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Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler

@votejivan.bsky.social
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Cambridge City Councillor, sidewalk socialist, and advocate for a more affordable, sustainable, and just Cambridge linktr.ee/votejivan

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Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler @votejivan.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
A little drizzle couldn’t stop the appreciation for the Broadway Safety Improvement work! Safer streets are worth celebrating 🎉
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Darren Buck @bikepedantic.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
A fun fact about our bike bus is that the safest lowest-volume streets in our neighborhood are almost all one-way inbound. To ride home, the safest route our city provides is to break the law and ride contraflow on those same one-way streets. It ain’t ideal.
A kid riding in a single traffic lane with parked cars facing toward us on each sideA kid riding in a single traffic lane with parked cars facing toward us on one sideA kid riding in a single traffic lane being passed by an adult on a bike, with parked cars facing toward us on each side
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Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler @votejivan.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Have you been asked to pay a broker’s fee to rent an apartment this year—after Massachusetts banned forced broker’s fees in 2025? I unfortunately have. Report it! ⬇️ forms.gle/DND8TfeoLbVQ...
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Great canvass for @daniel-lander.bsky.social in Brighton with @wutrain.bsky.social, @votejivan.bsky.social, @councilordurkan.bsky.social, and WFP MA
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Kenny Uong @kennyuong.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Providence Mayor Brett Smiley should learn a lesson or two from his opponent @davidmoralespvd.bsky.social and @votejivan.bsky.social! Opposed rent stabilization and thinks that it'll scare away developers. 😪
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Erika Uyterhoeven @electerika.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Corporate landlords are using an algorithmic platform called RealPage to share pricing data and artificially raise your rent, and 3 of the corporations already sued for this price-fixing run 1 in 10 rental units in Cambridge and Somerville alone. @votejivan.bsky.social
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Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler @votejivan.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Happening Thursday!
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Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler @votejivan.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Come learn about social housing! When: this Thursday, July 16, 6:30-8pm Where: The Cambridge Senior Center, 806 Mass Ave Food & childcare will be provided
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Evan MacKay @evanforcambridge.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Join us this Saturday, July 11 at 12pm for our biggest canvass yet: bdsa.us/EvanXJivan With under 60 days to reach voters and the establishment going all-out to stop us, we need all hands on deck. That includes City Councilor and all-around cool guy @votejivan.bsky.social. It also includes you. 🫵
Canvass with Evan and Jivan!
Saturday, July 11th

