WITNESS LIST
Urban Affairs Committee
April 7, 2021 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted
TDHCA
On:
Wilkinson, Bobby (TDHCS)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Aragonez, Alexa (City of Arlington)
Collins, Daniel (El Paso County)
Cuellar, Guadalupe (City of El Paso)
Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
Kennedy, Madeline (Self)
Kulandaisamy, Seetha (Texas Council on Family Violence)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)
Reed, Ender (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Samuels, Eric (Texas Homeless Network)
Wright, Christine (City of San Antonio)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc.)
For:
Alcott, Tim (San Antonio Housing Authority)
Hudspeth, Gregory (NAACP)
Rosales, Christina (Texas Housers)
Tamez, Sandra (Self; Fair Housing Council of Greater San Antonio)
On:
Uecker, Steve (Texas Dept.of Licensing and Regulation)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Kennedy, Madeline (Self)
Sabo, Jason (Environment Texas)
Smith, Jamaal (City of Houston, Office of the Mayor Sylvester Turner)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc.)
For:
Brown, Koretta (Self; The Alliance For A New Justice System)
Burkley, Warren (Self; Austin Justice Coalition)
Erickson-Collins, Christel (Self; Austin Justice Coalition)
Howard, Eugene (Self; Naacp)
Matthews, Dr. Candice (Self; Texas Coalition Of Black Democrats)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Mitchell, Kathy (Self; Just Liberty)
Moore, Chas (Self; Austin Justice Coalition)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Alexander, Minister Dominique (NGAN)
Guidangen, Jason (Self; Equality Texas)
Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)
Kennedy, Madeline (Self)
Munoz, Karen (Self)
Schenkkan, Frances (Self; Texas Gun Sense)
Spates, Michael (Self; The Alliance For A New Justice System)
Against:
Craig, Collin (Texas Police Chiefs Association)
Frazier, Frederick (Texas State Fraternal Order of Police (FOP). & Dallas Police Association)
Hunt, Ray (HPOU)
Lawrence, Kevin (Texas Municipal Police Association)
Lawrence, Kevin (Texas Municipal Police Association)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
Rodriguez, Jimmy (San Antonio Police Officers Association)
Szimanski, Jennifer (CLEAT)
Weist, Jon (City of Irving)
On:
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Yisrael, Ben (Center for Justice Research)
For:
Griffin, Alyson (Self)
Mccain, Demetria (The Inclusive Communities Project)
Robinson, Alice (Self; Texas Tenants Union)
Rosales, Christina (Texas Housers)
Samuels, Eric (Texas Homeless Network)
Against:
Mattingly, Ian (Self; Texas Apartment Association)
Moya, Crystal (Texas Apartment Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Aragonez, Alexa (City of Arlington)
Eblen, Jessica (Self)
Embrey, Tammy (City of Corpus Christi)
Franco, Brie (City of Austin)
Garrett, Kendra (Austin Justice Coalition)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Hayes, Aaryce (Disability Rights Texas)
Kennedy, Madeline (Self)
Lavine, Dick (Every Texan (formerly Center for Public Policy Priorities))
Lovitt, Matthew (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Murphy, Sarah (Self)
Narvaez, Thamara (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)
Short, Jim (Fort bend county, texas)
Smith, Jamaal (City of Houston, Office of the Mayor Sylvester Turner)
Sparks, Clifford (City of Dallas)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc.)
Against:
Pendleton, D.J. (Texas Manufactured Housing Association)
For:
Quinn, Jo Kathryn (Self; Caritas of Austin)
Samuels, Eric (Texas Homeless Network)
On:
Gomez, Frances (Texas DPS)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Alfaro, Debra (Self)
Bazajou, Taylor (Self; THRIVE Youth Center)
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Chang, Samantha (Self)
Chhin, Rachana (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Collins, Daniel (El Paso County)
Finley, Marisa (Baylor Scott & White Health)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Guidangen, Jason (Self; Equality Texas)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
Kennedy, Madeline (Self; Thrive Youth Center)
Keysor, Georgia (Self)
Kulandaisamy, Seetha (Texas Council on Family Violence)
Lovitt, Matthew (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)
McLean, Gentry (Self)
Melendez, Jennifer (Self)
Mohr Boleware, Alison (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Murphy, Sarah (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Narvaez, Thamara (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)
Perry, Courtney (Self)
Vunderink, Gregg (Self)
Wall, Catharine (Self)
Wright, Christine (City of San Antonio)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc.)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cuellar, Guadalupe (City of El Paso)
Kulandaisamy, Seetha (Texas Council on Family Violence)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc.)
