Councilmember Jamie Gauthier
@councilmemberjg.bsky.social
Philadelphia City Councilmember fighting for equitable communities in West and Southwest Philadelphia and beyond.
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Yesterday, we observed Transgender Day of Remembrance. West and Southwest Philly are better places to live because of our transgender neighbors.
Since 2024, Republicans have spent $100 million on transphobic political advertisements. Imagine if we had spent this $100 million helping people instead?
Since 2024, Republicans have spent $100 million on transphobic political advertisements. Imagine if we had spent this $100 million helping people instead?
November 21, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Yesterday, we observed Transgender Day of Remembrance. West and Southwest Philly are better places to live because of our transgender neighbors.
Since 2024, Republicans have spent $100 million on transphobic political advertisements. Imagine if we had spent this $100 million helping people instead?
Since 2024, Republicans have spent $100 million on transphobic political advertisements. Imagine if we had spent this $100 million helping people instead?
Skyrocketing costs force too many Philadelphians into an impossible dilemma: keep the lights on, put food on the table, or pay the water bill.
As rates climb, Just Water will ensure families do not lose access to clean and affordable water.
As rates climb, Just Water will ensure families do not lose access to clean and affordable water.
November 20, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Skyrocketing costs force too many Philadelphians into an impossible dilemma: keep the lights on, put food on the table, or pay the water bill.
As rates climb, Just Water will ensure families do not lose access to clean and affordable water.
As rates climb, Just Water will ensure families do not lose access to clean and affordable water.
Burning our waste is making Philly, Chester, and our planet sick.
We need to end this injustice, which is why I'm grateful City Council's Environmental Committee sent my Stop Trashing Our Air Act to the Council floor with a favorable recommendation.
We need to end this injustice, which is why I'm grateful City Council's Environmental Committee sent my Stop Trashing Our Air Act to the Council floor with a favorable recommendation.
November 19, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Burning our waste is making Philly, Chester, and our planet sick.
We need to end this injustice, which is why I'm grateful City Council's Environmental Committee sent my Stop Trashing Our Air Act to the Council floor with a favorable recommendation.
We need to end this injustice, which is why I'm grateful City Council's Environmental Committee sent my Stop Trashing Our Air Act to the Council floor with a favorable recommendation.
200K Philly households are one missed paycheck away from slipping into homelessness. Half of renters make the unthinkable choice every month between paying their rent or putting food on the table.
We are fighting to make sure those who have been left behind get the help they deserve.
We are fighting to make sure those who have been left behind get the help they deserve.
November 13, 2025 at 2:47 PM
200K Philly households are one missed paycheck away from slipping into homelessness. Half of renters make the unthinkable choice every month between paying their rent or putting food on the table.
We are fighting to make sure those who have been left behind get the help they deserve.
We are fighting to make sure those who have been left behind get the help they deserve.
The Committee on the Environment will consider my Stop Trashing Our Air Act, which bans Philly from fueling sickness and pollution by burning waste.
Now is the time to chart a healthier and greener course — and we need your help. Join us at 1 PM on Monday to show your support for trash-free air!
Now is the time to chart a healthier and greener course — and we need your help. Join us at 1 PM on Monday to show your support for trash-free air!
November 12, 2025 at 5:11 PM
The Committee on the Environment will consider my Stop Trashing Our Air Act, which bans Philly from fueling sickness and pollution by burning waste.
Now is the time to chart a healthier and greener course — and we need your help. Join us at 1 PM on Monday to show your support for trash-free air!
Now is the time to chart a healthier and greener course — and we need your help. Join us at 1 PM on Monday to show your support for trash-free air!
Thank you, Council President Johnson and Councilmember Ahmad, for hosting a critically important hearing on SNAP.
Philly is funding $7 million in emergency food assistance, but the bottom line is that nothing can replace SNAP. It's time for Trump to end the MAGA Shutdown & reopen the government.
Philly is funding $7 million in emergency food assistance, but the bottom line is that nothing can replace SNAP. It's time for Trump to end the MAGA Shutdown & reopen the government.
November 5, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Thank you, Council President Johnson and Councilmember Ahmad, for hosting a critically important hearing on SNAP.
Philly is funding $7 million in emergency food assistance, but the bottom line is that nothing can replace SNAP. It's time for Trump to end the MAGA Shutdown & reopen the government.
