CouncilWoman Anna Hernandez

CouncilWoman Anna Hernandez City of Phoenix District 7 CouncilWoman Anna Hernandez | Official account for Phoenix District 7 Council Office

🎒 Back to School Season is Coming! 🎒We're All Connected Foundation is back with their 4th Annual Back to School Giveaway...
06/16/2026

🎒 Back to School Season is Coming! 🎒

We're All Connected Foundation is back with their 4th Annual Back to School Giveaway, and District 7 is proud to help spread the word!

📅 Saturday, July 25, 2026
⏰ 8AM – 10AM
📍 South Mountain Community Center | 212 E. Alta Vista Rd, Phoenix, AZ 85042

Families can expect FREE uniforms, backpacks & school supplies, hair braiders and barbers on-site, plus exciting raffles for a bike and a tablet/laptop! 🚲💻

Registration is required and supplies are limited, so don't wait! Visit https://www.wereallconnectedfoundation.org/events for details and to register. See you there! 🌹

06/06/2026

On May 6, the Council voted 6-3 to pass the Medical Treatment and Food Distribution in Parks Ordinance. It goes into effect June 7. I voted no.

In December, we acknowledged our first ordinance was flawed, promised community engagement, and committed to doing better. We came back with something more punitive, more restrictive, and further from evidence-based policy. We broke that trust.

Let me be clear: struggling does not make you a bad person. Our parks belong to all of our residents — including those navigating homelessness, hunger, and addiction. The care providers who show up there fill a gap the city cannot fill. This ordinance treats them as the problem.

Under this ordinance, organizations must obtain a permit to serve food or provide medical care in parks — with only 2 permits per park per month. Needle exchange and naloxone distribution are banned entirely. Violations are a Class 1 Misdemeanor: up to 6 months in jail and a $2,000 fine.
We had no data. No public health framework. No proportionality. Just punishment.

Arresting someone for serving food costs taxpayers $600 a night. That same money could feed people, pay workers, or keep parks clean.

I will not support policies whose foreseeable outcome is that people suffer and die.

06/06/2026

On May 6, 2026, the Council voted 6-3 to pass the Medical Treatment and Food Distribution in Parks Ordinance. It goes into effect June 7. I voted no.

In December, we acknowledged our first ordinance was flawed, promised community engagement, and committed to doing better. We came back with something more punitive, more restrictive, and further from evidence-based policy. We broke that trust.

Let me be clear: struggling does not make you a bad person. Our parks belong to all of our residents — including those navigating homelessness, hunger, and addiction. The care providers who show up there fill a gap the city cannot fill. This ordinance treats them as the problem.

Under this ordinance, organizations must obtain a permit to serve food or provide medical care in parks — with only 2 permits per park per month. Needle exchange and naloxone distribution are banned entirely. Violations are a Class 1 Misdemeanor: up to 6 months in jail and a $2,000 fine.
We had no data. No public health framework. No proportionality. Just punishment.

Arresting someone for serving food costs taxpayers $600 a night. That same money could feed people, pay workers, or keep parks clean.

I will not support policies whose foreseeable outcome is that people suffer and die.

06/04/2026

More money for Phoenix police? When our community is asking for shade structures, support for families struggling with inflation, and protection for immigrants and refugees then I can’t in good conscience vote YES on $16 million for more police helicopters. Our own audit backs my vote up. I voted NO.

The City's Community Transparency Initiative (CTI) exists because you, our Phoenix community, showed up. Full stop.The C...
06/01/2026

The City's Community Transparency Initiative (CTI) exists because you, our Phoenix community, showed up. Full stop.

The CTI has resources in 8 languages because your rights don't change based on what language you speak them in. Legal help, workplace rights, school & family resources, refugee support...it's all there.

Know your rights. Share with your community as a resource.

🔗 Phoenix.gov/KnowYourRights
📣 Report federal enforcement concerns: Phoenix.gov/CTI

Both links found in my bio!

06/01/2026

Meet Me Downtown: Finding Friends in Third Spaces | Downtown Phoenix

05/20/2026

The mayor asked us to be brief … so let’s be clear on how voted on the 2026-2027 budget:

A budget is a moral document. It reflects who we value, and who we don’t.

District 7 voted ‘yes’ on the 2026-2027 budget because community showed up and won. Increased funding for housing, childcare, food access, and youth programs. The community did that. 👏🏽

But let’s also be honest. Police received an additional $51M, bringing their share of the taxpayer-funded general fund to over $850M. Teen programs are public safety. Literacy hubs are public safety. Affordable housing is public safety. Heat relief is public safety. Urban greenways and bike corridors are public safety. Another police increase? That’s not public safety. That’s a choice.

We won’t stop pushing for a Phoenix that prioritizes community over criminalization. Stay with us: the 2027-2028 budget fight starts now. 🌹

🐾 footnote: 38% for police. Less than 3% for most everything else. Even I can do that math.

05/04/2026

The Safe and Medical Care in Parks Ordinance (ironically named) will effectively ban medical care, harm reduction efforts and food distribution / sharing across parks

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After listening to providers, advocates, medical professionals, and community members… the message is clear.

Those closest to the work are asking us to do two things:
Reject the amended ordinance and repeal the one passed in December.

And I agree.

As policymakers, our responsibility is not to react out of fear. It is to address root causes with solutions grounded in evidence, data, and care.

This ordinance does not do that.

I will be voting to reject and repeal. And I am asking my colleagues to join me. To listen to the people doing this work every day. And no matter what happens on Wednesday, I will continue to stand with our community and fight for policies rooted in humanity. 🌹

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