For:
Samuels, Eric (Texas Homeless Network)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Alfaro, Debra (Self)
Bazajou, Taylor (Self; THRIVE Youth Center)
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Chang, Samantha (Self)
Collins, Daniel (El Paso County)
Cuellar, Guadalupe (City of El Paso)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
Hubert, Martin (Endeavors)
Johnson, Lee (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Kennedy, Madeline (Self; Thrive Youth Center)
Keysor, Georgia (Self)
Lovitt, Matthew (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)
McLean, Gentry (Self)
Melendez, Jennifer (Self)
Mohr Boleware, Alison (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Murphy, Sarah (Self)
Narvaez, Thamara (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Painter, Lillian (Dallas County Commissioners Court)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)
Perry, Courtney (Self)
Vunderink, Gregg (Self)
Wall, Catharine (Self)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Wright, Christine (City of San Antonio)
For:
Alcott, Tim (San Antonio Housing Authority)
Provenghi, Arthur (Housing Authority of the City of El Paso)
Sisak, Janine (Texas Affiliation of Affordable Housing Providers)
On:
Nickells, Colin (Texas Department of Housing ans Community Affairs)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bazajou, Taylor (Self; THRIVE Youth Center)
Collins, Daniel (El Paso County)
Cuellar, Guadalupe (City of El Paso)
Embrey, Tammy (City of Corpus Christi)
Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
Johnson, Lee (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Kennedy, Madeline (Self; Thrive Youth Center)
Kulandaisamy, Seetha (Texas Council on Family Violence)
Lovitt, Matthew (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Mohr Boleware, Alison (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Smith, Jamaal (City of Houston, Office of the Mayor Sylvester Turner)
For:
Samuels, Eric (Texas Homeless Network)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bazajou, Taylor (Self; THRIVE Youth Center)
Collins, Daniel (El Paso County)
Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
Johnson, Lee (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Kennedy, Madeline (Self; Thrive Youth Center)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Chaudhari, Rupal (Self)
Cheng, Freda (Self)
Duchen, Marc (Self)
Gravell, Bill (Self; Williamson County)
Long, Cynthia (Self; Williamson County)
Ramirez, Bianca (Self)
Templeton, Laura (Self)
Against:
Burkley, Warren (Self; Austin Justice Coalition)
Cohen-Miller, Rachel (Disability Rights Texas)
Erickson-Collins, Christel (Self)
Hull, Matt (Self)
Moreau, Walter (Self; Foundation Communities)
Quinn, Jo Kathryn (Self; Caritas of Austin)
Samuels, Eric (Texas Homeless Network)
Weigel, Alicia (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Chaudhari, Baldev (Self)
Cheng, Ronald (Self)
Musgrove, Frances (Self)
Reed, Ender (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Strickler, Marcia (Self; WilcoWeThePeople)
Against:
Aragonez, Alexa (City of Arlington)
Bach, Nicholas (Self)
Duble, Caroline (Self)
Embrey, Tammy (City of Corpus Christi)
Franco, Brie (City of Austin)
Garrett, Kendra (Austin Justice Coalition)
Hayes, Aaryce (Disability Rights Texas)
Kennedy, Madeline (Self; Thrive Youth Center)
Lavine, Dick (Every Texan (formerly Center for Public Policy Priorities))
Lopez, Carisa (Texas Freedom Network)
Lovitt, Matthew (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Smith, Jamaal (City of Houston, Office of the Mayor Sylvester Turner)
Williams, Amanda (Self; Lilith Fund)
Wright, Christine (City of San Antonio)
For:
Reidy, Jim (Texas State Association Of Firefighters)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cuellar, Guadalupe (City of El Paso)
Embrey, Tammy (City of Corpus Christi)
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)
Silva, Michael (Mission Fire Fighters Association)
Smith, Jamaal (City of Houston, Office of the Mayor Sylvester Turner)
On:
Ames, Lauren (Sunset Commission)
For:
Fogarty, Amber (Self; Mobile Loaves & Fishes)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Alfaro, Debra (Self)
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Chang, Samantha (Self)
Chhin, Rachana (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Hale, J.D. (Texas Association of Builders)
Kennedy, Madeline (Self)
Keysor, Georgia (Self)
Lovitt, Matthew (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)
McLean, Gentry (Self)
Melendez, Jennifer (Self)
Muņoz, Ned (Texas Association of Builders)
Murphy, Sarah (Self)
Perry, Courtney (Self)
Vunderink, Gregg (Self)
Wall, Catharine (Self)
For:
Alcott, Tim (San Antonio Housing Authority)
Gilliam, Lance (Self; Waterman Steele Real Estate Advisors)
Provenghi, Arthur (Housing Authority of the City of El Paso)
Sisak, Janine (Texas Affiliation of Affordable Housing Providers)
On:
Nickells, Colin (Texas Department of Housing ans Community Affairs)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Berlanga, Ed (Self; Greater San Antonio Builders Association)
Koenig, Zak (Self; Crossroads Builders Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hale, J.D. (Texas Association of Builders)
Mintz, David (Texas Apartment Association)
Muņoz, Ned (Texas Association of Builders)
Against:
Aragonez, Alexa (City of Arlington)
Smith, Jamaal (City of Houston, Office of the Mayor Sylvester Turner)
Wright, Christine (City of San Antonio)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
Kennedy, Madeline (Self)
Mohr Boleware, Alison (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Rosales, Christina (Texas Housers)
For:
Calvert, Tommy (Bexar County Precinct 4)
Samuels, Eric (Texas Homeless Network)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Aragonez, Alexa (City of Arlington)
Cuellar, Guadalupe (City of El Paso)
Embrey, Tammy (City of Corpus Christi)
Finley, Marisa (Baylor Scott & White Health)
Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
Kennedy, Madeline (Self; Thrive Youth Center)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Smith, Jamaal (City of Houston, Office of the Mayor Sylvester Turner)
Wright, Christine (City of San Antonio)
For:
Pendleton, D.J. (Texas Manufactured Housing Association)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Hicks, Jim (Manufactured Housing Division)
Jones, Amy (Manufactured Housing Division)
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