Philly is funding $7 million in emergency food assistance, but the bottom line is that nothing can replace SNAP. It's time for Trump to end the MAGA Shutdown & reopen the government.
I stand with the Graduate Workers who power the University of Pennsylvania. They do the bulk of the research and teaching work that fulfills Penn’s educational and research mission. Without Graduate Workers, the university stops. (1/2)
November 4, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I stand with the Graduate Workers who power the University of Pennsylvania. They do the bulk of the research and teaching work that fulfills Penn’s educational and research mission. Without Graduate Workers, the university stops. (1/2)
We are making progress in leading Philly into a greener, safer, and healthier future by converting 130,000+ streetlights to LED bulbs.
Now let's keep going and stop burning our trash so we can keep waste out of our lungs and air!
Now let's keep going and stop burning our trash so we can keep waste out of our lungs and air!
November 3, 2025 at 5:13 PM
We are making progress in leading Philly into a greener, safer, and healthier future by converting 130,000+ streetlights to LED bulbs.
Now let's keep going and stop burning our trash so we can keep waste out of our lungs and air!
Now let's keep going and stop burning our trash so we can keep waste out of our lungs and air!
Republicans shut down the federal government, putting 500,000 Philadelphians who rely on SNAP at risk of extreme food insecurity.
I am handing out FREE produce and groceries at my district office at 52nd and Cedar tomorrow, and every Thursday, from noon until we run out!
I am handing out FREE produce and groceries at my district office at 52nd and Cedar tomorrow, and every Thursday, from noon until we run out!
October 29, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Republicans shut down the federal government, putting 500,000 Philadelphians who rely on SNAP at risk of extreme food insecurity.
I am handing out FREE produce and groceries at my district office at 52nd and Cedar tomorrow, and every Thursday, from noon until we run out!
I am handing out FREE produce and groceries at my district office at 52nd and Cedar tomorrow, and every Thursday, from noon until we run out!
Our rivers and creeks should be spaces where residents can come together to connect with nature and one another. I will keep working with City leadership to stop sewage from overflowing into our waterways.
October 28, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Our rivers and creeks should be spaces where residents can come together to connect with nature and one another. I will keep working with City leadership to stop sewage from overflowing into our waterways.
It's no accident that Chester has the highest rate of child asthma in America, and that 1 in 5 young people here in Philly have asthma too. Burning our trash is making us sick.
Let's stop burning Philly's waste and keep trash out of our lungs and atmosphere!
Let's stop burning Philly's waste and keep trash out of our lungs and atmosphere!
October 22, 2025 at 6:29 PM
It's no accident that Chester has the highest rate of child asthma in America, and that 1 in 5 young people here in Philly have asthma too. Burning our trash is making us sick.
Let's stop burning Philly's waste and keep trash out of our lungs and atmosphere!
Let's stop burning Philly's waste and keep trash out of our lungs and atmosphere!
The University of Pennsylvania must reject Trump's Compact for Higher Education.
This compact – drafted by rogue Penn alumnus and billionaire Marc Rowan – is a thinly veiled attempt to drag Penn back into the 19th century, when the university only admitted white, rich men like Trump and Rowan.
This compact – drafted by rogue Penn alumnus and billionaire Marc Rowan – is a thinly veiled attempt to drag Penn back into the 19th century, when the university only admitted white, rich men like Trump and Rowan.
October 15, 2025 at 7:06 PM
The University of Pennsylvania must reject Trump's Compact for Higher Education.
This compact – drafted by rogue Penn alumnus and billionaire Marc Rowan – is a thinly veiled attempt to drag Penn back into the 19th century, when the university only admitted white, rich men like Trump and Rowan.
This compact – drafted by rogue Penn alumnus and billionaire Marc Rowan – is a thinly veiled attempt to drag Penn back into the 19th century, when the university only admitted white, rich men like Trump and Rowan.
What a joy to participate in the grand reopening of the Paul Robeson House & Museum!
Paul Robeson challenged our nation to live up to its promise of freedom and opportunity for all. As we approach America's 250th birthday, we need to tell his story.
Paul Robeson challenged our nation to live up to its promise of freedom and opportunity for all. As we approach America's 250th birthday, we need to tell his story.
October 14, 2025 at 4:35 PM
What a joy to participate in the grand reopening of the Paul Robeson House & Museum!
Paul Robeson challenged our nation to live up to its promise of freedom and opportunity for all. As we approach America's 250th birthday, we need to tell his story.
