WRITE-IN CARLOS ADAMS
ON JULY 21ST FOR YUMA MAYOR
Carlos Adams is running for Mayor of Yuma to bring transparency, opportunity, and community back to City Hall.
His campaign focuses on protecting taxpayers, supporting small businesses, creating youth job pathways, improving parks and public spaces, and making sure every major city decision benefits the people of Yuma.
This campaign is not for sale.
Carlos Adams is running a grassroots campaign for the people of Yuma, not for special interests, political insiders, or private groups looking for influence.
Every donation supports voter outreach, campaign materials, community events, and the work needed to bring transparency, opportunity, and accountability back to City Hall.
This is how we win, neighbor by neighbor, family by family, vote by vote.
The Yuma First Plan
Transparency. Opportunity. Community.
Yuma does not need more empty promises. Yuma needs leadership that puts residents first, shows the work, and measures results.
My plan is built around one simple question.
Does this decision benefit the people of Yuma?
As mayor, I understand the mayor is not a king. The mayor is one vote on a seven-member council. Real progress takes teamwork with residents, council members, city staff, schools, small businesses, workforce partners, neighborhoods, youth, and seniors.
But every decision I support must pass two responsibilities:
1. Does this protect the safety and security of Yuma residents?
2. Does this bring economic prosperity to the community?
If the answer is no to either one, I will not support it.
100-Day Promise
In my first 100 days, I will push to:
• Launch a public Yuma First audit of city spending, contracts, consultants, departments, delayed projects, and major public-private partnerships. This will identify what works and what doesn’t.
• Create a public project dashboard so residents can track project costs, timelines, contractors, delays, funding sources, and public benefits.
• Hold a small business and jobs roundtable to identify barriers, permit delays, workforce gaps, and local job opportunities.
• Require public benefit reviews before major projects receive city support.
• Start a grant and outside funding inventory so Yuma competes for state, federal, nonprofit, and private dollars instead of putting every burden on local taxpayers.
12- Month Promise
In my first year, I will push for:
• A Quality of Life and Economic Opportunity Plan connecting parks, youth jobs, small business, downtown, tourism, workforce training, public safety, river access, and transparency.
• A Youth Jobs and Workforce Pipeline with internships, apprenticeships, trade exposure, summer jobs, and career pathways. Coordinated with the chamber of commerce, AZ@Work, small businesses of Yuma, and city employees.
• A Small Business Reform Package with clearer permits, faster responses, fewer delays, vendor support, and a small business navigator.
• A Colorado River and Natural Assets Report to responsibly use Yuma’s river, land, weather, history, and outdoor spaces for tourism and local business growth.
• A Public Benefit Scorecard showing whether city projects actually delivered jobs, wages, public value, and results.
My Promise to Yuma
I will fight for real transparency, responsible growth, stronger jobs, small business support, better parks, youth opportunity, public safety through stronger neighborhoods, heat and shade planning, downtown activation, responsible river access, tourism, local contracts, and a city government that is easier to understand. Yuma’s future should be built in public, not behind closed doors.
Every decision comes back to this; Does it protect residents? Does it bring prosperity? Does it benefit the people of Yuma?
That is the Yuma First Plan.