A clear direction.
Twelve commitments.

Promise

Every young person in Yuma who wants a future should be connected to work, training, trades, internships, mentorship, sports, business, or public service.

How it works

The city would create a youth opportunity sign-up system for ages 16–24. Young people who sign up would be connected with local employers, Arizona Western College, school districts, trade programs, nonprofits, city departments, parks and recreation, public safety, small businesses, and mentorship programs.

What it includes

Summer jobs, internships, apprenticeships, paid training, job-shadowing, trade-school referrals, city department internships, youth sports coaching, small-business mentorship, and volunteer-to-career pathways.

"If you are young in Yuma and willing to work, City Hall should know your name before the streets do." - Adams

Promise

Every major city payment over $1,000 should be published online in plain English.

How it works

The city would create a public spending dashboard showing who got paid, how much they were paid, what they were paid for, which department approved it, when the contract renews, and what result residents received.

What it includes

Vendor names, contract amounts, department spending, renewal dates, project purpose, bid information, local vendor participation, and project

status.

"If City Hall spends your money, you should be able to see the receipt." - Adams

Promise

Push to offset Yuma’s city grocery tax.

How it works

Every budget year, I would force a public review of the grocery tax and demand that City Hall explain whether it can be reduced, offset, or replaced through savings, contract review, spending reform, fee restructuring, or better budget discipline.

What it includes

A grocery tax impact report, family relief options, senior relief options, budget savings review, contract savings review, phase-down plan, or targeted offset program.

"A city with a half-billion-dollar budget should not tax groceries without proving every penny is necessary." - Adams

Promise

Fight for free or reduced-cost childcare support for working families so parents can work, train, attend school, or start a business without childcare costs blocking their future.

How it works

We build a childcare support network through targeted vouchers, expanded after-school and summer programs, partnerships with schools and nonprofits, support for new childcare providers, and employer childcare partnerships. Childcare is not just a family issue. It is an economic issue. If parents cannot afford care, they cannot work. If they cannot work, Yuma stays stuck.

What it includes

Childcare vouchers for working families, after-school programs, summer programs, teen parent support, childcare worker training, help for new childcare providers, employer matching programs, and help connecting families to state childcare assistance.

"No parent in Yuma should be forced to turn down a job because they cannot afford someone to watch their child." - Adams

Promise

No major project involving major water use, power demand, tax incentives, annexation, rezoning, public land, or neighborhood impact should move forward without full public disclosure.

How it works

Before supporting any major project, I would push for independent studies, plain-English summaries, conflict disclosures, infrastructure impact reports, and at least two public hearings before any final vote.

This applies to data centers, large industrial projects, water-heavy projects, energy-heavy projects, annexations, public-private developments, or anything that could affect neighborhoods, schools, farms, parks, or taxpayers.

What must be disclosed

Water demand, power demand, traffic impact, heat impact, noise impact, emergency-service burden, public cost, infrastructure cost, tax incentives, expected jobs, wages, conflicts of interest, and long-term risks.

"If a project needs our water, our power, our land, or our tax dollars, the people of Yuma get the truth before anyone gets a deal." - Adams

Promise

In my first 100 days, I will push for a public ranking of Yuma’s most urgent park problems.

How it works

The city would inspect parks, collect resident complaints, rank urgent repairs, publish cost estimates, and create a public progress tracker.

What it includes

Broken lights, missing shade, unsafe bathrooms, damaged fields, basketball court repairs, soccer space, splash pads, water stations, playground safety, youth sports improvements, and heat-friendly evening access.

"Our kids should not have to wait 10 years for shade in a desert city." - Adams

Promise

Make Yuma the easiest city in Arizona to start, open, and grow a small business.

How it works

The city would create a faster, clearer, more public business process. That means a permit tracker, faster review targets, plain-English startup guides, a one-stop small-business help desk, fee review, local vendor workshops, and stronger support for entrepreneurs. City Hall should not slow down people trying to build something.

What it includes

7-day initial permit review targets, public permit tracking, bilingual startup guides, small-business fee review, monthly business launch workshops, vendor registration help, food truck support, and help navigating city departments.

"City Hall should be a launchpad, not an obstacle." - Adams

Promise

Before major recurring city contracts are renewed, the city should review whether Yuma residents, local small businesses, youth crews, trade students, nonprofits, or city workers can do the work and get paid.

How it works

The city spends money on recurring work like landscaping, cleanup, graffiti removal, painting, park maintenance, janitorial work, event setup, right-of-way cleanup, minor repairs, and facility maintenance. Instead of automatically sending money to the same outside vendors, the city should ask: can this work create opportunity here at home? This does not mean illegal favoritism. It means fair access, local vendor training, transparent bidding, smaller contract opportunities, and public review before renewals.

What it includes

Contract renewal calendars, local vendor workshops, youth work crews, trade-student partnerships, nonprofit work programs, small contract set-asides where legal, and performance reviews before contract renewals.

"If Yuma tax dollars are paying for the work, Yuma people should have a pathway to earn from it." - Adams

Promise

No major water-use project gets my support without public disclosure of daily water demand, water source, infrastructure burden, emergency risk, and long-term impact.

How it works

Any major project requiring significant water, wastewater, or utility capacity would have to prove it protects Yuma first. The city should not approve projects based on vague promises while hiding water demand or infrastructure costs.

What must be reviewed

Daily gallons used, source of water, reclaimed water plans, wastewater demand, power demand, infrastructure upgrades, drought risk, emergency-service burden, heat impact, and long-term cost to residents.

"In the desert, water is not a detail. Water is the deal." - Adams

Promise

Create a public dashboard showing resident complaints, response times, unresolved issues, and department performance.

How it works

Residents should be able to see whether City Hall is solving problems or ignoring them. The dashboard would show how many issues were reported, how many were resolved, how long they took, and what remains unresolved. Private resident information would not be exposed. The point is accountability by category and department.

What it will track

Potholes, roads, streetlights, parks, permits, code enforcement, graffiti, trash, utilities, crosswalk concerns, speeding complaints, neighborhood issues, and public-safety-related service requests.

"City Hall should not be a black hole where resident complaints disappear." - Adams

Promise

Protect Yuma residents from unnecessary surveillance by pushing to remove Flock cameras and any similar mass-surveillance technology unless the city can prove a clear public-safety need, strict limits, full transparency, and strong privacy protections.

How it works

The city would review every surveillance tool currently being used or proposed, including license plate readers, camera networks, data-sharing agreements, retention policies, outside agency access, and private vendor contracts. Public safety should not become public surveillance.

What it includes

A public surveillance technology audit and removal of cameras that do not meet Yuma’s privacy standards.

"Safety matters, but freedom matters too. Yuma residents should not be tracked like suspects just for driving through their own city." - Adams

Promise

End the use of NDAs, secrecy agreements, or confidentiality arrangements that hide public spending, public projects, public negotiations, or public benefits from Yuma residents.

How it works

If taxpayer money, city land, public infrastructure, tax incentives, public staff time, city water, city power, or public approvals are involved, residents deserve transparency. The city should not use NDAs to hide who is involved, what is being negotiated, what the public cost is, or what risks residents may carry. If public funds are involved, the public deserves to know.

What it includes

A citywide NDA disclosure policy, public reporting of confidentiality agreements, council approval before any NDA involving public resources, expiration dates on confidentiality, plain-English summaries of what is being withheld and why, and a rule that no NDA can hide public costs, conflicts of interest, public subsidies, infrastructure demands, or final agreements.

"Public money should never be hidden behind private paperwork." - Adams