Paul Robeson challenged our nation to live up to its promise of freedom and opportunity for all. As we approach America's 250th birthday, we need to tell his story.
City Council unanimously adopted my resolution recognizing the importance of clean air and water, safe food and consumer products, and a stable climate to children’s health and development.
Now, let's back up these words with action by banning Philly from polluting our air with burned trash!
Now, let's back up these words with action by banning Philly from polluting our air with burned trash!
October 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
City Council unanimously adopted my resolution recognizing the importance of clean air and water, safe food and consumer products, and a stable climate to children’s health and development.
Now, let's back up these words with action by banning Philly from polluting our air with burned trash!
Now, let's back up these words with action by banning Philly from polluting our air with burned trash!
Thank you to Mayor Stefan Roots of Chester City for backing my bill to stop Philly from burning its trash in Chester.
Chester families have been forced to breathe our waste. I introduced the Stop Trashing Our Air Act to keep trash out of our lungs and sky, both in Chester and here in Philly.
Chester families have been forced to breathe our waste. I introduced the Stop Trashing Our Air Act to keep trash out of our lungs and sky, both in Chester and here in Philly.
October 8, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Thank you to Mayor Stefan Roots of Chester City for backing my bill to stop Philly from burning its trash in Chester.
Chester families have been forced to breathe our waste. I introduced the Stop Trashing Our Air Act to keep trash out of our lungs and sky, both in Chester and here in Philly.
Chester families have been forced to breathe our waste. I introduced the Stop Trashing Our Air Act to keep trash out of our lungs and sky, both in Chester and here in Philly.
I am humbled to be nominated for a SustainPHL award in the Rising Tide category.
As City Council's Environmental Chair, I am working hard to lead Philly into a greener future.
As City Council's Environmental Chair, I am working hard to lead Philly into a greener future.
October 1, 2025 at 1:11 PM
I am humbled to be nominated for a SustainPHL award in the Rising Tide category.
As City Council's Environmental Chair, I am working hard to lead Philly into a greener future.
As City Council's Environmental Chair, I am working hard to lead Philly into a greener future.
Do you like breathing in trash? Me neither.
I introduced the Stop Trashing Our Air Act to stop Philly from burning trash. It’s making our communities — and our neighbors in Chester — sick.
whyy.org/articles/phi...
I introduced the Stop Trashing Our Air Act to stop Philly from burning trash. It’s making our communities — and our neighbors in Chester — sick.
whyy.org/articles/phi...
September 22, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Do you like breathing in trash? Me neither.
I introduced the Stop Trashing Our Air Act to stop Philly from burning trash. It’s making our communities — and our neighbors in Chester — sick.
whyy.org/articles/phi...
I introduced the Stop Trashing Our Air Act to stop Philly from burning trash. It’s making our communities — and our neighbors in Chester — sick.
whyy.org/articles/phi...
Today's the day! After years of construction, the Martin Luther King Jr Drive Bridge is OPEN!
This is a crucial connection between West Philly and the rest of our city. And thanks to the new protected shared-use path, pedestrians and cyclists can make the trip seven days a week.
This is a crucial connection between West Philly and the rest of our city. And thanks to the new protected shared-use path, pedestrians and cyclists can make the trip seven days a week.
September 22, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Today's the day! After years of construction, the Martin Luther King Jr Drive Bridge is OPEN!
This is a crucial connection between West Philly and the rest of our city. And thanks to the new protected shared-use path, pedestrians and cyclists can make the trip seven days a week.
This is a crucial connection between West Philly and the rest of our city. And thanks to the new protected shared-use path, pedestrians and cyclists can make the trip seven days a week.
The Stop Trashing Our Air Act would prohibit the City from contracting with companies that profit by turning our trash into pollution and sickness.
Let's do what's right for our health, our neighbors in Chester, and our planet and stop trashing our air!
Let's do what's right for our health, our neighbors in Chester, and our planet and stop trashing our air!
September 19, 2025 at 12:35 PM
The Stop Trashing Our Air Act would prohibit the City from contracting with companies that profit by turning our trash into pollution and sickness.
Let's do what's right for our health, our neighbors in Chester, and our planet and stop trashing our air!
Let's do what's right for our health, our neighbors in Chester, and our planet and stop trashing our air!
