Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler
He/Him
- Currently
- City Councillor
- Also
- Project Coordinator
- Election history
- 1st term in office
He/Him
Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler has lived in Cambridge since 2017, where he also works at a land policy think tank. He's been politically active for several years, including working with Our Revolution Cambridge and the DSA (Democratic Socialists of America), and being a field and operations manager for a mayoral campaign in New Haven, Connecticut.
He graduated from the College of the Atlantic in 2014 with a BA Human Ecology. Before moving to Cambridge, he worked at consultancy groups in Portland, Maine and the New York City area.
He also speaks three languages.
Housing policy questions
Housing policy questions
Questions about recent zoning petitions, city manager contract, and "housing challenges"
Questions about recent zoning petitions, city manager contract, and "housing challenges"
They asked candidates to sign a pledge, which starts: "I support rapid implementation of the citywide network of protected bicycle lanes..."
They asked candidates to sign a pledge, which starts: "I support rapid implementation of the citywide network of protected bicycle lanes..."
Reduction in traffic injuries and deaths
Reduction in traffic injuries and deaths
Distribution of funds, non-profits and their position in Cambridge
Distribution of funds, non-profits and their position in Cambridge
We also need to be tracking basic things like eviction data and displacement data which were not even tracking right now. How can we tell which of our neighbors is being forced out of the neighborhood, forced out of the city if we don't have that.
I’m the son of a woman who grew up on a farm in Iowa and a man who grew up in the Portuguese colony of Goa in India. As result, I speak Portuguese, am conversational in Spanish, and have eaten a lot of sweet corn with butter.
"One of the first things I did after I was elected in 2019 was stand with the Harvard graduate students at HGSU-UAW union when they were on strike out in the Yard in the snow," he said. "I spoke to the folks there in support of the efforts for real recourse, gearing up on the contract negotiations to strike again this year."
Oct. 25, 2021 — Marina Qu, Sophia C. Scott"One of the first things I did after I was elected in 2019 was stand with the Harvard graduate students at HGSU-UAW union when they were on strike out in the Yard in the snow," he said. "I spoke to the folks there in support of the efforts for real recourse, gearing up on the contract negotiations to strike again this year."
"We have some of the most expensive housing in the country in Cambridge," Sobrinho-Wheeler said. "It’s gotten really out of control in the past couple of decades especially."
Oct. 21, 2021 — Sarah Girma, Jennifer L. Powley"We have some of the most expensive housing in the country in Cambridge," Sobrinho-Wheeler said. "It’s gotten really out of control in the past couple of decades especially."
The pandemic has dominated so much of these past two years, and I’m glad to have had the opportunity to push for free COVID testing for all residents and equity in recovery assistance. I’ve also sponsored and collaborated on measures to create hundreds of new affordable homes in Cambridge, plans to make it easier and safer to get around the city, strengthened protections for tenants facing displacement and implementing a municipal broadband alternative to Comcast’s monopoly on internet in the city.
Oct. 21, 2021 — Community ContentThe pandemic has dominated so much of these past two years, and I’m glad to have had the opportunity to push for free COVID testing for all residents and equity in recovery assistance. I’ve also sponsored and collaborated on measures to create hundreds of new affordable homes in Cambridge, plans to make it easier and safer to get around the city, strengthened protections for tenants facing displacement and implementing a municipal broadband alternative to Comcast’s monopoly on internet in the city.
Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler argued that his proposal to eliminate public transportation fares will help reduce emissions in the city.
"Our campaign has the ambitious goal of making subways and buses fare free by 2025," Sobrinho-Wheeler said. This initiative is motivated "to reduce car emissions, and because working class neighborhoods, communities of color depend on buses and subways."
Sept. 26, 2019 — Declan J. Knieriem, Michelle G. KurillaJivan Sobrinho-Wheeler argued that his proposal to eliminate public transportation fares will help reduce emissions in the city.
"Our campaign has the ambitious goal of making subways and buses fare free by 2025," Sobrinho-Wheeler said. This initiative is motivated "to reduce car emissions, and because working class neighborhoods, communities of color depend on buses and subways."