About BBC
Mohamoud Hassan “BBC” a community leader and 30 year resident of Minneapolis’ Cedar/Riverside neighborhood is running for Minneapolis City Council in Ward 6.
Public Safety
- A multicultural police department that reflects the community.
- Ongoing community conversations between MPD leadership and residents - every two months to track progress.
- Mental health services, including training for officers and non-armed outreach, culturally competent social workers.
- Real action on the opioid crisis, coordinated between state, county and city levels, including both enforcement and prevention.
- Coordinating professionals in education, housing and public health to focus on saving lives with NARCAN and also root causes to prevent addiction.
- Youth interventions in schools and parks where everyone takes responsibility for nurturing the next generation, like an extended family.
Housing
Funding for Affordable Housing
The private housing market will never build enough truly affordable housing. Without leadership from the federal government, we need to work with state leaders to get more housing bonds to fund truly affordable housing. BBC will work with legislative allies and colleagues to increase funding.
Total Housing Supply
If our metropolitan region doesn’t build enough housing, people with money will outbid those with less and more “naturally occurring affordable housing” (NOAH) will disappear. We can prevent this. Every city in the metro area needs to legalize more types of housing, from “missing middle” housing (duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes)
Renter Protections
We need some form of rent control to keep predatory landlords from using to excessive rent increases to evict people. But we also can’t block production of new housing. BBC will work with advocates to protect renters and also keep building more and more housing.
Transportation & Environment
With interstates 94 and 35W running through our ward 6, our residents are disproportionately exposed to air pollution from cars and trucks. This is bad for public health. Fortunately, two light rail lines (Blue and Green) and two BRT Lines (Orange and D-Line) also serve our ward. The more we can improve the whole transit system, the more we can reduce air pollution and improve economic opportunity.
Minneapolis must get the biggest possible benefit of new state money to expand the bus system to be faster, more frequent, more reliable so residents of Ward 6 can get to jobs all around the whole metro area. Buses must also be safe for all riders.
Our streets should be safe and comfortable for people walking and taking transit. This includes trips to support local businesses downtown and on commercial corridors in Ward 6 like Franklin, Lake, Nicollet, Cedar, Riverside and more. Minneapolis must do more to keep our sidewalks clear of snow and ice, especially for the elderly and others with mobility challenges.
A Leader Who Listens & Serves
- BBC Hassan connects people to opportunities and to each other. He is accessible, not just at election time, but all the time.
- BBC will host regular office hours in the community. He will stay connected to us and what we need.
- BBC will send regular updates in multiple languages on what the City is doing - and should be doing - to serve the community.
How to Help
Attend Precinct Caucuses on April 8, 2025.
Ward 6 Convention on Saturday, April 26, 2025
Email: mohamoud@mohamoudforward6.com