Laura Morrison
Mayor
In general, I support an effort to accommodate growth with appropriate development and to strengthen city affordability programs, although CodeNext failed to achieve these goals. I support a revision to increase density in compatible ways, to strengthen community benefit requirements for projects with added entitlements and to extend the affordable housing density bonus program to commercial properties. I also strongly support measures to strengthen watershed protections and flood mitigation, an increasingly critical safety issue in light of climate change and Austin’s continued growth.