I'm introducing the Stop Trashing Our Air Act to end our role in perpetuating environmental racism through trash incineration.
The City's work to build a safer, cleaner, and greener Philly shouldn't come at the cost of making our neighbors sicker, dirtier, and less safe.
The City's work to build a safer, cleaner, and greener Philly shouldn't come at the cost of making our neighbors sicker, dirtier, and less safe.
September 18, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I'm introducing the Stop Trashing Our Air Act to end our role in perpetuating environmental racism through trash incineration.
The City's work to build a safer, cleaner, and greener Philly shouldn't come at the cost of making our neighbors sicker, dirtier, and less safe.
The City's work to build a safer, cleaner, and greener Philly shouldn't come at the cost of making our neighbors sicker, dirtier, and less safe.
I joined DA Krasner for a town hall on how our community can respond if Trump sends the National Guard into our neighborhoods. Neighbors came together to learn our rights and build community.
We won't stand idly by as Trump tries to turn the birthplace of democracy into the graveyard of freedom.
We won't stand idly by as Trump tries to turn the birthplace of democracy into the graveyard of freedom.
September 17, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I joined DA Krasner for a town hall on how our community can respond if Trump sends the National Guard into our neighborhoods. Neighbors came together to learn our rights and build community.
We won't stand idly by as Trump tries to turn the birthplace of democracy into the graveyard of freedom.
We won't stand idly by as Trump tries to turn the birthplace of democracy into the graveyard of freedom.
We celebrated the new 47th Street bike lane with a ride through the neighborhood! It was beautiful seeing parents and young people enjoying the good weather on bikes.
Traffic violence is real violence, and it is preventable. Let's keep working together to make every street and achieve Vision Zero.
Traffic violence is real violence, and it is preventable. Let's keep working together to make every street and achieve Vision Zero.
September 15, 2025 at 4:23 PM
We celebrated the new 47th Street bike lane with a ride through the neighborhood! It was beautiful seeing parents and young people enjoying the good weather on bikes.
Traffic violence is real violence, and it is preventable. Let's keep working together to make every street and achieve Vision Zero.
Traffic violence is real violence, and it is preventable. Let's keep working together to make every street and achieve Vision Zero.
Excited to join my friends with the Philadelphia Coalition for Affordable Communities at their first day of Council rally!
We're fighting to use the City's $800 million investment in affordable housing to prioritize the 200,000+ Philadelphia households that are on the brink of homelessness.
We're fighting to use the City's $800 million investment in affordable housing to prioritize the 200,000+ Philadelphia households that are on the brink of homelessness.
September 12, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Excited to join my friends with the Philadelphia Coalition for Affordable Communities at their first day of Council rally!
We're fighting to use the City's $800 million investment in affordable housing to prioritize the 200,000+ Philadelphia households that are on the brink of homelessness.
We're fighting to use the City's $800 million investment in affordable housing to prioritize the 200,000+ Philadelphia households that are on the brink of homelessness.
Good news! Two pieces of legislation I introduced to expedite the creation of affordable housing are now law!
At our current pace, it will take more than 200 years to build enough affordable housing to meet the need. These commonsense steps will get families into affordable homes sooner.
At our current pace, it will take more than 200 years to build enough affordable housing to meet the need. These commonsense steps will get families into affordable homes sooner.
September 11, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Good news! Two pieces of legislation I introduced to expedite the creation of affordable housing are now law!
At our current pace, it will take more than 200 years to build enough affordable housing to meet the need. These commonsense steps will get families into affordable homes sooner.
At our current pace, it will take more than 200 years to build enough affordable housing to meet the need. These commonsense steps will get families into affordable homes sooner.
Trump plans to give polluters free rein to spew toxic chemicals into our air, water, and soil.
Take a stand for our health and safety by commenting against repealing the EPA's Endangerment Finding: cleanaircouncil.salsalabs.org/critical_cli...
Take a stand for our health and safety by commenting against repealing the EPA's Endangerment Finding: cleanaircouncil.salsalabs.org/critical_cli...
September 10, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Trump plans to give polluters free rein to spew toxic chemicals into our air, water, and soil.
Take a stand for our health and safety by commenting against repealing the EPA's Endangerment Finding: cleanaircouncil.salsalabs.org/critical_cli...
Take a stand for our health and safety by commenting against repealing the EPA's Endangerment Finding: cleanaircouncil.salsalabs.org/critical_cli...