Jenne has a bachelor's degree in healthcare administration. She was her neighborhood president for three years and is a board member of New Power Education. She attends Metropolitan United Methodist Church. She has two children.

Jenne owns a real estate business and is the founder of Myrties Talks, a women's group for women of color "to talk about health, family and healing multiple areas of one's life."

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Jenne Shepherd ran in the Democratic Primary for District 57 in the Georgia House of Representatives in 2020 but did not win.

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Said, "there are systems and strategies that can be put in place to turn \[blighted and vacant properties\] around, as well as working with code enforcement, holding owners responsible and consistency."

- Said, "there are systems and strategies that can be put in place to turn \[blighted and vacant properties\] around, as well as working with code enforcement, holding owners responsible and consistency."

Public Services

Wants COVID recovery to "focus on equity and reaching the more vulnerable first; at the same time, it's imperative to accelerate action on climate change, and recognize a need to invest in infrastructure that support a green COVID-19 recovery."

- Wants COVID recovery to "focus on equity and reaching the more vulnerable first; at the same time, it's imperative to accelerate action on climate change, and recognize a need to invest in infrastructure that support a green COVID-19 recovery."

COVID

Wants to increase funding for the police, including for the Policing Alternatives & Diversion program.

Plans to increase emergency funding for renters and businesses affected by the pandemic.

- Wants to increase funding for the police, including for the Policing Alternatives & Diversion program. 
- Plans to increase emergency funding for renters and businesses affected by the pandemic.

City Budget

Said, "Atlanta doesn't have a housing shortage, [sic] it has an affordable housing shortage in desirable locations."

Wants to "protect legacy residents from excessive taxes," prevent displacement and increase density in all neighborhoods, especially south of I-20.

Plans to create more units of affordable housing and look at new methods for coming up with a more inclusive measurement of area median income.

- Said, "Atlanta doesn't have a housing shortage, [sic] it has an affordable housing shortage in desirable locations." 
- Wants to "protect legacy residents from excessive taxes," prevent displacement and increase density in all neighborhoods, especially south of I-20. 
- Plans to create more units of affordable housing and look at new methods for coming up with a more inclusive measurement of area median income.

Housing & Urban Development

Wants to work with the policing training facility city council approved in 2021 "to implement a more inclusive community first curriculum."

Said, "reallocating funds and accessing grants to help facilitate programs that focus on work force development, entrepreneurship and mental health wellness could give vital support for those who need it. Making legislation that focuses on this kind of assistance would be vital to our public safety promises."

- Wants to work with the policing training facility city council approved in 2021 "to implement a more inclusive community first curriculum." 
- Said, "reallocating funds and accessing grants to help facilitate programs that focus on work force development, entrepreneurship and mental health wellness could give vital support for those who need it. Making legislation that focuses on this kind of assistance would be vital to our public safety promises."

Public Safety

Wants to "invest more in communities that have been left behind with a more robust technological infrastructure that promotes safer, sustainable and resilient communities."

Plans to focus on building the BeltLine Rail.

Wants to use District 12 discretionary funds for street improvements like sidewalks, resurfacing and making streets allow for more traffic.

- Wants to "invest more in communities that have been left behind with a more robust technological infrastructure that promotes safer, sustainable and resilient communities." 
- Plans to focus on building the BeltLine Rail. 
- Wants to use District 12 discretionary funds for street improvements like sidewalks, resurfacing and making streets allow for more traffic.

Transportation & Infrastructure

Said, "\[o\]ur zoning codes are systematically racists [sic] and must be reformed to allow growth but at the same time pay close attention to conservation and non-displacement."

- Said, "\[o\]ur zoning codes are systematically racists [sic] and must be reformed to allow growth but at the same time pay close attention to conservation and non-displacement."

Zoning

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Antonio was born and raised in Atlanta, where his family has lived for five generations. He attended Atlanta public schools and graduated from Lincoln University of Missouri.

Antonio works for the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, a large union representing public employees. He previously worked for Organizing for America, helping uninsured people register for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act, for the Obama re-election campaign out of Denver, Colorado, as an admissions recruiter at Lincoln University and in former U.S. Congressman Lacy Clay's (MO-5) office.

Antonio Lewis' campaign for city council is his first entry into politics.

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Wants to partner with Fort-Valley State University to analyze community food shortages to bring agricultural jobs and strengthen STEM programs at local schools.

Supports a guaranteed income for Atlanta residents and wants to bring back Mayor Shirley Franklin's Next Step Program to provide more youth jobs.

