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The progressive wing of the Minneapolis City Council has been critical of Mayor Jacob Frey's decision to clear homeless encampments as inhumane and not solving the problem.
Progressives have said they want to allow homeless encampments under certain regulations in what they have called a "Safe Outdoors Spaces" ordinance, but they not have proposed details on how it would work.
During the debate, Jacob Frey noted that homelessness has fallen.
In January, the Star Tribune reported that Hennepin County’s emergency homeless beds continued to fill up at key times, despite a refrain from public officials that shelter is available for all who seek it, according to unsheltered people, their advocates and the county’s own hotline.
The second topic of the debate dealt with the cost of housing.
Omar Fateh has said he supports rent control, but he's been elusive on specifics, saying he wants to learn from any mistakes St. Paul made.
Jacob Frey has opposed every rent control proposal progressives have pushed and pointed to numerous studies and surveys showing Minneapolis has remained more affordable than other cities.
One nationwide survey of apartment rental rates among 50 American cities ranked Minneapolis the third most affordable place for singles to live.
Throughout the debate, the candidates were mild-mannered and mostly cordial for the one-hour conversation. Mayor Jacob Frey and Sen. Omar Fateh traded the most direct critiques during the debate, but they rarely spoke over one another.
The debate has ended, but we've still got a bit more to digest here, so don't leave just yet.
Mayor Jacob Frey addressed the campaign by his opponents to rank anyone but him.
“People are smarter than that,” he said.
In August, the Minnesota DFL took the unprecedented step of revoking the local party’s endorsement of state Sen. Omar Fateh in the Minneapolis mayor’s race, citing “substantial failures in the convention’s voting process.”
Sen. Omar Fateh suggested Mayor Jacob Frey doesn’t have county or state level endorsements in the race.
“I'm pretty sure Gov. Walz is at the state level and I’m proud to have his support,” Frey responded.
More than two years ago, Mayor Jacob Frey and a majority of City Council members said they supported creating a Labor Standards Board, but they’ve since disagreed on how the board should be structured.
The board would be composed of business owners, employees and community stakeholders who would recommend public- and private-sector workplace policies to the City Council. Supporters say it will just be an advisory board to the council, which can decide whether to propose regulations. Opponents say it creates another layer of government and could hurt already struggling businesses.
Last year, the council approved one plan, and MayorFrey vetoed it.