photo by Jeanine Farley
STEPHANIE HIRSCH for SOMERVILLE
 CITY COUNCILOR AT LARGE

STEPHANIE'S GOALS
During the campaign, Stephanie knocked on almost 13,000 doors and held more than 40 meet and greets. Since her swearing in, she has been working on these issues:

•Increasing our City's affordability, including increasing access to housing and addressing other household burdens;
•Addressing quality of life issues, with a special focus on traffic, rats, flooding, and noise;
•Increasing investment in community organizations and civic space;
•Promoting community building and advocacy;
•Considering our environmental impact across all these goals;
•And tackling other major worries in our community, including increasing awareness of and solutions for the opioid crisis, figuring out policies and law that help support businesses, and addressing labor/employment issues in the city.