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Jason Chavez

@jchavezmpls.bsky.social
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He/him. Southsider LGBTQ+ Latino 🏳️‍🌈. Minneapolis City Council Member for the 9th Ward. Views are my own.

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Jason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 1h
It’s my 31st birthday! 🎂 🎈 ❤️
Feliz Cumpleaños cake for Jason
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Dex Anderson @dexanderson.com · 10/10/2026
My car broke down. In the middle of Duluth. I’m so upset. I need to tow it to a mechanic and it’s going to be very expensive. Please help. Venmo @ dexanderson. I need at least $500
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Jason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I appreciate you and your dedication to Phillips!
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Silmaria 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @silmaria.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Clean Sweep was great and a lot of trash was taken off the streets. It was amazing to meet so many of our neighbors today with grabby sticks and garbage bags in hand. My back sure appreciated not bending over. Thank you to everyone who came out and to the organizations that helped make it happen! ♻️🗑️
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Jason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
* This is being reposted from CM Chavez’s Official Accounts.* *This page is his personal account and views are his own*
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Jason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Phillips Clean Sweep was a success! Thank you to all the neighbors, volunteers, and partners who came out to clean up our streets, alleys, and neighborhoods.
Jason at the Phillips Community Clean Sweep
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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 09/10/2026
update: i reported it to 311 and the health department went to the address to observe the violation themselves, then sent him a letter about it, then came to talk to the homeowner to make sure he knew what he had to change the health department also encouraged me to spread the word! report these!
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
In her statement on the ICE shooting in New York, AOC specifically calls out Target. The congresswoman demands that the mega-corporation stop allowing ICE to stage paramilitary raids from its parking lots. migrantinsider.com/p/aoc-to-tar...
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AOC to Target: Stop Lending Your Bronx Parking Lots to ICE
After federal agents fired into a car with a 5-year-old in the back seat, Ocasio-Cortez names the retailer that lawmakers say gave ICE a place to wait.
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Wiredferret! @wiredferret.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
If you are a Phillips neighbor, we’re having a neighborhood Clean Sweep day Saturday. Starts with breakfast at 8:30 at Welna! Festival at the end.
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 09/10/2026
Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty is pursuing state convictions against ICE agent Gregory Morgan Jr., who is accused of pointing his gun at two drivers during Operation Metro Surge.
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Unprecedented fight looms in Minnesota case against ICE agent
The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office is seeking a state conviction against an ICE agent. His attorney says he deserves to be tried in a federal courtroom.
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Jason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Residents deserve accountability, and this audit is one step toward getting it. 3/
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Jason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Police overtime continues to exceed its budget every year. MPD has now admitted that overtime has been mismanaged in recent years, leading to record overspending. The City Council is being asked to fund MPD overtime at a much higher level, with no independent assurance of how it's controlled. 2/
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Jason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
This week, Council Member @robin4mpls.bsky.social & I brought forward a resolution requesting the Audit Committee request the City Auditor to conduct an independent audit of MPD overtime management, controls, & use. The final vote is next week. 1/ www.startribune.com/minneapolis-...
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Interim Minneapolis police chief says he inherited a budget ‘mess’
Police leaders acknowledged during a City Council budget meeting that overtime was handed out too loosely in years past and said they’re now monitoring it more closely.
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Jason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I’m not sure about Saint Paul. We passed this ordinance in Minneapolis. This was in September.
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Robert Haider @roberthaider.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
To see more of the mayor’s proposed cuts using Days of MPD Overtime Pay as a unit of measure, check out this document authored by CMs Chavez, Wonsley, Stevenson, and Chughtai. content.govdelivery.com/accounts/MPL...
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Ward 9 Update - October 9, 2026
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Jason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Happy to join you in convos!
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Jason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
*This is being reposted from CM Chavez’s Official Accounts.* *This page is his personal account and views are his own*
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Jason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Español. 3/
Español: Solidaridad con la ciudad de Nueva York desde Minneapolis. Estamos con los neoyorquinos que resisten a ICE.

Además, esta tarde la migra secuestro a un vecino en la East Lake Street, así que debemos seguir alertas aqui tambien. No olviden su silbato y tomen turnos de observación cuando puedan. Como siempre, abolir ICE.

Jason Chavez
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Jason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Don't forget your whistle and pick up shifts to observe when you can. As always, Abolish ICE. Jason Chavez 2/
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Jason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Solidarity with New York City from Minneapolis. We stand with New Yorkers resisting ICE. Additionally, this afternoon, a neighbor was kidnapped by ICE on East Lake Street, so we must continue to stay vigilant here at home. 1/
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little john @littlejohn.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Newsletter from CMs Wonsley, Chavez, Chughtai, and Stevenson lists the mayor's proposed cuts in terms of equivalent days of MPD overtime. ♥️✊🙏 @robin4mpls.bsky.social @jchavezmpls.bsky.social @aishaforward10.com @sorenwithward8.bsky.social
 		
Council Member Soren Stevenson

Ward 8 News from Council Member Soren Stevenson 
October 8th, 2026

Dear neighbors, 

The City Council is preparing to amend and adopt a City Budget for 2027. The 2027 Budget proposed by Mayor Frey in August includes cuts to many programs that our communities rely on while increasing the budget for the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) by more than $20 million. 

