Zachary Parker Talks “Water is Life,” Youth Fair Wages, and Environmental Justice

17/04/2024 32 min
Zachary Parker Talks “Water is Life,” Youth Fair Wages, and Environmental Justice

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Episode Synopsis

In his latest Hearing the Council video interview, Ward 5 Councilmember Zachary Parker discusses three bills he introduced. His “Water is Life” bill would prevent residential water service shutoffs for nonpayment and facilitate access by tenants to programs meant to help avoiding such shutoffs. His Pay Our Youth a Fair Wage bill would increase wages for participants in the Summer Youth Employment Program. And his Environmental Justice Act would look at the cumulative impacts of environmentally detrimental projects in a single community. Plus we discuss how to formulate the perfect councilmember out of the best traits of his colleagues.

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