Said, "I've created a beautification campaign which includes public art, clean ups, park restoration and urban green space."

Plans to introduce policies to decrease Atlanta's carbon footprint.

- Wants to partner with Fort-Valley State University to analyze community food shortages to bring agricultural jobs and strengthen STEM programs at local schools.
- Supports a guaranteed income for Atlanta residents and wants to bring back Mayor Shirley Franklin's Next Step Program to provide more youth jobs.
- Said, "I've created a beautification campaign which includes public art, clean ups, park restoration and urban green space."
- Plans to introduce policies to decrease Atlanta's carbon footprint.

As of August 9, 2021, Antonio Lewis’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Supports investing in Lake Charlotte Park to refill the lake and build around the park.

- Supports investing in Lake Charlotte Park to refill the lake and build around the park.

Said, "let's find ways to make our city more affordable for renters and homeowners."

- Said, "let's find ways to make our city more affordable for renters and homeowners."

Plans to partner with "private resources to reach at-risk youth."

Said, "we must have responsible policing, not aggressive policing."

- Plans to partner with "private resources to reach at-risk youth."
- Said, "we must have responsible policing, not aggressive policing."

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Joyce was born and raised in Atlanta, where her family has lived for five generations. She is an ex-officio board member on the board of directors for the Fort McPherson Implementing Local Redevelopment Authority. She lives in the Capitol View Manor neighborhood.

Joyce was one of the first female line workers in the telecommunications industry in the late 1970s. She retired from Avaya Communications and Communications Workers of America (CWA) union "with 31 years of service as one of the few women serving as a telecommunications engineer."

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Joyce Sheperd is currently the Atlanta city council member representing District 12. She was first elected in 2004 and has served five terms. She is chair of the Public Safety committee and a member of the City Utilities, Finance Executive and Community Development committees.

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As of August 9, 2021, Joyce Sheperd’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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As a city council member, she supported property tax breaks for developers worth $3.3 million over 10 years to pay for 272 new below-market-rate apartments.

As a city council member, she supported a $19 million bond deal in 2010 to finance the refurbishment of Amal Heights Townhouses in District 11 to "'become a wonderful sanctuary for working families with kids.'"

- As a city council member, she supported property tax breaks for developers worth $3.3 million over 10 years to pay for 272 new below-market-rate apartments.
- As a city council member, she supported a $19 million bond deal in 2010 to finance the refurbishment of Amal Heights Townhouses in District 11 to "'become a wonderful sanctuary for working families with kids.'"

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As a city council member, she supported building a $90 million police and firefighter training facility on 85 acres of the Old Atlanta Prison Farm that the city previously set aside as greenspace. The facility, nicknamed "Cop City" by activists, is widely opposed by residents, businesses and environmental nonprofits.

When community organizers asked Atlanta City Council to reduce the city's police budget by 30 percent in June 2021, she said the "majority of residents in her predominantly Black southside district want more police presence to tackle crime."

As a city council member, she asked more than 20 public officials from the city and surrounding counties to come together to come up with public safety recommendations for the mayor and city council.

As a city council member, she wanted to ask the Georgia General Assembly to change state laws to allow police officers to seize cars involved in street racing.

As a city council member, she voted against withholding $73 million from the Atlanta Police Department's budget until Mayor Keisha Lance Bottom’s administration drafted a plan to reform policing.

- As a city council member, she supported building a $90 million police and firefighter training facility on 85 acres of the Old Atlanta Prison Farm that the city previously set aside as greenspace. The facility, nicknamed "Cop City" by activists, is widely opposed by residents, businesses and environmental nonprofits.
- When community organizers asked Atlanta City Council to reduce the city's police budget by 30 percent in June 2021, she said the "majority of residents in her predominantly Black southside district want more police presence to tackle crime."
- As a city council member, she asked more than 20 public officials from the city and surrounding counties to come together to come up with public safety recommendations for the mayor and city council.
- As a city council member, she wanted to ask the Georgia General Assembly to change state laws to allow police officers to seize cars involved in street racing.
- As a city council member, she voted against withholding $73 million from the Atlanta Police Department's budget until Mayor Keisha Lance Bottom’s administration drafted a plan to reform policing.

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- City council members work together with the rest of city council to set and implement city policy. 
- City council is tasked with ensuring the health, comfort, and safety of residents of the city 
- City council members work with the mayor to govern city departments, such as the police department, fire department, transportation department, and parks and recreation department. 
- City council members represent either the whole city or residents of a specific district. 
- Most city council members in Georgia are elected in odd years to four year terms. Elections are nonpartisan. 