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Omar Narvaez

Democratic · TX

Consultant and former Dallas City Council member for District 6 (2017-2025) who earlier served as a Dallas County Schools trustee. He wants a court where everyone is heard and treated fairly and plans free Know Your Rights clinics.

Where Omar Narvaez stands, based on their records

Supports

Civil Rights (1 record)

Track record

Track record — Civil Rights

Civil Rights · 1 support
  • Spoke at a press conference backing a Dallas City Council committee resolution that supported the city's transgender community and condemned anti-transgender state laws. The committee approved it unanimously.

    March 29, 2022Supports Civil Rights

    Source: dallasvoice.com

    Also on this bill

    • September 6, 2017 · Voted for a Dallas City Council resolution to remove and store the city's Robert E. Lee statue and to pay to remove all public Confederate monuments. It passed 13-1. (General)

Track record — General

General · 10 records
  • Introduced a Dallas charter amendment saying the City Council makes the final decisions on city spending, and that charter rules on employee pay are only recommendations. The council placed it on the ballot to counter a citizen petition requiring more police hiring and pay.

    August 20, 2024

    Source: dallasexpress.com

  • Voted for new zoning rules on short-term rentals, such as Airbnb homes, that allow them by right in apartment zones. It passed 12-3. He voted against letting existing registered rentals keep operating; that failed 7-8.

    June 14, 2023

    Source: citysecretary2.dallascityhall.com

  • Was chosen by the Dallas City Council as Deputy Mayor Pro Tem in an 11-1 vote.

    June 22, 2022

    Source: citysecretary2.dallascityhall.com

  • Argued for delaying an $11.5 million Hi-Line trail contract after the losing low bidder, his campaign treasurer Dustin Gadberry, appealed. He did not mention that tie during the debate and said the city attorney told him he did not need to recuse. Nine members voted against the delay.

    April 27, 2022

    Source: dmagazine.com

  • Seconded and voted for a motion removing Kristin Scholer from the Dallas Redistricting Commission. It passed 10-5.

    August 25, 2021

    Source: citysecretary2.dallascityhall.com

  • Voted against a 20-year deal letting a private company build and run a new ballfield stadium at Reverchon Park. The council reopened its December 2019 vote and approved the deal 11-4.

    January 8, 2020

    Source: citysecretary2.dallascityhall.com

  • Voted for Dallas's paid sick time ordinance, which requires private employers to give workers earned paid sick time. It passed 10-4. Before that, he voted against two substitute motions, including one to delay it to June 2019.

    April 24, 2019

    Source: citysecretary2.dallascityhall.com

  • Was named in a 2017 Dallas County Schools internal report, written by a retired FBI agent, that raised concerns about $1,500 he got from board president Larry Duncan. Most of Duncan's campaign money came from the agency's bus-camera vendor. Narvaez got nothing directly from the vendor and declined to answer reporters' questions.

    November 21, 2017

    Source: nbcdfw.com

  • Voted for a Dallas City Council resolution to remove and store the city's Robert E. Lee statue and to pay to remove all public Confederate monuments. It passed 13-1.

    September 6, 2017

    Source: citysecretary2.dallascityhall.com

    Also on this bill

    • March 29, 2022 · Spoke at a press conference backing a Dallas City Council committee resolution that supported the city's transgender community and condemned anti-transgender state laws. The committee approved it unanimously. (Supports Civil Rights)
  • Was sworn in on May 20, 2015, to a six-year term on the Dallas County Schools board. He ran unopposed after first being appointed to fill a vacancy in 2014.

    May 20, 2015

    Source: dallasvoice.com

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