We can recognize that the City is facing real fiscal challenges while rejecting false austerity. These narratives are being used as a pretext for cuts to programs communities rely on, all while allowing MPD to have an ever ballooning budget that goes unchecked year after year.

Fiscal responsibility doesn’t look like just cutting across the board. It means examining every major area of city spending, identifying inefficiencies and measurable outcomes, and ensuring every tax dollar the City spends actually improves residents’ lives or enhances a public good. 

MPD has gone $20 million over budget two years in a row, and MPD leaders have publicly admitted that there has been mismanagement of overtime. Earlier this year, both the Commissioner of Community Safety and the Chief Operating Officer both publicly stated they were unaware of this overspending for nearly all of 2025. Earlier this year, when ICE invaded our city, our communities stepped up to protect our neighbors while the MPD did little to nothing to keep us safe yet still got millions in overtime compensation. It is not fiscally responsible to increase MPD’s budget by $20 million when it is widely known that mismanagement of MPD is fueling unnecessary costs that are not meaningfully improving public safety.

The budget is funded by working people, and they deserve accountability and oversight of how their money is spent. This year, the Board of Estimate and Taxation, the body that sets the maximum tax levy, made it clear that unchecked police overspending needed to be meaningfully addressed. The City Council has…
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 09/10/2026
Ten of the 13 Minneapolis City Council members authored a resolution calling on the school board to consider alternatives to school closures.
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Minneapolis City Council urges school board to delay vote on closure plan
Ten of the 13 City Council members authored a resolution calling on the school board to consider alternatives to school closures.
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Jason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
*This is being reposted from CM Chavez’s Official Accounts.* *This page is his personal account and views are his own*
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Jason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
While Trump wants to spread hate and division, we will continue to learn about love and care from our Somali community. Jason Chavez 3/
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Jason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
To our Somali neighbors, we love you. You welcome us into your restaurants and stores, care for our elders, teach our kids, and show up for Minneapolis every day. You belong here and we stand with you. 2/
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Jason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Today Trump told Minnesotans to "fight back" against our Somali neighbors. This is dangerous, despicable, and should be condemned by everyone. 1/
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Shannon for School Board @shannon-for-d3.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Thanks to all the Minneapolis city council members (including my own) who put out this message denouncing the MPS school closures plan. ✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽
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Doron Clark @doronclark.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
To my neighbors, and the place we call home.
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Daniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 07/10/2026
September eviction numbers from @homelinemn.org: Minneapolis remains on pace for its highest number of evictions in decades, tracking 4.8% ahead of 2025 which was already a high-water mark. St. Paul is on pace for a 15% *reduction* in eviction filings year-over-year homelinemn.org/12175/evicti...
Data on monthly eviction filings for Minneapolis and St. Paul

Minneapolis Eviction Filings: January-September 
January February March April May June kJ/ August Sept Total
2023 432 439 494 317 471 430 405 472 444 3,904
2024 281 442 444 449 425 374 497 461 428 3,801
2025 496 521 282 393 417 454 438 433 519 3,953 2026 435 434 452 494 428 478 469 471 480 4,141
Compared to '25 -12.3% -16.7% 60.3% 25.7% 2.6% 5.3% 7.1% 8.8% 4.8%
Compared to average '23-25 up 7.9% -7.1% 11.1% 27.9% 14.0% 5.0% 3.4% 3.5% 6.6%

