The People’s Transition Plan

A Plan of Action in a Time of Crisis

The People's Transition Plan is a tool for civic education and a guide for action.

It seeks to help faith, labor and community leaders inform and organize their members to help lead the work of change in New Orleans over the next four years.

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The People’s Platform

  • Cost of Living

    Address rising insurance, traffic camera tickets, and energy bills

  • Public Works

    Strengthen in-house capacity to fix potholes & public infrastructure

  • Local Jobs

    Ensure contracts hire locally, train apprentices & pay prevailing wages

  • Energy Reform

    Pass plans to lower electricity bills and prevent outages

  • July 2025: People’s Platform ratified at 600-person Delegates Assembly

  • Sept 2025: Mayoral & Council candidates commit to Platform at 1400-person Citywide Assembly

Q1 REPORT CARD EXPECTATIONS

The following actions will be tracked and scored in the 2026 Q1 Report Card, which will be mailed to 50,000 voters in April 2026.

    1. Insurance Reform: Did the Mayor / Council Member formally endorse and secure passage of preliminary legislation, including a study resolution, to begin laying a foundation for a universal basic insurance program?

      ☐ YES ☐ NO

    2. Traffic cameras: Did the Mayor / Council Member support bringing a City Charter amendment to the ballot to ban traffic cameras in Orleans Parish?

      ☐ YES ☐ NO

    1. Strengthening in-house Capacity: Has the City designated specific categories of 2025 bond-funded work to be "in-sourced" – delivered by City crews as part of rebuilding in-house Public Works capacity?

      ☐ YES ☐ NO

    2. Contract accountability: Do new public works contracts include enforceable timelines and meaningful penalties for nonperformance?

      ☐ YES ☐ NO

    3. Restoring contractor trust: Has the City established a transparent, public process to track the timeliness of payments to contractors?

      ☐ YES ☐ NO

    4. Preventing “double-digging”: Has the City adopted clear standards and a documented process to identify when repeated street cuts by different public agencies have occurred?

      ☐ YES ☐ NO

    1. Local Projects = Local Jobs. Have new City capital contracts incorporated local hiring goals, registered apprenticeship participation requirements and prevailing wage standards, consistent with existing authority?

      ☐ YES ☐ NO

    2. Project Labor Agreements for utility projects: Have Project Labor Agreements — or a comparable workforce standards — been required or initiated for Entergy New Orleans capital projects subject to City Council approval?

      ☐ YES ☐ NO

    3. Jobs Reporting: Have clear reporting requirements been established for local hiring and apprenticeship participation across City and utility projects, including contractors and sub-contractors?

      ☐ YES ☐ NO

    1. Implementation of Neighborhood Power Plan: Did Entergy file a Distributed Energy Resources implementation plan by March 1, 2026, with a clear first-year implementation timeline and incentives sufficient to drive participation and? Did the City Council reject the plan if those requirements were not met?

      ☐ YES ☐ NO

    2. Using Entergy Settlement to fund Neighborhood Power Plan: Did the City Council give final approval to use Entergy settlement funds to offset any bill impact of the Neighborhood Power Plan, assuring it is implemented with no rate increase for ratepayers?

      ☐ YES ☐ NO

    3. Ending roadblocks to Community Solar: Were consolidated billing and fair, timely interconnection implemented so customers can reliably receive community solar bill credits?

      ☐ YES ☐ NO

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