyscrapers use and lose more energy than low-rise buildings, research shows.... 'The results show that height is a significant predictor of energy use, even accounting for other variables,'the researchers wrote in a paper published in the journal Building Research and Information. In fact, each additional story in a building is associated with a 2.4 percent increase in electricity use and 2.9 percent increase in fossil fuel use, more than doubling the average emissions per square foot for the tallest buildings in their survey." Source: Greentech Media November 2020 (read article at link below).
This Election is important for many reasons including the issue of human-scale housing for those in need!
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REGISTER TO VOTE by Oct.27 HERE: https://www.sec.state.ma.us/ovr/
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APPLY NOW for a MAIL-IN/DROP OFF BALLOT:HERE
You will receive it in early October and can either mail it back or drop it off in one of the city drop boxes (see below). About 40% of Cambridge residents last election used a mail-in/drop off ballot.
We encourage voting as soon as you receive it, but you can mail it in up to 1 week before the election on November 7. Or you can drop it off from Oct.13th through Nov 3.
The drop off boxes are open 24 hours day at the following locations: Main Ballot Drop Box: Open from Friday, October 13, 2023 to Election Day, Tuesday, November 7, 2023 at 8 p.m. Coffon Building - Right-side of the building located at 51 Inman St Satellite Drop Box Locations: Open from Friday, October 13, 2023 to Monday, November 6, 2023 at 8 p.m. City Hall - Near the back door of the building located at 795 Massachusetts Ave Morse School - Near the front entrance of the building location at 40 Granite St Cambridge Police Headquarters - Near the front of the building located at 125 6th St Maria L. Baldwin School - Right-side of the Oxford Street entrance of the building located at 85 Oxford Street O'Neill Library - Adjacent to the entrance stairs of the building located at 70 Rindge Ave.
Walk-In voting: Oct. 28-Nov. 3. You can also return your ballot in person at the Cambridge Election Commission office at 51 Inman Street during regular office hours: Mondays 8:30 am - 8:00 pm; Tuesdays through Thursdays 8:30 am - 5:00 pm; Fridays 8:30 am - 12:00 Noon. The Election Commission office will be closed on Monday, October 9th to an election official at a designated early voting location during early voting hours.
Regular voting (in person) is November 7.
Find out where you vote: HERE
Find out if you are Registered to Vote? HERE: https://www.sec.state.ma.us/ovr/
APPLY NOW for a MAIL-IN/DROP OFF BALLOT:HERE
You will receive it in early October and can either mail it back or drop it off in one of the city drop boxes (see below). About 40% of Cambridge residents last election used a mail-in/drop off ballot.
We encourage voting as soon as you receive it, but you can mail it in up to 1 week before the election on November 7. Or you can drop it off from Oct.13th through Nov 3.
The drop off boxes are open 24 hours day at the following locations: Main Ballot Drop Box: Open from Friday, October 13, 2023 to Election Day, Tuesday, November 7, 2023 at 8 p.m. Coffon Building - Right-side of the building located at 51 Inman St Satellite Drop Box Locations: Open from Friday, October 13, 2023 to Monday, November 6, 2023 at 8 p.m. City Hall - Near the back door of the building located at 795 Massachusetts Ave Morse School - Near the front entrance of the building location at 40 Granite St Cambridge Police Headquarters - Near the front of the building located at 125 6th St Maria L. Baldwin School - Right-side of the Oxford Street entrance of the building located at 85 Oxford Street O'Neill Library - Adjacent to the entrance stairs of the building located at 70 Rindge Ave.
Walk-In voting: Oct. 28-Nov. 3. You can also return your ballot in person at the Cambridge Election Commission office at 51 Inman Street during regular office hours: Mondays 8:30 am - 8:00 pm; Tuesdays through Thursdays 8:30 am - 5:00 pm; Fridays 8:30 am - 12:00 Noon. The Election Commission office will be closed on Monday, October 9th to an election official at a designated early voting location during early voting hours.
Regular voting (in person) is November 7.
Find out where you vote: HERE
CCC Election Forum Date September 10, 2023 (4:30-7 PM) by zoom
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Cambridge Political Groups Active in 2023
The livability of Cambridge 10, 20 years from now depends on our actions today. Cambridge is diverse. That's who we are. In both culture and perspectives, our culture of innovation has established our historical community as an attractive hub for visitors worldwide. To maintain the cultural integrity of our neighborhoods, the speed of developments needs to be sustainable for generations to come. It should also reflect the interests of those who call Cambridge home, not just the potential profits of commercial developers. Modernization is good- but restrictions need to be established to prevent the destruction of trees, historical architecture, and the unsustainable gentrification of our communities even further.
Cambridge's Future 10, 20 years from now depends on our actions today.
Cambridge's Future 10, 20 years from now depends on our actions today.
CCC'S 2023 ELECTION EFFORTS ARE ON THE MOVE...
A Strategy for Sustainable Change
This November, help us create a diverse panel of City Council members who can represent the holistic interests of their residents- regardless of how many years they have called Cambridge home. The wellbeing of our neighbors should come before the interests of international, for-profit developers. In creating a more sustainable environment, realistic affordable housing options, and better public services, we cannot idealistically ignore the long term repercussions of our decisions day. Join our fight to end Band-Aid solutions for the core issues facing Cambridge and help us put into place long term strategies that addresses expansion.
Cambridge Citizens’ Coalition (CCC) is a nonprofit organization comprised of residents from every part of Cambridge. Our research based methodology will ensure that future development sustains the health of the entire community rather than lining the pockets of developers and creating unaffordable housing solutions to those that need it the most.
We need to respect all that is best about Cambridge: the welcoming atmosphere for diverse communities, the human scale, the spirit of innovation, and the unique historical qualities of every neighborhood. The Cambridge Citizens Coalition welcomes all Cambridge residents. To protect the special qualities of a city we all cherish, we must have new voices of reason and balance on the City Council. Visit our voting section to find out how to get involved.
EnvironmentLong term sustainability and preservation of current natural habitats.
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Sensible PlanningPrincipled planning that addresses the needs of residents, the environment, local businesses and strategic growth
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Equity and LivabilityImproving Neighborhoods, Schools, and public services such as investments into Pre-K Education
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"Asking for -profit developers to fix the affordable housing problem is like asking an arsonist to put out their own fire. What is their incentive? "
"Asking for -profit developers to fix the affordable housing problem is like asking an arsonist to put out their own fire. What is their incentive? "
