Our First 60 Days: Focused on A Safer, More Affordable New Orleans

New Orleans and Company, formerly known as New Orleans Convention and Visitors Bureau, is hosting a Job Fest in partnership with District "B" Councilmember Jay H. Banks at the Dryades YMCA on Wednesday, July 11. 

July is an important month for District C as I continue moving forward with making changes to the city’s Short-Term Rental (STR) program. My office has received numerous phone calls and emails from you about the two STR motions approved by the Council back in May.

In this newsletter, I’m addressing some of your questions by clarifying the three categories of STR licenses issued by the city. 

On Thursday, June 28, Utility, Cable, Telecommunications and Technology (UCTT) Committee Chair Helena Moreno will convene a special committee meeting to focus on the lack of progress - and answers - from Entergy New Orleans (ENO) on two key issues: reliability and renewables. Over the past several years, the New Orleans community through the City Council have asked ENO to make significant progress on remediating the unacceptable level of "clear skies" power outages and reliability issues; and on securing a substantial investment in clean, renewable power generation capabilities.

My first month on the New Orleans City Council has been an incredible experience, and I am truly honored to have this opportunity to serve the City of New Orleans and my constituents in District “E” as this Council’s first-ever Vietnamese-American representative. In such a short time, my colleagues and I have implemented several historic policy changes, as well as new processes and procedures to better serve you, the people of this great city.