Julian Jones

Environment / Energy Guarantee enforceable community benefits. Require Community Benefits Agreements before approval — tied directly to permits and incentives — delivering concrete benefits like utility-bill offsets, workforce training, local hiring, and neighborhood infrastructure investment. Education Make smart investments in pre-K and workforce training so that our children are ready to learn, and ready for good-paying jobs. Education Maintain and build school buildings to modern, safe standards. Criminal Justice / Public Safety Deploy data-driven enforcement strategies to target crime where it is most concentrated. Most crime is driven by identifiable data on high-risk places, high-risk people, and high-risk times. Targeted enforcement ensures we are being both smart and fair. Housing Implement housing policies that will make our communities affordable, sustainable and healthy. Infrastructure / Transportation Stop needless transmission projects. Oppose transmission projects unless they clearly meet a high bar of necessity, cost-effectiveness, and direct local benefit to Baltimore County residents. Environment / Energy Make large users pay their way. Condition approvals on a cost-causer-pays framework so data centers and other large-load users bear the full cost of the generation and grid upgrades they trigger — so families are never left holding the bag. Criminal Justice / Public Safety Provide take-home vehicles to improve police visibility and response times. Take-home vehicles increase police presence in communities even when officers are off duty, acting as a visible deterrent and cutting response times by allowing officers to respond directly from their location. Environment / Energy Build district-scale microgrids. Develop microgrids that connect clusters of public facilities and surrounding community assets to shared solar and storage systems, allowing them to operate as coordinated local power networks and reduce reliance on long-distance transmission. Environment / Energy End secrecy and backroom deals. Prohibit non-disclosure agreements, require public disclosure of energy, water, noise, emissions, and reliability impacts, and end by-right approvals for data centers. Infrastructure / Transportation Provide infrastructure and support to maximize the job-creation potential of key economic hubs like TradePoint Atlantic and the West Baltimore Redevelopment Authority. Criminal Justice / Public Safety Expand mobile crisis response as a first-line option for mental health and welfare calls. Julian will establish a 24/7 crisis center, double the number of mobile crisis units, and restructure call triage so individuals experiencing mental health crises, substance issues, or welfare concerns receive right-sized care from trained health professionals — while allowing police to focus on serious public safety threats. He will also build a continuity system for individuals with repeated crisis contacts. Criminal Justice / Public Safety Accelerate and incentivize a countywide camera registry to strengthen investigations and deter crime. Julian introduced the legislation establishing the registry in Baltimore County and will make participation easy and incentivized to expand coverage across neighborhoods and commercial areas. Criminal Justice / Public Safety Strengthen the Police Accountability Board with real independence, authority, and capacity. Julian will give the Board independent legal counsel, dedicated staff, and direct access to police investigations so it can fully review what happened in individual cases. Education Provide resources so that our educators are well-paid, well-trained and fully supported. Education Fight for flexibility so that Maryland's education reform plan meets the specific needs of Baltimore County. Environment / Energy Protect neighborhoods from harm. End by-right approvals for data centers, require meaningful buffer zones from residential communities, and deny tax breaks or incentives unless projects fully neutralize their impact on household bills and the local grid.