Jordan Ochoa running for Mayor

Tucson mayoral candidate Jordan Ochoa joins host Sherry to outline her priorities, from homelessness response and public safety to water independence, transit, economic vitality, and government transparency. She explains how her personal experience and public-records research shaped her campaign, and makes the case for a more open, locally grounded city government. Jordan Ochoa says her research into Tucson’s decline and public-records work led residents to encourage her mayoral run. Her immediate homelessness priority is coordinating nonprofits and public agencies to connect people with food, beds, and effective treatment. She describes a revolving cycle involving police, hospitals, short-term treatment, and people returning to the streets, while arguing officers need stronger staffing and compensation. Ochoa calls for a path for people who have served prison sentences to regain rights and move forward, and says police officers need greater support. On immigration, she focuses on children she says may be vulnerable to trafficking and calls for cooperation to address the situation. Her water proposals include rain barrels, cisterns, grants, infrastructure renewal, and greater household water independence; she criticizes the One Water 2100 project. She connects cleaner public spaces and affordable family activities with Tucson’s economic appeal, and proposes targeted bus-fare assistance and safer transit. She criticizes broken parking and fare-collection equipment, downtown parking charges, and high public-sector salaries, and advocates prioritizing local talent. Ochoa pledges public access to city spending, opposes government NDAs, and says she would represent residents across political lines. She supports engaging young people in city government and imagines park-based agricultural spaces where children can interact with animals.