WITNESS LIST

              SB 241

              Senate Committee Report

              Local Government

              March 10, 2025 - 2:00 PM

                        FOR:

                                          Mackowiak, Matt    (Self; Save Austin Now), Austin, TX

                        AGAINST:

                                          Caruthers, James   Director of Public Affairs  (Self; Coalition for the Homeless Houston-

                                          Harris  ounty), Houston, TX

                                          Cortez, Eli    (Self; VOCAL-TX), Austin, TX

                                          Jones, Barry   Leader for Vocal TX  (Vocal-TX), Austin, TX

                                          Ramirez, JJ   Organizer  (Self; VOCAL-TX), Austin, Texas, TX

                                          Reyes Jr, Alfredo   Organizer for Vocal TX  (Vocal-TX), Austin, TX

                                          Samuels, Eric   President & CEO  (also providing written testimony)  (Texas Homeless

                                          Network), Austin, TX

                                          Soltani, Paulette   Co-Director  (Self; VOCAL-TX), Austin, TX

                       Registering, but not testifying:

                        FOR:

                                          Bonura, John   Policy analyst  (Texas Public Policy Foundation), Austin, TX

                                          Hunt, Ray   Executive Director  (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union), Houston, TX

                                          Newton, Chris    (Texas Apartment Association), Austin, TX

                                          Sierega, John    (TMPA), Austin, TX

                                          Spataro, Susan    (Self) , Austin, TX

                                          Traub, Ariel   Managing Director of Legislative & Public Affairs  (City of Garland),

                                          Garland, TX

                        AGAINST:

                                          Houston, Joshua   Government Affairs  (Caritas of Austin), Austin, TX

                                          Laake-stanfield, Bryce    (Self) , Austin, TX

                                          Leblanc, Melody   Organizer for Vocal TX  (Self) , Austin, TX

                                          Luna, Maggie   Executive Directo  (Self; Texas Harm Reduction Alliance), Austin, TX

                                          Martin, Ben    (Texas Housers), Denton, TX

                                          Syed, Sarah   Policy Manager  (Self; Woori Juntos), Houston, TX

                        ON:

                                          Harrell, Mike   Supervisor for Tax Allocation  (Texas comptroller of public accounts),

                                          Austin, TX

                                          Kinghorn, Austin   Deputy AG for Civil Litigation  (Office of the Attorney General),

                                          Austin, TX

                                          Koller, Andrew   Accounts Examiner for Tax Allocation  (Texas comptroller of public

                                          Accounts), Austin, TX

                                          Wynn, Monty    (Texas Municipal League), Austin, TX

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