WITNESS LIST
Urban Affairs Committee
April 4, 2023 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cuellar, Guadalupe (City of El Paso)
Goldstein, Mia (Self)
Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Richie, Carl (Coalition For The Homeless Houston; Harris & Montgomery Counties)
Samuels, Eric (Texas Homeless Network)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Rocha, JJ (Texas Municipal League)
For:
Triggs, Elizabeth (City of El Paso)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Aragonez, Alexa (City of Houston, Mayor's Office)
Cuellar, Guadalupe (City of El Paso)
Huerta, Madison (City of Garland)
Islam, Nadia (City of San Antonio)
Nathan, Robert (Schneider Electric)
Rocha, JJ (Texas Municipal League)
Tamayo, Elisa M. (El Paso County)
Weist, Jon (City of Irving)
Against:
Sparks, Clifford (City of Dallas)
For:
Severance, Rob (Self; Texas Police Chiefs Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Aragonez, Alexa (City of Houston, Mayor's Office)
Cuellar, Guadalupe (City of El Paso)
Islam, Nadia (City of San Antonio)
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Louderback, AJ (Texas Sheriffs Regional Alliance)
Reed, Dallas (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Rocha, JJ (Texas Municipal League)
For:
Ramirez, JJ (Texas Harm Reduction Alliance)
On:
Daughtry, Lisa (Texas Department of Public Safety)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Adams Hernandez, Theo (Self)
Alexander, Abbey (Self)
Aragonez, Alexa (City of Houston, Mayor's Office)
Arias, Jordan (Self)
Arndt, Clint (Self)
Bates, Georgia (Vivent Health)
Beaver, Kelsi (Self)
Beck, Sarah (Self)
Box, Kennedy (Self)
Brainard, Leo (Self)
Brown, Aubree (Self)
Canciglia, J (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Chase, Garrett (Self)
Clausen, Elizabeth (Self)
Cosme, Helena (Self)
Cruz, Jonathan (Self)
Curry, David (Self)
De La Cruz-Luera, Jax (Self)
Figueroa, Tez (Self)
Fitzgerald, Cassie (Self)
Fly, Amber (Self)
Foster, Lin (Self)
Fuentes, Gabriella (Texas Council on Family Violence)
Galicz, Justin (Self)
Gavin, Meg (Self)
Goldstein, Mia (Self)
Goodman, Chloe (Self; Equality Texas)
Hatch, Marian (Self)
Hatcher, Daniel (Self)
Hebert, Bryan (Downtown Austin Alliance)
Heroux, Emily (Self)
Hobson, Todla (Self)
Holley-Hurt, Carrie (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Hong, Christen (Self)
Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)
Islam, Nadia (City of San Antonio)
Jeter, Mars (Self)
Kapostasy, Sarah (Self)
Kundanmal, Naveen (Self)
Leblanc, Melody (Self)
Martinez, Ricardo (Self)
Melhuish, Simone (Self)
Miller, Heather (Self)
Morales, Erica (Self)
Murphy, Samuel (Self)
Ortega, Tess (Self)
Patterson, Tiffany (United Ways of Texas)
Pritchett, William (Self)
Ramirez, Chance (Self)
Reynolds, Gordon (Self)
Richie, Carl (Coalition For The Homeless Houston; Harris & Montgomery Counties)
Rose, Lauren (Texas Network of Youth Services (TNOYS))
S, Rox (Self)
Seals, Paiton (Self)
Somes, Carolyn (Self)
Tan, Matthew (Self)
Urieta, Leticia (Self)
Urieta, Ramiro (Self)
Verette, Madeleine (Self)
Wallens, Luke (Self)
Walsh, Brendan (Self)
Walter, Erin (Self; Texas Unitarian Universalist Justice Ministry)
Waters, Hally (Self)
Wilbers, Kelsi (Self)
Winsor, Samson (Self)
Woods-Smith, Adriel (Self)
Wright, Chelsea (Self)
For:
Rose, Lauren (Texas Network of Youth Services (TNOYS))
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Crockett, Sarah (Texas CASA)
Figueroa, Tez (Self)
Judice, Kerrie (TexProtects)
Murphy, Kate (Texans care for children)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Nicholson, Rachel (Texas Alliance of Child and Family Services)
Patterson, Tiffany (United Ways of Texas)
Samuels, Eric (Texas Homeless Network)
On:
Ortiz, Hector (DFPS resource only)
For:
Peterson, Chris (Self; Dallas Fire Fighters Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Huschle, Michael (Self; Dallas Fire Fighters Association)
McDade, Jim (Self; Dallas Fire Fighters Association)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
On:
Sparks, Clifford (City of Dallas)
For:
Krouse, Robin (Fort Worth Police Officers Association)
Mackowiak, Matt (Self)
Patrick, Cleo (Self)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Villarreal, Thomas (Self; Austin Police Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cook, David (Fort Worth Police Association)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers Union)
Irwin, Christopher (Austin police association PAC)
Louderback, AJ (Texas Sheriffs Regional Alliance)
Ortiz, Carlos (Self; San Antonio Police Officers Association)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)
Peterson, Chris (Self; Dallas Firefighters Association)
Reed, Dallas (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Wilkison, Charley (Self; Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas, CLEAT)
Young, Larry (Game Warden Peace Officers Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Duckett, Khayree (Dominium Development)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Kercheval, Todd (Texas Association of Local Housing Finance Agencies)
For:
Crossley, Jay Blazek (Farm And City)
For:
Crossley, Jay Blazek (Farm And City)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Aragonez, Alexa (City of Houston, Mayor's Office)
Islam, Nadia (City of San Antonio)
Rocha, JJ (Texas Municipal League)
For:
Kroll, John (State Fair of Texas)
Luellan, Brian (Fair Park First)
Moore, Dawn (Dallas Zoo)
O’Conner, Ryan (City of Dallas Parks Department)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Casto, Larry (Fair Park First)
Jenkins, John (City of Dallas Parks and Recreation)
Joslove, Scott (Texas Hotel Assn)
For:
Cohen, Howard (Schwartz Page & Harding LLP)
Snyder, Ann (Self; The Woodlands Township)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bailey, Brad (Self; The Woodlands Township & Visit The Woodlands)
Joslove, Scott (Texas Hotel Assn)
Sharp, Monique (Self; The Woodlands Township)
Stephens, Todd (The Woodlands Township)
Watson, Kyle (Self; The Woodlands Township)
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