Launching from: Cambridge City Hall
Canvass at: 12pm

Sign up at BDSA.US/EvanXJivan
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UNITE HERE Local 26 @local26-unitehere.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
On July 4th, as the country celebrated its 250th birthday, Hyatt Regency Cambridge workers leafletted outside the property. The hotel workers are asking customers, companies, & the community not to eat, sleep, or meet in the hotel until they have a fair process to decide on unionization.
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Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler @votejivan.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Great to join hotel workers with @local26-unitehere.bsky.social at the Hyatt Regency in Cambridge to demand a fair process for union recognition!
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Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler @votejivan.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Good day to beat the heat inside at the CHA Manning Apartments BBQ in Central Square
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Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler @votejivan.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
“The broad goal of this is to try to make sure that housing is used as a place for residents to live in year-round,” said Councillor Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler 🏡🏘️🏫🏙️ www.cambridgeday.com/2026/06/25/c...
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City Council tries to ground AirBNB, rental algorithms
Both are seen as contributing to housing constraints in Cambridge.
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Evan MacKay @evanforcambridge.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
⚡️Last night was electric! ⚡️ In the midst of a tornado warning, we had a full house of community leaders and members, fired up about the vision of a city and state that can pass progressive policy and isn’t stymied by State House Leadership who aren’t meeting the moment to fight for working people.
Group photo from Evan for State Rep launch party, of people smiling and holding up Evan signs. Evan speaking into a mic at their campaign summer launch party
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Evan MacKay @evanforcambridge.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
We’re so grateful to our speakers, @votejivan.bsky.social, Rena Lieb, and Kay Ljunggren for sharing why they’re in this fight.
Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler speakingRena Lieb speakingKay Ljunggren speaking
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Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler @votejivan.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
“It’s nice when government can actually respond to things fast” Cheers to being able to deliver on good things quickly! (And it shouldn’t just happen when the World Cup is in town)
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Miles Halpine @mileshalpine.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
“It’s nice when government can actually respond to things fast.” — @votejivan.bsky.social Via Spencer Buell at @bostonglobe.com #cambma #fifaworldcup www.bostonglobe.com/2026/06/18/m...
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‘It feels like Paris.’ A last-minute World Cup perk lets people sip cocktails on the streets of Cambridge. - The Boston Globe
Beers on the sidewalk? Espresso martinis in the park? Suddenly, they're allowed.
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Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler @votejivan.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Great to speak at the launch event for @mikeconnollyma.bsky.social’s re-election campaign for state rep in Cambridge! Mike has been a leader in the push for social housing (and I’m excited our Social Housing Task Force kicks off its 1st meeting next week!)
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Miles Halpine @mileshalpine.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Wise words from @votejivan.bsky.social in @jacobinmag.bsky.social jacobin.com/2026/05/sobr...
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Corporate Democrats Still Don’t Understand Housing
Cambridge socialist City Councilor Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler argues that solving the housing crisis means building more homes while fighting for affordability and tenant power.
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Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler @votejivan.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
See you on Saturday at 11am! Come meet @evanforcambridge.bsky.social, learn about what the city and state can do to protect immigrants, and talk about other priorities
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Jacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Cambridge socialist City Councilor Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler argues that solving the housing crisis means building more homes while fighting for affordability and tenant power.
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Corporate Democrats Still Don’t Understand Housing
Cambridge socialist City Councilor Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler argues that solving the housing crisis means building more homes while fighting for affordability and tenant power.
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Darren Buck @bikepedantic.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
I don’t agree with every single thing in this @votejivan.bsky.social piece, but I definitely gonna veer closer to his stance than Jake Auchincloss and Bret Goddamn Stephens
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Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler @votejivan.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Wrote about our work on housing on the Cambridge City Council in @jacobinmag.bsky.social! Our housing crisis isn’t caused by gov’t. It’s caused by state & federal electeds failing to legislate and empowering bad actors. It’s time for more bold action at the local level jacobin.com/2026/05/sobr...
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Corporate Democrats Still Don’t Understand Housing
Cambridge socialist City Councilor Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler argues that solving the housing crisis means building more homes while fighting for affordability and tenant power.
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Darren Buck @bikepedantic.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
New motto of porchfest is “please don’t drive on porchfest day”
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Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler @votejivan.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Do you have a favorite tree in Cambridge? It might be someone else's favorite too storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/9bf3...
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Cambridge's Favorite Trees
Stories and poems about Cambridge residents' favorite trees
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Evan MacKay @evanforcambridge.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Join us and @votejivan.bsky.social to discuss how we can protect our immigrant neighbors! We want to hear from YOU! Come share your concerns, ideas, and hopes for our community!
Learn about the district! 
Evan x Jivan Office Hours

May 16, 11 am - 1 pm

Sacramento Field, 21 Sacramento St, Cambridge

Join us to discuss how we can protect our immigrant neighbors & share your priority issues for the 25th Middlesex District (near Central, Harvard, & Porter Square)!

