The progressive Councilmember has represented District 2 since 2019 and was reelected to another four-year term in 2023. Morales has found herself at odds with the more conservative majority that took office last year, often providing a lone No vote against her eight colleagues’ Yeas.
In her announcement, Morales said that over the past 11 months, the Council has “eroded our checks and balances as a Legislative department and undermined my work as a policymaker.”
On the policy front, she pointed to her colleagues’ support for increasing spending in the budget for police, jail capacity and homeless encampment clearance while reducing funding for social services; putting forth a competing social
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