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In 2013, the city required every new bar or restaurant with a liquor license on University Hill to close by 11 p.m. and make at least half its money from food. The predictable result was a Hill with essentially no late-night anything. In 2023, a different council repealed the rule unanimously. Nobody in Congress was involved in either vote.

Council also appoints the board that hands out every liquor license in town and writes the noise and nuisance rules that get enforced on your block.

Where I stand: I want more nightlife, more restaurants, and fewer empty storefronts, and I'd make it far faster to open a business in the ones sitting vacant. More on vacancies →

The city's code decides what can be built near campus, how much of it, and how many months of review stand in the way. Council writes that code. When it makes building slow and expensive, fewer places get built, and you pay for it every August.

Until 2025, Boulder also capped how many unrelated people could live together, a rule aimed pretty squarely at students. It only came off the books after the state banned caps like it.

Where I stand: Simplify the zoning code so far more housing can be built by right, including a real mix of housing types in every neighborhood. More on housing →

Every long-term rental in Boulder needs a city rental license, which comes with safety inspections and energy-efficiency standards. The city decides how hard it looks for landlords renting without one, and how fast somebody shows up when you report one who isn't keeping up.

Boulder voters also created a program that gives any tenant facing eviction a free lawyer, paid for by a fee on landlords. If this is the first you've heard of it, that's its own problem, and it's worth fixing too.

Where I stand: Rules that nobody enforces are just suggestions. I'd publish how long code complaints take to resolve, so you can see whether anyone is actually answering the phone.

The city decides whether the rules along the creek get enforced, whether there are officers on foot where people actually are, and how well the path is kept up. That's all council and the budget it passes.

Everyone out there, housed or unhoused, deserves respect. That said, pitching a tent along the creek isn't sharing a public space, it's claiming it, and the same goes for leaving needles and trash where people walk.

Where I stand: Enforce the rules we already have, and partner with Boulder Police on foot patrols along the creek and on Pearl. More on parks & open space →

Bike lanes, crosswalks on Broadway and Baseline, the bus service the city helps pay for, the rules for scooters, and the parking permits that decide whether your car can sit on the street by your house. None of that is set in Washington or at the state capitol.

Plate-reading camera networks like Flock keep a record of where the people who live here go, held by a private vendor. Council decides whether Boulder signs up, what gets collected, how long it's kept, and who's allowed to search it.

I've spent twenty years in security, so I'll be blunt: every system like this gets used for more than it was sold for, and every database eventually leaks.

Where I stand: I'd oppose expanding Flock and wind down the surveillance we already have. More on privacy →