St. Paul Eviction Filings: January-September
January February March April May June July August Sept Total
2023 306 246 271 232 280 264 280 292 268 2,439
2024 166 203 257 170 269 213 266 233 315 2,092
2025 A 345 257 261 250 237 245 318 233 337 2,483 2026 342 246 281 268 213 74 174 262 241 2,101
Compared to '25 7.7% 7.2% 12.4%
Compared to average '23-25 25.6% 4.5% 6.8% 23.3% 3.7%
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Jason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
NEED HAS BEEN MET! Thank you all ❤️
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Jason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
WE NEED YOUR HELP ❗️We are helping a Minneapolis family who is behind on rent and doesn’t qualify for the city’s rental assistance program. I’m hopping to raise $800 to cover the rent they are behind on. Cash app: $jasonchavezcruz Venmo: @ LiamDavisTemple
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Jason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
They really don’t care about the job loss. They are saying it out loud too.
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Jason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
That’s my President
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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 04/10/2026
minneapolis city council president elliott payne DJs at the bassett creek metro transit stop during a dance break stop on the DJ bike ride
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Jason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Can you send me the details and any photos
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Robin for Ward 2 @robin4mpls.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A recent Star Tribune article found that 14 Minnesota CEOs took home more than $10 million, with one making more than $200 million. This is exactly why we need to tax the rich.
Screenshot of a Star Tribune graphic featuring stacks of green coins rising alongside U.S. currency and a businessperson carrying a briefcase. Large text reads: “14 Minnesota CEOs took home over $10 million, with one making more than $200 million.”
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Jason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
*This is being reposted from CM Chavez’s Official Accounts.* *This page is his personal account and views are his own*
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Jason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Make sure to stop by the Midtown Farmers Market today! As a reminder, the last day of the Market for the season is on October 31, 2026.
A photo of Jason and colleagues at the midtown farmers market
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Jason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Unfortunately, Sherrif Witt’s Office provided a statement saying they need to retain access to the Flock network which only keeps our immigrant neighbors less safe. 8/
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Jason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
While we as a City do not own or operate any Flock cameras, they are located within city limits and they need to get them taken down. 7/
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Jason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
As big tech companies, their billionaire owners, and their partners in the federal government continue their expansion of the surveillance state, it’s up to us at the local level to take every action we can to fight back. 6/
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Jason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This creates a comprehensive record of residents' daily movements that raises significant privacy and civil liberties concerns, particularly for immigrant communities already facing heightened federal enforcement activity. 5/
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Jason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Flock Safety cameras continuously capture and retain location data on every vehicle passing a camera regardless of whether the vehicle or its occupants are suspected of any crime. 4/
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Jason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
In July 2026, a Star Tribune investigation reported that federal immigration enforcement agencies, including ICE, had means of accessing Flock Safety-collected data, despite Minnesota law restricting ALPR data-sharing to criminal investigations. 3/
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Jason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I was proud to lead the call alongside CVP Osman and Council Members @robin4mpls.bsky.social, @sorenwithward8.bsky.social, and @aurinmpls.bsky.social. 2/
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Jason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
At Thursday’s Minneapolis City Council meeting, we passed a resolution calling on Hennepin County Sheriff Witt and the University of MN to terminate their Flock Safety cameras with a 9-4 vote. 1/ kstp.com/kstp-news/lo...
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Minneapolis City Council resolution calls on U of M, Hennepin County to ditch Flock cameras
A resolution passed Thursday by the Minneapolis City Council urges the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office and the University of Minnesota to cancel their contracts with Flock Safety.
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[tips hat] after you, m'pls @peskee.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
i do not have the context for the city council discussion on 'gift acceptance from minneapolis police foundation' but it's pretty wild to hear that whatever originally was going to happen for 9 MPD command staff to go to florida on taxpayer dime, and chavez worked to make sure it wouldn't be
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Jason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Yesterday, the Council passed Workers Drive Minneapolis. Proud to have co-authored it with CM @robin4mpls.bsky.social, CM @aurinmpls.bsky.social & CVP Osman. Unfortunately, Mayor Frey sided with Elon Musk's Tesla, Amazon & Google over public safety and vetoed it. www.startribune.com/minneapolis-...
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Frey vetoes Minneapolis ordinance that would have required human drivers in driverless vehicles
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said the measure represented a “back door ban that belies our progressive tradition in Minneapolis.”
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Liam Davis Temple @liam2manynames.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The City Council just passed this resolution asking the Hennepin County Sheriff and University of Minnesota to take down all of their flock cameras. Seems like a no-brainer issue that would be a unanimous vote right? Council Members Rainville, Vetaw, Shaffer, and Palmisano voted no.
Calling on Hennepin County and the University of Minnesota to terminate the use of Flock Safety cameras used as license plate reader cameras.
Whereas, the City of Minneapolis government does not own or operate Flock Safety cameras, but residents of the city have called on their elected leaders to take any and all actions to stop the proliferation of Flock Safety cameras and ban their usage; and
Whereas, the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office (HCSO) and the University of Minnesota have deployed Flock Safety automated license plate reader (ALPR) cameras throughout Hennepin County and the city of Minneapolis; and
Whereas, a Star Tribune investigation in July reported that federal immigration enforcement agencies, such as ICE, had the means to access Flock Safety data, despite Minnesota law mandating that ALPR data only be shared for criminal investigations; and
Whereas, Flock Safety ALPR technology captures and retains detailed data on the movements of every vehicle that passes each camera, regardless of whether the vehicle's occupants are suspected of any crime, creating a comprehensive surveillance record of residents' daily movements; and
Whereas, communities across Minnesota including Duluth, Isanti County, Sherburne County, West St.
Paul, Saint Paul, Columbia Heights, Brooklyn Park, and Shorewood -have ended or paused their use of Flock Safety technology in recent months, citing cost, erosion of public trust, and concerns over how the data is accessed and shared; and
Whereas, for months, residents throughout the city of Minneapolis have been organizing against Flock Safety in their neighborhoods, and some have been successful in their efforts to remove Flock Safety cameras from their local streets; and
Whereas, the City of Minneapolis government does not own or operate Flock Safety cameras, but residents of the city have called on their elected leaders to take any and all actions to stop the proliferation of Flock Safety cameras and ban their usage;
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Cartilage Pizza @cartilagepizza.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Metal dudes with cats for Jason Chavez
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