Amanda is a civil rights attorney who has spent 16 years fighting for justice and expanding access to legal support across Texas. She’s taken on tough fights — against powerful interests and broken systems — and delivered real results for working families. She’s not a career politician; she’s new leadership ready to govern.
Fresh leadership with clear priorities and real follow-through.
Across Travis County, working families are being priced out of the communities where they live and work. Rents are rising faster than wages, property taxes are pushing longtime residents out, and public dollars too often go to corporate subsidies instead of cost-of-living relief.
This isn’t inevitable. While the state has failed to protect affordability, Travis County has tools it can use right now. County investments can expand affordable housing, stabilize tenants, and reduce household costs.
As County Commissioner, Amanda will use county resources to support long-term housing stability, require real community benefits from new development, and keep working families rooted in Travis County.
Working people keep Travis County running, yet too many are falling behind as wages stagnate, costs rise, and basic job protections are weakened.
The state has failed to protect workers, but Travis County can lead. As a major employer, the county can respect collective bargaining, fair pay, and safe working conditions. As a major purchaser, it can ensure public dollars raise labor standards instead of driving them down.
Austin ISD’s school closures are driven by a broken state funding system, not failures by local schools. Nearly half of AISD’s revenue is sent back to the state through recapture, leaving schools with fewer resources even as needs grow. While Travis County can’t fund school operations directly, it can help cover essential services that support students and families, easing pressure on school budgets, and helping stabilize schools while we continue fighting for state-level reform. Read more
Too often, major county decisions are shaped by corporate influence instead of community needs. Tax breaks, development deals, and contracts move forward with limited oversight, while working families are asked to do more with less.
This isn’t inevitable. Travis County has the authority to demand transparency, enforce accountability, and ensure public dollars deliver real public benefit. As County Commissioner, Amanda will oppose giveaways that don’t deliver, strengthen oversight of county spending and contracts, and require companies that take public money to meet clear standards — including fair labor practices and meaningful community benefit.
Too many Travis County residents struggle to access basic services when they need them most. Mental health care, public transit, and housing supports exist, but they’re often fragmented, under-resourced, or hard to navigate.
This isn’t inevitable. Travis County can improve coordination across departments, reduce delays, and make services easier to access, especially for people facing crisis or instability. As County Commissioner, Amanda will push to strengthen mental health care, expand access to reliable public transit, and ensure county services work together so residents can get help quickly and with dignity.
Amanda will support county investments in solar power that cut emissions, save public dollars, and create good, safe, living-wage jobs. She will center frontline communities in county decision-making and advance environmental policy rooted in justice—protecting those most harmed by pollution, neglect, and corporate exploitation.
Too often, public safety investments focus on incarceration rather than prevention, community stability, or effective legal representation. This approach is costly, fails to reduce harm, and leaves both communities and the justice system weaker.
This isn’t inevitable. Travis County can invest in restorative justice, diversion, and community-based programs that reduce harm, support accountability, and strengthen public safety without relying on incarceration.
As County Commissioner, Amanda will advocate for funding approaches that focus on healing, prevention, and rehabilitation — building a justice system that makes our communities safer and more whole.
Too often, economic development prioritizes large corporations while leaving workers and small businesses behind. Public incentives are handed out with few safeguards, and economic growth doesn’t always translate into stable jobs or shared prosperity.
This isn’t inevitable. Travis County can invest in workforce development, expand job training pathways, and support small and local businesses that anchor our communities and create long-term opportunity.
As County Commissioner, Amanda will focus county resources on inclusive growth — strengthening the local workforce, supporting locally owned businesses, and ensuring employers who benefit from public partnerships meet high labor and accountability standards.
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Amanda is focused on fixing the systems that have failed too many for too long. Her priorities are rooted in accountability, justice, and practical solutions for everyday life in Travis County.
Amanda is a civil rights attorney, policy expert, and longtime advocate for justice. For 16 years, she has fought to reform Texas’s legal system and expand access to legal support for low-income communities. She’s not a career politician—she’s a proven advocate who knows how to get things done.
Amanda is focused on fixing the systems that have failed too many for too long. Her priorities are rooted in accountability, justice, and practical solutions for everyday life in Travis County.
Amanda will champion policies that expand access to affordable housing, protect tenants, and support long-term housing stability. She will advocate for responsible development that includes community benefits and helps working families stay rooted.
Amanda will ensure that all county contracts uphold fair labor standards, with clear requirements for livable wages, safe workplaces, and protections for workers’ rights. She will also withhold county contracts from employers who have a history of wage theft or unsafe working conditions. By raising the bar for how public dollars are spent, Amanda will help create better jobs and set a standard for how workers should be treated on county projects and beyond.
Austin ISD’s school closures are driven by a broken state funding system, not failures by local schools. Nearly half of AISD’s revenue is sent back to the state through recapture, leaving schools with fewer resources even as needs grow. While Travis County can’t fund school operations directly, it can help cover essential services that support students and families, easing pressure on school budgets, and helping stabilize schools while we continue fighting for state-level reform. Read more.
Amanda will impose a true moratorium on corporate tax breaks and strengthen public oversight of county contracts, budgets, and development deals to ensure every dollar spent serves the people, not private interests. That includes enforcing fair labor standards in all county partnerships, increasing community input on major decisions, and holding companies accountable when they take public money but fail to deliver.
Amanda will work to expand and improve services that directly support residents – such as mental health care, affordable housing, and reliable public transit. She will advocate for better coordination across departments to make it easier for people to get the help they need without unnecessary delays or red tape.
Amanda will support investments to transition the county to solar power using contractors who offer safe working conditions, living wages, and hire from apprenticeship programs. This long-term investment will reduce carbon emissions and save public dollars while also creating jobs that offer a living wage. She will stand with frontline communities facing the highest environmental risks, ensuring they have a seat at the table and a voice in county decisions. She believes environmental policy isn’t just about preservation – it’s about justice, and it must begin by protecting the communities most impacted by pollution, neglect, and corporate exploitation.
Amanda will expand access to legal representation and invest in alternatives to incarceration that focus on prevention, rehabilitation, and community support. Amanda will also prioritize the well-being of the people who keep our courts functioning – public defenders, court staff, and service providers – by advocating for fair pay, manageable caseloads, and the resources they need to serve with integrity and impact.
Amanda will focus on investments that strengthen our local workforce, expand job training opportunities, and open pathways to stable, long-term employment. She will prioritize small and locally owned businesses in county partnerships, ensuring they have access to resources and support to grow and thrive. Amanda is committed to holding employers to high standards, enforcing labor protections, and ensuring that economic progress includes strong safeguards for workers.
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