Believes in maintaining high-quality county services while keeping taxes and fees low.

- Believes in maintaining high-quality county services while keeping taxes and fees low.

Public Services

Said, "I am committed to keeping Cobb the best place to do business, but also the best place for workers to raise a family."

Plans to build an economy where "we all thrive" by investing in community connections and inclusive planning.

Plans to "lead the continued prosperity of the new District 2" by investing in community connections and inclusive economic planning.

- Said, "I am committed to keeping Cobb the best place to do business, but also the best place for workers to raise a family."
- Plans to "lead the continued prosperity of the new District 2" by investing in community connections and inclusive economic planning.

Economy

Believes public safety is essential for a thriving community and plans to invest in people, technology, and security infrastructure to ensure Cobb is secure and safe.

Believes public safety is essential for a thriving community and plans to invest in "people, technology, and security infrastructure" to ensure Cobb is secure and safe.

- Believes public safety is essential for a thriving community and plans to invest in "people, technology, and security infrastructure" to ensure Cobb is secure and safe.

Public Safety

Believes prioritizing attainable housing for the diverse workforce and addressing the student housing crisis at Kennesaw State University is crucial.

- Believes prioritizing attainable housing for the diverse workforce and addressing the student housing crisis at Kennesaw State University is crucial.

Housing & Urban Development

Believes addressing housing affordability and improving transportation options are essential for quality of life and workforce issues, and supports ensuring public service, safety, healthcare, and education workers can live and commute within Metro Atlanta effectively.

- Believes addressing housing affordability and improving transportation options are essential for quality of life and workforce issues, and supports ensuring public service, safety, healthcare, and education workers can live and commute within Metro Atlanta effectively.

Transportation & Infrastructure

Believes environmental justice is essential for family health and wellbeing, and plans to advocate for national environmental policy to ensure a clean, safe planet.

Believes "environmental justice" is essential for health and well-being, plans to advocate for national environmental policy to ensure a clean, safe planet, and to fight against Sterigenics' air pollution.

- Believes "environmental justice" is essential for health and well-being, plans to advocate for national environmental policy to ensure a clean, safe planet, and to fight against Sterigenics' air pollution.

Energy & the Environment

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Believes local government should be accessible and not "a private members-only club," and supports simplifying zoning and permitting processes for residents and businesses.

- Believes local government should be accessible and not "a private members-only club," and supports simplifying zoning and permitting processes for residents and businesses.

Believes in supporting small businesses and ensuring they train and develop local talent.

- Believes in supporting small businesses and ensuring they train and develop local talent.

Believes a local government's primary responsibility is ensuring resident safety and plans to secure funding, housing, and resources for first responders, including behavioral health services, to enhance community support.

Believes a local government's main responsibility is ensuring resident safety and plans to secure funding, housing, and resources for first responders, including behavioral health services.

- Believes a local government's main responsibility is ensuring resident safety and plans to secure funding, housing, and resources for first responders, including behavioral health services.

As of February 4, 2025, Jaha V. Howard’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Jaha V. Howard

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