Neighbors, I will be holding Office Hours tomorrow, Wednesday 3/25 from 5-7pm at Sabathani Community Center, 310 E 38th St Room 138. Please join us for any questions you have or to chat with our office.

🌙✨ Eid Mubarak to all those celebrating today! I am wishing you love and light

Last week I met with residents of Sabathani Senior Housing. Residents shared about some of their hopes and challenges of trying to afford life on a fixed income in Minneapolis.

The Frey administration is proposing that the City of Minneapolis spend at least $40 million on a “Public Safety Training and Wellness Center.”

Today Mayor Frey chose to veto a temporary extension of the eviction timeline from 30 days to 60 days. The data says that this policy would keep neighbors in their homes.

Dear Neighbors, I will be holding Office Hours this week on Friday, 3/13 11am-1pm at Bichota Coffee, 3740 Chicago Ave. Join us for any questions you might have or to chat with our office. Hope to see you there!

During a time when experts are maligned and the truth is ignored, it’s more important than ever that we listen to what experts are telling us.

I want to thank everyone who came out to today’s hearing on Pause Evictions, Save Lives, an ordinance to temporarily extend the eviction notice period from 30 to 60 days in response to Operation Metro Surge.

Our allies at the State legislature are pushing hard for rental assistance funds, but even if we get them, funds won’t be disbursed until July. Our neighbors are going to need more time to fundraise and catch up on rent.

Tomorrow rent is due again! Ward 8 community leaders are working hard to help neighbors with rental assistance so that they can stay in their homes. Please support these efforts, they are crucial to keeping our neighbors safe. Here are some that our office is aware of:

This week CP Payne sent a letter to Mayor Frey urging the termination of Minneapolis’ contract with Zencity Technologies US Inc. This is an Israeli-founded tech company that has a contract to design a digital survey to measure community perception of MPD and public safety.

ICE is very much still in Minneapolis and terrorizing our communities. And while we are under attack from the federal government, our neighbors are struggling to make rent and keep food on the table.

ICE is very much still in Minneapolis and terrorizing our communities. And while we are under attack from the federal government, our neighbors are struggling to make rent and keep food on the table.

I am heartbroken and outraged by the attempted arson at Renee Good’s memorial last night. There was gasoline poured over the memorial and a brief fire started. This is completely unacceptable.

https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/ice-in-minnesota/homan-announces-end-to-operation-metro-surge/89-12276bb4-a329-450e-a06b-8da67430105e Thank you to all of the neighbors who have been bravely and consistently looking out for one another, showing up and caring for each other.

This morning 5 ICE vehicles parked illegally in a bike lane and in MPD parking spots directly outside of City Hall. Myself and several other Council Members and city staff went outside to observe them and blew our whistles to alert people nearby. After about 45 minutes they left

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/02/05/minneapolis-increases-funding-for-rental-assistance-by-1m Yesterday the City Council voted to allocate $1 million to provide emergency rental assistance to families who are struggling because of the ongoing occupation from federal immigration agents.

Neighbors, I will be hosting office hours TOMORROW, Friday 2/6 from 11am-1pm at Bichota Coffee, 3740 Chicago Ave. Please join us for any questions you may have and to hear updates from our office.

Today Georgia Fort, Trahern Crews, Don Lemon, and Jamael Lundy were arrested for protesting ICE or covering the protest as journalists. This is a flagrant violation of our most basic rights! They must be released and charges dropped. Trump is shredding our rights before our eyes.

Ward 8 Office Hours This Week: -Wednesday, 1/28: 5 - 7 PM at Sabathani Community Center (310 E 38th St) Rm 118 -Friday, 1/30: 1 - 2 PM at Bichota Coffee (3740 Chicago Ave), please note the new time

Alex Jeffery Pretti was a VA nurse, an ICU nurse, a union member, an outdoorsman, a dog dad, a loved and missed neighbor and coworker, and a Ward 8 neighbor. He dedicated his life to caring for others.

This morning, federal immigration agents executed another one of our neighbors at 26th & Nicollet, in the Whittier neighborhood. He was observing their actions and looking out for his neighbors, and in response they murdered him in broad daylight. This has to stop.

ICE is terrorizing our community. We need to freeze them out. On Friday, we are calling for no work, no school, no shopping. Join us: https://buff.ly/JxuwKlb

I am joining over 50 unions and organizations, businesses, faith leaders and other elected officials for A Day of Truth and Freedom this Friday, 1/23. Together, we are calling for a unified statewide pause in daily economic activity to demand ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA NOW!

Last night, just a week after Renee Good was killed by ICE, federal agents shot another Minneapolis resident in the Hawthorne neighborhood. Our communities are being terrorized. This is completely unacceptable.

Ward 8 neighbors, my team and I will be holding office hours this Friday, 1/16 from 10:30-12pm at Turtle Bread Company, 4762 Chicago Ave. Please join to meet us, ask any questions you may have, and to talk about what you would like to see from our office during this time.

As we continue to be under the occupation of hostile federal agents, elected leaders at every level need t take action to protect and support our neighbors.

In order for our neighbors and communities to feel safe we need to get ICE out of our city and state. I call on elected leaders at every level of government to work alongside the City Council and community leaders towards this goal.

I am heartbroken and horrified that an ICE agent shot and killed an observer today in the Central neighborhood. I was on the scene earlier. I will share updates as I am able and demand justice, accountability and safety for our neighbors.