ANDRES JIMENEZ

Mason District Supervisor

Andres is proud to serve his community as the first Latino elected as the Mason District Board Supervisor. A lifelong community leader, he has advocated for smart development and affordable healthcare, rallied to fight climate change, cleaned up our waterways, and worked to defend immigration rights. As your Supervisor, he is proud to put his 20 years of policy experience to work for you.

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ISSUES THAT MATTER

It’s important to drive economic investment and revitalization efforts in Fairfax County, particularly toward our older commercial areas of Mason District. This includes Annandale, Bailey’s Crossroads, and Seven Corners. As Supervisor, I will work hard to revisit our strategies to entice new growth into our area while protecting the character of our residential areas. I will also continue the trend that we are seeing in Skyline of repurposing older office buildings, bringing new life into old, oftentimes vacant buildings.

Fairfax County has not become the safest jurisdiction of its size in the United States by accident. Our first responders and public safety professionals put themselves on the line everyday to protect our community and make Fairfax County a safe place to live and work. However, we cannot take the progress that we have made for granted. We must continue to push the envelope by increasing data transparency, accelerating the roll out of the County’s co-responder program, investing in diversion programs, and making sure that we pay the salaries necessary to attract and retain the best public safety professionals in our region.

From schools, to our infrastructure, Fairfax County is the flagship jurisdiction of our Commonwealth. The investments that built and sustain our community are dependent on the revenues generated by our commercial and personal property holders. The single best way that we can ensure that can continue to depend on those revenues is by investing in our workers and local businesses. By supporting our County workers through engaging in good faith in collective bargaining and prioritizing project labor agreements on public projects–to investing in the workforce development programs and human services that are central to building a thriving workforce–its critical that remain steadfast in our Board’s commitment to workers and local businesses.

Our Fairfax County public schools provide a world-class education for our youth and serve as a model for the whole country. This is due in no small part to the educators in the classroom and the support staff walking the hallways. The Board of Supervisors must continue to partner with the School Board to fully fund FCPS, increase teacher and support staff pay, reduce class sizes, and make the necessary enhancements to our older schools. Both boards must also partner to expand preschool classrooms and program availability.

Access to housing that is affordable and safe is a basic human right. Fairfax County has taken the steps to plan for more affordable housing units in recent years, but I know we need to increase those plans by hundreds of thousands of more units, spread across all parts of the county with a focus on transit-oriented communities and job centers. We also must renovate and preserve units in place now to ensure no net loss occurs. Mason District residents need housing that is affordable and our seniors, in particular, need to be able to age in place.

Any conversation that we have about transportation in our County must always begin with safety. From wider sidewalks, to street lighting, to dynamic approaches to crossing infrastructure, we must work with VDOT at every available opportunity to increase pedestrian safety in Mason District. At the same time, we must look at every new development project in our district as an opportunity to advance those same priorities. As we look to increase safety, we must also remain committed to creating the efficiencies necessary to accommodate the growth trends in our region. We must not let development in Mason District outpace the infrastructure that is in place to serve the residents and businesses that development will support.

In terms of geography, population, and carbon footprint, Fairfax County is larger than several states. The decisions that we make about how we interact with our environment in Fairfax County have global implications. Our County must work to implement a 21st Century plan for stormwater management, protect our green spaces, incentivize the preservation of our tree canopy, and be constantly vigilant for additional ways that we can exist in closer harmony with our planet.

Local government is the government closest to the people. As such, Fairfax County must fully enact all goals contained in the One Fairfax and Trust Policy, working to lift up its most vulnerable residents and ensure equal opportunities for success exist for everyone. I will work to pass ordinances and policies that foster inclusion, bring all voices to the table, and consistently celebrate Fairfax County’s diversity as its greatest strength.