Doug has lived in the East Lake Community since 2002. He has been neighborhood president for three years, served on the neighborhood board for six years and founded and led the East Lake Farmers Market for six years.

Information on Doug's professional background is not available at this time.

Doug Williams' campaign for city council is his first entry into politics.

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Supports "expanding the development plan audit beyond the CDP plan, into all city agencies, and engaging our communities to identify challenges, goals, and plans for the future."

Plans to conduct a community performance review, gathering citizen input on how they believe the local government is performing currently and how and where to improve.

Wants to increase mental health services.

- Supports "expanding the development plan audit beyond the CDP plan, into all city agencies, and engaging our communities to identify challenges, goals, and plans for the future."
- Plans to conduct a community performance review, gathering citizen input on how they believe the local government is performing currently and how and where to improve.
- Wants to increase mental health services.

Public Services

Wants to require masks, take density precaution, encourage vaccines and provide tax incentives if necessary.

Plans to explore suing the governor for dereliction of duty.

Said, "\[w\]e need to make clear that we will only get on the other side of this pandemic by taking all precautions we can to improve health."

- Wants to require masks, take density precaution, encourage vaccines and provide tax incentives if necessary. 
- Plans to explore suing the governor for dereliction of duty. 
- Said, "\[w\]e need to make clear that we will only get on the other side of this pandemic by taking all precautions we can to improve health."

COVID

Wants to provide tax breaks for anyone living at up to 200% of the poverty line, particularly for seniors to age in place.

Plans to "make it much harder for the administration to shift funds from the agreed upon budget for vanity projects such as the pedestrian bridge to the Mercedes Benz stadium."

Wants to have more accountability in planning the budget, transparency in how it is spent and aggressive enforcement of government ethics laws, including felony charges for misusing funds, bribery and favoritism.

Supports publicly funding elections "to limit the ability of wealthy donors to buy a government that favors them."

- Wants to provide tax breaks for anyone living at up to 200% of the poverty line, particularly for seniors to age in place.
- Plans to "make it much harder for the administration to shift funds from the agreed upon budget for vanity projects such as the pedestrian bridge to the Mercedes Benz stadium." 
- Wants to have more accountability in planning the budget, transparency in how it is spent and aggressive enforcement of government ethics laws, including felony charges for misusing funds, bribery and favoritism. 
- Supports publicly funding elections "to limit the ability of wealthy donors to buy a government that favors them."

City Budget

Wants to increase affordable housing options for multifamily housing and promises "to make sure Atlanta has affordable housing for everyone, regardless of income."

Plans to provide housing for victims of abuse, the disabled and those with mental illness to decrease crime.

Wants affordable housing requirements for housing developments.

Plans to provide tax subsidies for housing below 50% area median income and provide tax breaks for developers only for properties that provide affordable housing less than 50% of area median income.

- Wants to increase affordable housing options for multifamily housing and promises "to make sure Atlanta has affordable housing for everyone, regardless of income." 
- Plans to provide housing for victims of abuse, the disabled and those with mental illness to decrease crime. 
- Wants affordable housing requirements for housing developments.
- Plans to provide tax subsidies for housing below 50% area median income and provide tax breaks for developers only for properties that provide affordable housing less than 50% of area median income.

Housing & Urban Development

Wants to repair the police's relationships with the community and with city hall and to hire more police.

Plans to partner with police unions to establish reforms and standards of practice, so police have a consistent set of expectations on operations and use of force. He said, "\[t\]he past year has done a lot of damage as expectations or \[sic\] Law enforcement quickly changed based on political expediency, leaving it unclear what might lead to a firing offense and what is acceptable behavior for an officer."

Wants to expand the Policing Alternative Diversion (PAD) program across the district.

Plans to "address the connections between gangs, drugs and the club scene that has made our nightclubs the center of our increases in crime."

- Wants to repair the police's relationships with the community and with city hall and to hire more police. 
- Plans to partner with police unions to establish reforms and standards of practice, so police have a consistent set of expectations on operations and use of force. He said, "\[t\]he past year has done a lot of damage as expectations or \[sic\] Law enforcement quickly changed based on political expediency, leaving it unclear what might lead to a firing offense and what is acceptable behavior for an officer." 
- Wants to expand the Policing Alternative Diversion (PAD) program across the district. 
- Plans to "address the connections between gangs, drugs and the club scene that has made our nightclubs the center of our increases in crime."

Public Safety

Wants more funding for sidewalks, bike lanes, pathways and street repairs, possibly through a 1 cent per gallon sales tax on gasoline within the city.

Plans to establish community priorities for a districtwide walking and biking path, along with streetscape improvements.

Wants to prioritize the BeltLine Rail as a mass transit option.

- Wants more funding for sidewalks, bike lanes, pathways and street repairs, possibly through a 1 cent per gallon sales tax on gasoline within the city. 
- Plans to establish community priorities for a districtwide walking and biking path, along with streetscape improvements. 
- Wants to prioritize the BeltLine Rail as a mass transit option.

Transportation & Infrastructure

Wants to increase density and affordability in areas along mass transit while allow for single-family residential zoning and more protected tree canopy in other areas of town.

Supports inclusionary zoning while providing subsidies for low income and working class housing.

- Wants to increase density and affordability in areas along mass transit while allow for single-family residential zoning and more protected tree canopy in other areas of town. 
- Supports inclusionary zoning while providing subsidies for low income and working class housing.

Zoning

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