See Letitia’s Plan
As a doctor and community leader, Dr. Letitia Plummer has spent her career solving problems & improving lives. As County Judge, she’ll bring the same evidence-based, service-driven approach to Harris County government.
Letitia’s 4 Pillars for Harris County:
Emergency Preparedness
This is a key responsibility of the Harris County Judge. Dr. Letitia Plummer knows how this job works and is ready to get to work on Day 1.
Agenda:
Support the Harris County Flood Control District by funding an additional reservoir and new flood planes for control. Ensure that communities have access to annual reports and that bond resources are spent responsibly using social determinant to create a “worst-to-first” model.
Ensure Harris County is prepared for winter weather by supporting Centerpoint Energy’s infrastructure weatherization initiatives.
Expand on the City of Houston’s successful “Lily Pads” program—which uses a three-pronged approach to preparedness, before, during and after a disaster to focus on power generation, food insecurity, and healthcare—and create community resilience hubs that are intended to operate before, during, and after disturbances across Harris County.
Increase Harris County’s preparedness by expanding disaster education—ensuring that it is provided in multiple languages and is accessible to the hearing impaired—and increasing the number of registrants for the Harris Alerts system.
Track Record:
Dr. Letitia Plummer secured $900,000 in funding for a new permanent generator that was installed at the Kashmere Gardens Multi-Service Center, making it Houston’s only fully developed “Resilience Hub”, providing reliable power during storms, outages, and extreme weather events.
After Hurricane Harvey, she assisted Harvey-impacted constituents with Texas General Land Office (GLO) applications and pre-build/post-build repair and maintenance. She also assisted the GLO with obtaining permits from the City of Houston.
During COVID-19, Dr. Letitia Plummer successfully engaged Houston’s top chefs to feed seniors and food insecure families across Houston through her Feed the Need Program.
Affordability
Harris County’s cost of living is too high. More than three in four Houstonians worry that wages are not keeping up with the cost of living. That’s why Letitia will fight to keep prices down.
Agenda:
Stop county property tax increases by focusing on revenue from appraisal costs, saving home and property owners more and keeping our overall tax rate low.
Increase financial support for first-time home buyers, including financial literacy training programs for new homeowners.
Support small businesses in Harris County by securing microlender partnerships to keep small businesses afloat.
Cut down on wait times and clear backlogs for Harris County business permits to make business ownership simpler and ease the bureaucratic strain.
Track Record:
Dr. Letitia Plummer proposed and passed the City of Houston’s Apartment Inspection Ordinance that now protects tens of thousands of Houstonians from substandard and dangerous housing conditions.
Led the effort to address food deserts and food insecurity among Houston residents by proposing a container grocery store initiative.
Restructured the City of Houston’s supply purchasing process to create more opportunities for Minority-and-Women-owned Businesses (MWBE)s.
Wrote letters and made phone calls for our SEIU janitors to have fair pay and better working conditions.
Healthcare
Keeping Harris County healthy and keeping healthcare costs low is one of Letitia’s top priorities. It’s time to expand health access for our communities.
Agenda:
Establish A Preventive Healthcare Technology Partnership Initiative with Harris Health, the Harris County Health Department Foundation, Texas Medical Center, local hospitals, city health departments, and health insurance companies.
Launch youth mental health partnerships with schools and create family support programs for addiction & mental health.
Create a countywide health education program for chronic illness awareness and prevention.
Protect Harris County families by improving environmental health standards.
Track Record:
Dr. Letitia Plummer has submitted statements to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), written to Governor Abbott, and urged State Representatives to advocate for public meetings over hazardous facilities in residential areas, including repeatedly contesting the application for a rock-crushing facility near the LBJ Hospital.
Helped organize the Fifth Ward Cancer Cluster Collaborative Summit with 5+ community partners that brought together experts and stakeholders to address community health concerns and bring free cancer screenings to the Fifth Ward.
Partnered with Now Included, a national documentary producer committed to elevating stories that matter, to create a moving and urgent documentary about Houston’s Fifth Ward Cancer Cluster.
Launched a 100-Day Challenge to reduce and ultimately eliminate the use of single-use plastics within Houston City Council chambers and offices, ultimately reducing the amount of litter in Houston neighborhoods.
Public Safety
Dr. Letitia Plummer introduced comprehensive Policing Reform as part of the City of Houston’s budget amendments and has since continued to be an advocate for criminal justice reform. She’ll keep fighting for fair criminal justice as our County Judge.
Agenda:
Harris County’s jails are expensive to operate, and recidivism is a budget issue, not just social justice issue. That’s why Letitia will introduce a “Justice to Workforce” model for Harris County’s jails to reduce recidivism and support our communities’ future workforces.
MCOT and CIRT are at constant risk of being defunded. Harris County needs to be prepared to pick up the slack and prepare funding to help with crisis response.
Dr. Letitia Plummer will defend immigrant rights and will advocate for transparency in the use of local resources for the enforcement of federal immigration laws.
Track Record:
After many meetings with the Houston Forensics Science Center, Dr. Letitia Plummer got $3 million in additional ARPA funding approved by the Houston City Council in FY2023 to help move criminal investigations forward and end case backlogs.
Strongly advocated for the importance of Mobile Crisis Outreach Teams (MCOT)s as part of the City of Houston’s emergency response services. This year, the Houston City Council approved 20 MCOT teams for non-violent, non-criminal, mental health 911 calls.
Proposed the addition of a full-time, classified officer to African American Police Officer’s League (AAPOL), specifically assigned to the Community Outreach and Victim Services Program, that would serve as a dedicated community liaison, work to enhance outreach and improve access to victim assistance for all Houstonians, and focus on building bridges with Houston’s African American community.
Proposed ordinance amendment that would allow Houston police officers to opt-out of forced cooperation with ICE and keep track of how many times HPD officers work with ICE in investigations annually.