The Austin City Councilman

Betsy Dupuis is a product designer, developer, artist, musician, 2x AI whistleblower. She is also the woman behind the lawsuit to remove Travis County District Attorney Jose Garza. https://x.com/BetsyDupuis _______________________ @bradswail austincitycouncilman.com _______________________ The purpose of the Austin City Councilman podcast is to provide a platform for people to speak and opine on important issues that matter to Austin.  The views, opinions, or claims of the guest(s) on the Austin City Councilman podcast do not necessarily represent those of the host, and may not have been independently verified.

Doug Greco is a candidate for Mayor of Austin.  Learn more about him and follow him on social meida: https://x.com/DougGrec https://www.facebook.com/grecoforaustin https://www.grecoforaustin.com/ _______________________ @bradswail austincitycouncilman.com

Matt and Cleo are the cofounders of Save Austin Now, a truly non partisan citizen’s group dedicated to Austin’s quality of life. We talk about the latest with their lawsuit to force the City of Austin to enforce Prob B (camping ban), public safety and police, the DA, and more. https://www.saveaustinnow.com/ https://twitter.com/Cleo_Petricek https://twitter.com/MattMackowiak _________________________ @bradswail austincitycouncilman.com

You can watch this episode on my X or Vimeo!   Fred Lewis is an attorney who has spent countless hours trying to keep the City of Austin honest. He joins us again to us the latest updates to the South Central Waterfront District TIRZ and Central Health. @bradswail austincitycouncilman.com

Danielle Fountain is the co-founder of The One Realty in Austin, TX. She joins to discuss some of the latest trends in real estate in Austin, investor/institutional buyers, the HOME initiative, and more! Danielle on X: https://twitter.com/The_One_Realty The One Realty Website: https://theonerealty.com/ _______________ @bradswail austincitycouncilman.com Support the show on Patreon!

You can watch this conversation on Vimeo or on X In the last of three episodes highlighting how DA Jose Garza treats victims and their families, Conny Branham, mother of Chris Branham, shares her story and experience dealing with DA Garza. You have a choice. Primary election is Tuesday, March 5th, 2024. The Chris Branham Foundation Website ____________________ @bradswail austincitycouncilman.com Support the show on Patreon!

You can watch this conversation on Vimeo or on X In the second of three episodes highlighting how DA Jose Garza treats victims and their families, Kristina Byington, cousin to murder victim Anita Byington, shares her story and experience dealing with DA Garza. You have a choice. Primary election is Tuesday, March 5th, 2024. Medium article detailing Krsitina's story ___________________ @bradswail austincitycouncilman.com Support the show on Patreon!

You can watch this conversation on Vimeo or on X In the first of three episodes highlighting how DA Jose Garza treats victims and their families, JR Lopez, father of murder victim Miranda Lopez, shares his story and experience dealing with DA Garza. You have a choice. Primary election is Tuesday, March 5th, 2024. __________________ @bradswail austincitycouncilman.com Support the show on Patreon!

Jeremy Sylestine is a democrat candidate for Travis County District Attorney. He is currently in the primary against incumbent Jose Garza. Jeremy on X: https://twitter.com/Jeremy4DA Jeremy on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Jeremy4DA Jeremy's Website: https://jeremysylestine.com/ ___________________ @bradswail austincitycouncilman.com Support the show on Patreon!

You can also watch this conversation on Vimeo or X! Daniel Betts is a republican candidate for DA in Travis County. We discuss what is going wrong now under the current DA and what his goals are. Website: https://bettsforda.com/ X: https://twitter.com/bettsforda ___________________________ @bradswail austincitycouncilman.com Support the show on Patreon!

You can watch this conversation on Vimeo or X! Carmen Llanes Pulido is a candidate for Mayor of Austin. She is a community organizer, former city commissioner, and the Executive Director of GAVA (Go Austin/Vamos Austin). Carmen's Website: https://www.carmen4mayor.com/ Carmen's X: https://twitter.com/Carmen4Mayor Carmen's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/carmenformayor Carmen's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carmen4mayor/ __________________ @bradswail austincitycouncilman.com Support the show on Patreon!

You can watch this conversation on X or Vimeo! Pierre Nguyen is a firefighter/EMT, coast guardsman, nonprofit professional, and candidate for Austin City Council District 7. Pierre on X: https://twitter.com/nguyenforatx Pierre on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nguyenforcitycouncil/ Website: https://nguyenforcitycouncil.com/ __________________ @bradswail austincitycouncilman.com Support the show on Patreon!

You can watch this conversation on Vimeo or X!   Michael Bullock is the president of the Austin Police Association. He joins to discuss the latest with APD including morale, the staffing crisis, relationship with the Mayor, contract negotiations, Art Acevedo, and much more! Michael on X APA on X APA Website APA Podcast _______________ @bradswail austincitycouncilman.com Support the show on Patreon!

Taylor Blount is a citizen journalist currently working with DASH (Jamie Hammonds). Taylor on X ____________ @bradswail austincitycouncilman.com Support the show on Patreon!

You can watch this conversation on Vimeo or X! "Streets R Watching" is a long time Uber driver here in Austin and joins to disucss why he and others are organizing an Uber protest on Feb. 5th here in Austin, which will be joined by drivers from across the state. Streets chose to remain anonymous to prevent Uber from identifying who he is and punishing him for speaking out against company policies. Streets on X ShameOnUberTX on X _____________________ @bradswail austincitycouncilman.com Support the show on Patreon!

Watch this conversation on Vimeo or X! Alex Horowitz is the Director of Housing Policy at Pew Chartable Trusts. He breaks down research (lots of data!) on how density may help with housing costs. www.pewtrusts.org https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/issue-briefs/2023/09/lot-size-reform-unlocks-affordable-homeownership-in-houston https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/articles/2023/04/17/more-flexible-zoning-helps-contain-rising-rents https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/articles/2023/08/22/how-housing-costs-drive-levels-of-homelessness https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/articles/2023/12/07/restrictive-zoning-is-raising-housing-costs-and-homelessness-in-arizona ________________________ @bradswail austincitycouncilman.com Support the show on Patreon!

Watch on Vimeo and X! Rich Heyman is an Urban Studies professor at UT Austin. He joins me to discuss why cities succeed/fail, Austin's responsibility toward the homeless, why the HOME Initiative won't achieve what they say it will, and more! Rich's bio: https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/ams/faculty/rh22997 ________________________ @bradswail austincitycouncilman.com Support the show on Patreon!

Timothy Bolding and Amanda Mansouri of Sunrise Watch discuss the impact that the homeless resource center located at the Sunrise Church in Sout Austin has had on the local community, including the adjacent Joslin Elementary school. https://twitter.com/SunriseWatchAtx _______________________________ @bradswail austincitycouncilman.com Support the show on Patreon!

Arif Panju is the managing attorney for the Institute for Justice Texas Office, as well as a board member of the Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas. Arif argues the virtues of the HOME initiative from the point of view of property rights, freedom, and anti scare tactics. Institute of Justice Website Arif on X Institute of Justice on X Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas __________________ @bradswail austincitycouncilman.com Support the show on Patreon!

Full video of this conversation is on Vimeo and X! Kevin Dolan is one of the organizers of the upcoming Natalism conference here in Austin at the Line Hotel on Dec. 1st-2nd. He is also the founder of Exitgroup.us. Confernce website: https://www.natalism.org/  Natalism.org on X: https://twitter.com/natalismorg  Kevin on X: https://twitter.com/extradeadjcb ___________________________ @bradswail austincitycouncilman.com Support the show on Patreon!