FY 2026-27 City Budget and Spending Priorities

Shared difficulties faced as a disabled senior citizen navigating shelter and housing resources in Phoenix.

Asked the council to protect the proposed $5 million child care investment in the final budget to help working families cope with high costs.

Shared personal challenges regarding the high cost of downtown child care and supported the proposed $5 million investment.

Urged the council to maintain the $5 million child care investment, emphasizing its importance as economic infrastructure.

Discussed the severe financial strain of child care costs and waitlists for working parents in Phoenix.

Demanded an increase in customer service crisis relief funds to $6.5 million to assist immigrant families facing federal policy challenges.

Shared a family story impacted by traffic stops and immigration processing, asking for increased crisis relief funding.

Thanked the council for doubling crisis relief funds but urged an increase to $6.5 million and funding for eviction legal defense.

Voiced support for the $5 million child care set-aside as vital infrastructure for working parents.

Thanked the council for general fund allocations toward homelessness and urged better heat mitigation at outdoor shelter spaces.

Asked for $6.5 million in crisis relief funds for families affected by immigration enforcement and economic pressures.

Called for shifting funds from policing to community-led crisis response and increasing relief funds to $6.5 million.

Requested an increase in crisis relief to $6.5 million and youth programs to $1.5 million, contrasting funds with the police budget.

Requested cooling improvements, misters, and better water access at the Safe Outdoor Space shelter.

Asked for $6.5 million in crisis relief and questioned the necessity of large police budget increases.

Thanked the council for initial relief funding but urged reaching $6.5 million to assist families losing federal benefits.

Expressed happiness at being heard on crisis relief but asked for the full $6.5 million allocation.

Thanked the city for homelessness resources but urged better summer heat relief and additional 24-hour cooling centers.

Asked the city to protect the $5 million child care allocation in the final budget.

Urged the council to protect the ongoing $5 million child care investment to help working families.

Urged increasing the Crisis Relief Fund to $6.5 million to address immigrant community fears and economic hardships.

Raised concerns regarding sanitation, food quality, and cooling at the SOS homeless shelter.

Requested misters, air conditioning, and better water filtration at the SOS shelter due to extreme heat.

Asked the council to protect the $5 million child care allocation as vital economic infrastructure.

Complained about a lack of ice and cooling resources for residents at the SOS shelter.

Asked for a $6.5 million allocation for crisis relief to help families affected by economic pressures and ICE raids.

Supported increasing crisis relief funds to $6.5 million and questioned police budget increases.

Thanked council staff for increased crisis relief and child care funds while urging a total of $6.5 million for relief.

Criticized police vehicle expenditures while praising community investments in child care and crisis relief.

Thanked the city for crisis relief expansions but urged shifting police funds to reach $6.5 million for relief.

Raised concerns about water access rules for residents at the SOS shelter.

Called for improved transparency, accountability, and oversight in city programs and environmental departments.

Requested misters, fans, and better water fountain maintenance at the SOS shelter.

Advocated for tenant right-to-counsel funding to prevent homelessness.

Thanked the council for housing and crisis support while asking for low-barrier access to these funds.

Requested increased crisis relief funding and highlighted fiscal challenges in local school districts.

Criticized police budget allocations while calling for $6.5 million in crisis relief for unhoused and struggling residents.

Requested support for a $6.5 million crisis relief fund to help seniors and families pay bills and secure housing.

Shared struggles with housing instability as a disabled resident and urged funding crisis relief to $6.5 million.

Advocated for increasing crisis relief funds to $6.5 million to assist residents affected by federal cuts and ICE enforcement.

Asked for $6.5 million in crisis relief funds to support immigrant families and detained individuals.

Urged increased crisis relief funds, eviction legal defense, and youth program funding.

Thanked the city for relief fund increases but urged raising the total to $6.5 million with accessible distribution.

Asked the council to support a $6.5 million crisis relief fund accessible to all Phoenix residents.

Requested expanding crisis relief funds to $6.5 million to help residents facing food and medical shortages.

Spoke in strong support of child care funding, sharing personal experiences adopting and raising grandchildren.

Testified in support of the $5 million child care affordability set-aside on behalf of Learning Care.