Photos of Evan MacKay, Candidate for State Rep, and Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler, Cambridge City Councillor
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Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler @votejivan.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Great event on employee owned businesses & succession planning at Cambridge City Hall today on May Day! Thanks to Circus Coop Cafe @portersqbooks.bsky.social and others for participating and Cambridge’s Economic Development folks for organizing
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Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler @votejivan.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Beautiful May Day to march with Cambridge Education Association, @bostondsa.org and others from Cambridge to Boston Common for worker and immigrants rights, public education, and making billionaires pay taxes!
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Erika Uyterhoeven @electerika.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Incredible experience to meet @aoc.bsky.social and our very own @ayannapressley.bsky.social with @votejivan.bsky.social yesterday. Running for office as a democratic socialist is an intense, challenging, and at times isolating experience, especially as candidates of color.
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Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler @votejivan.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Proud to stand with Harvard University workers from @hgsuuaw and @haworkers who are on strike! They're fighting for a fair contract with harassment & discrimination safeguards, fair compensation, and protections for immigrant workers
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Darren Buck @bikepedantic.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Good luck, speakers! I can’t make it tonight, but said my piece via email yesterday. Thanks to @councilloralzubi.bsky.social and @votejivan.bsky.social for putting the PO forward, and to @cambbikesafety.bsky.social for their work as always.
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John Hawkinson @johnhawkinson.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Done. Now on to CMA#6, the Ahern v. Sig Sauer settlement for $400,000-ish. Well, transfer of $400,000 to support the settlement.
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John Hawkinson @johnhawkinson.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
JSW will oppose the settlement and thinks it'll cost the city "far more money."
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Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler @votejivan.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
“Cambridge’s home rule petition is one way the city can help keep attention and pressure on the issue, and I’m glad we moved forward with it last night,” Sobrinho-Wheeler told Cambridge Day via email.
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Erika Uyterhoeven @electerika.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Thank you to everyone who came out to our press conference to announce my run for State Senate this morning!!! A big thank you to MTA, IBEW 2222, @votejivan.bsky.social Jon Link, and JT Scott and for all of our incredible community members and supporters for coming out to support this morning!
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Harry Walpert @hjwalpert.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
State representative Erika Uyterhoeven (@electerika.bsky.social) is running for state senate to replace Pat Jehlen who is retiring after this year. Both @votejivan.bsky.social and @jtforward2.bsky.social are endorsing her for state senate.
Erika Uyterhoeven speaking about her campaign announcement with many of people rally to support her state senate bid.Me with Erika Uyterhoeven Me with Erika Uyterhoeven and Cambridge city councilor Jivan Sobrinho Wheeler.
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Darren Buck @bikepedantic.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Cambridge councilor @votejivan.bsky.social introducing a policy order to advance a ‘Snow Corps’ for better sidewalk-shoveling www.reddit.com/r/CambridgeM...
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• City Councilor: Sobrinh...
Policy order on expanding the City's sidewalk snow removal efforts at Monday's
City Council meeting
I wanted to share that I'm introducing a policy order on sidewalk snow removal at our City Council meeting this Monday. It's titled "Policy Order #4: That the city manager is requested to confer with relevant city staff and report back with information as the first step in the exploration of a potential Cambridge Snow Corps Program."
Some cities have recently been exploring increased municipal sidewalk snow clearance, including the hiring of Emergency Snow Shovelers by the Mayor of New York City and the creation of a similar Snow Corps in Boston, based on models in Baltimore and Chicago. Cambridge can follow these cities' leads and expand sidewalk snow clearance here as well.
I'm hoping the City Council will vote to move forward with the policy order as a first step to strengthening sidewalk snow removal in Cambridge. Any personal stories you can share with the City Council about why sidewalk snow removal matters to you via email (citycouncil@cambridgema.gov) or public comment would be helpful.
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Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler @votejivan.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
I’m introducing a policy order on sidewalk snow removal at our City Council meeting this Monday! Some cities like NYC and Boston have recently been exploring increased municipal sidewalk snow clearance. Cambridge can follow these cities’ leads and expand sidewalk snow clearance here as well!
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Democratic Socialists of America @demsocialists.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
‼️TAKE ACTION: NO WAR WITH IRAN‼️ Organize/attend a rally with @answercoalition.bsky.social , lobby Congress to pass the War Powers Resolution, and organize your union to pass an antiwar resolution! 🌹
Graphic describing actions that can be taken against the war in Iran.
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Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler @votejivan.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Met with East Cambridge residents this morning about improving the intersection of Charles River Dam Road & Museum Way by the Museum of Science. Right now it’s dangerous for pedestrians, cyclists, and drivers. It’s time to fix it
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Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler @votejivan.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Thank for flagging this crosswalk! I had a little time this morning before our Finance Committee meeting, so I stopped by and shoveled it out
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Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler @votejivan.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Had a great time shoveling out crosswalks, bus stops, fire hydrants & sidewalks with @evanforcambridge.bsky.social and other @bostondsa.org friends this morning!
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Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler @votejivan.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
If you build it, they will come. Glad to have introduced the 2020 Cycling Safety Ordinance that has been part of this work!
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City of Cambridge @cambridgemass.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
🚲 The 2025 Biking in Cambridge Data Report is here, and the numbers show record biking and imaproved safety across the city. Explore the full report to dive deeper into the data and see what it means for the future of transportation in Cambridge: camb.ma/3ZxX8P8
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Darren Buck @bikepedantic.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Build a low-stress citywide network and more Americans will ride bikes more often.
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Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler @votejivan.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Thanks, glad Cambridge is moving forward with prohibiting ICE from operating on City property. And thanks for flagging Chicago’s policy, which was helpful in thinking about this!
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Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler @votejivan.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Since the snowstorm last week, we've been sharing info about sidewalk snow clearance — and a call to action for more municipal sidewalk snow removal!
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Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler @votejivan.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
"The actions we saw from the Trump administration are a violation of international law, they're also a violation of American laws," said Cambridge City Councilmember Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler. 📷 @wbztv.bsky.social
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Run for Something @runforsomething.net · 06/01/2026
Hot take: Community-led governance isn’t scary. It’s actually two RFS alumni on the Cambridge City Council fighting like hell for affordable housing. @votejivan.bsky.social and Ayah Al-Zub are proving that governing with values is very much a thing. Your move. Run for office.
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Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler @votejivan.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Grateful to get to serve another term on the Cambridge City Council and for the family & friends who joined to celebrate Inauguration Day today! And thankful for everyone who made who made this possible by door knocking, phonebanking, donating, postcard writing, and more. Thank you.
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