User:Tristan.lujan/Quinton Lucas

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Lucas was officially inaugurated as mayor on July 01, 2019, as he replaced former mayor Sly James.

Kansas City has high crime and poverty rates and Lucas has some policies in place to address these issues. A high priority of Lucas is to ensure public safety no matter where you live in Kansas City. He passed two gun ordinances in accordance with the violent crime rates. If either of these ordinances is violated the individual could face jail time, a fine, or be directed to a diversion program. Crime is prevalent in the run-down parts of the city. These run-down areas consist of many abandoned buildings and Mayor Lucas working to rejuvenate and/or remove these buildings.

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=== Article body === In the 2019 Kansas City mayoral election, 11 candidates ran to replace term-limited incumbent Sly James. The field later narrowed to Lucas and fellow city council member Jolie Justus. Lucas won with approximately 59% of the vote. Kansas City has weak mayoral powers, and mostly relies on a council-manager form of governance.

In late August 2020, a group of citizens criticized Lucas's COVID-19 pandemic mask regulations as harmful to small businesses and ran a failed petition to remove him from office.

Quinton Lucas focuses on aiming to get affordable housing for Kansas City residents

. He also keeps close contact with local law enforcement to ensure residents are remaining safe in public. Currently, updating and repurposing abandoned buildings in the city may lead to a decrease in criminal behavior.