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nuary 4 2016 january 1 2024 preceded by michael nutter succeeded by cherelle parker member of the philadelphia city council from the at large district in office january 6 1992 january 29 2015 preceded by george burrell personal details born james francis kenney 1958 08 07 august 7 1958 age 68 philadelphia pennsylvania u s party democratic education la salle university ba james francis kenney born august 7 1958 is an american politician who served as the 99th mayor of philadelphia from 2016 to 2024 kenney was first elected on november 3 2015 defeating his republican rival melissa murray bailey after winning the crowded democratic primary contest by a landslide on may 19 1 before he became mayor kenney was a member of the philadelphia city council for 23 years serving as a councilman at large from january 1992 until january 29 2015 when he resigned to run for mayor 1 2 3 kenney was re elected to a second term as mayor on november 5 2019 early life edit jim kenney was born on august 7 1958 in the whitman neighborhood of south philadelphia his father was a firefighter and his mother was a homemaker his parents both worked second jobs to put jim and his four siblings through private catholic schools in high school kenney was a newspaper deliveryman and busboy 4 kenney graduated from saint joseph s preparatory school in 1976 and in 1980 received a political science bachelor s degree from la salle university 3 he was the first in his family to graduate from college city councilman jim kenney in 2009 philadelphia city council edit kenney was elected to his first term in 1991 at the age of 32 years old during his time on philadelphia s city council kenney served as chairman of the council committee on labor and civil service he was also vice chairman of the committee on rules committee on the environment and committee on law and government and was a member of the committee on public safety technology and information services public property and public works fiscal stability and intergovernmental cooperation public health and human services and the legislative oversight committee 5 in 2010 kenney sided with the local firefighters union when mayor michael nutter took action to remove the collective bargaining rights of paramedics 6 in 2014 kenney successfully introduced legislation that ended arrests for possession of small amounts of marijuana the bill replaced incarceration with the requirement to pay a fine in advocating for the bill kenney had cited the disproportionate effect of arrests for small amounts of marijuana on african americans 7 philadelphia became the largest city in the country to decriminalize marijuana 8 kenney garnered criticism from local and national economic commentators when he proposed bonus pension payments distributing funds when pension plans exceed target returns in any given year even though solvency depends on retaining above average earnings to prepare for years with below average earnings 9 10 while on the philadelphia city council kenney worked as a consultant at vitetta architects and engineers served on the independence blue cross board and was an adjunct professor at the university of pennsylvania 11 he gave up these positions when he was elected mayor in 2015 mayor of philadelphia edit elections edit main articles 2015 philadelphia mayoral election and 2019 philadelphia mayoral election incumbent democratic mayor michael nutter could not run for re election to a third consecutive term due to the home rule charter s two term limit registered democrats hold a formidable 7 to 1 ratio over registered republicans in philadelphia giving democratic candidates a distinct advantage in citywide elections the mayoral primary elections were held on may 19 2015 kenney won the primary in a landslide with 55 83 of the vote defeating a crowded field of five other democratic candidates including anthony h williams and former district attorney lynn abraham republican melissa murray bailey a business executive ran unopposed for the republican nomination kenney won with 85 1 of the vote 12 kenney was inaugurated as the 99th mayor of philadelphia on january 4 2016 kenney was reelected as mayor in 2019 the democratic primary was held on may 21 2019 and he defeated former city controller alan butkovitz and pennsylvania state senator anthony hardy williams with 67 of the vote 13 on november 5 2019 kenney won re election by defeating billy ciancaglini a philadelphia defense attorney and fellow la salle grad in the general election 14 with more than 80 of the vote 15 first term 2016 2020 edit sugary drinks tax edit main article sugary drink tax philadelphia pennsylvania kenney proposed a citywide soda tax that would raise the price of soda at three cents per ounce originally with the intent to raise money for universal pre k 16 at the time it was the biggest soda tax proposal in the united states kenney promoted using tax revenue to fund universal pre k jobs and development projects which he expected would raise 400 million over five years all the while reducing sugar intake by decreasing the demand for sugary beverages 17 kenney s soda tax proposal was brought to the national spotlight and divided key members of the democratic party the idea of a soda tax quickly became a national issue candidates in the 2016 united states presidential election gave their take senator bernie sanders said that the tax would hurt the poor 18 hillary clinton on the other hand said that she was very supportive of the idea 19 the lobbying organization american beverage association took a stand against kenney s proposal the trade organization funded by soda companies and distributors ran local television radio and newspaper advertisements against the idea claiming that the tax would disproportionately hurt the poor the american heart association on the other hand has supported kenney s efforts on june 16 2016 the soda tax passed with a 13 4 vote from city council the initial proposal of three cents per ounce was lowered to 1 5 cents per ounce the tax was implemented at the start of the 2017 calendar year 20 jim kenney left with then secretary of labor tom perez right in a philadelphia factory after the tax took effect kenney said retailers price gouging blamed on the tax and charging the tax on items not subject to it was wrong and misleading 21 in february 2017 soda manufacturers and retailers announced sales declines of 30 50 in philadelphia and announced layoffs for march the city called the predicted layoffs fear mongering while the tax was projected to raise about 2 7 million in its first month far below the estimate of 7 6 million per month the city expected that figure to rise 22 in march 2017 pepsi announced plans to lay off between 80 and 100 employees and blamed this on the tax the city stated the program had created 251 jobs mostly full time pre k teaching positions and said the soda industry was holding hostage the jobs of hard working people in their battle to overturn the tax pepsi reported nearly 35 billion in gross income and 6 billion in profit last year the idea that they can afford to do that but must lay off workers should make every philadelphian very skeptical of whether these layoffs are actually due to the tax the layoffs would occur at plants in philadelphia and wilmington which are run as independent businesses 23 in may 2019 the university of pennsylvania released a study describing the aftermath of the soda tax two years later total volume sales of taxed beverages in philadelphia decreased by 1 3 billion ounces from 2 475 billion to 1 214 billion or by 51 0 after tax implementation volume sales in the pennsylvania border zip codes however increased by 308 2 million ounces from 713 1 million to 1 021 billion offsetting 24 4 of the decrease in philadelphia s sales volume 24 the sugary drinks tax became an issue in the 2019 mayoral election with the american beverage association spending 521 196 to run advertisements opposing kenney s reelection 25 local control edit in october 2017 mayor kenney announced that the city was taking back control of its public schools after sixteen years of state control in an address to city council kenney outlined the end of the state dominated school reform commission and a path to local control of the philadelphia school district by july 1 2018 26 opioid epidemic edit kenney created the mayor s task force to combat the opioid epidemic in philadelphia in 2016 the committee concluded its work and presented a final proposal in may 2017 27 in june of that year kenney and u s representative bob brady negotiated a deal with conrail the company that owns abandoned train tracks in kensington that became a well known area for open air heroin use to clean up the property 28 kenney at an urban national wildlife refuge event in 2016 kenney has supported opening supervised injection sites within the city on january 23 2018 philadelphia s public health commissioner dr thomas farley announced he wanted the city to establish one or more in the city he cited vancouver stating overdose deaths have been reduced as has the spread of diseases like hiv and hepatitis c 29 other city officials differ philadelphia police commissioner richard ross has publicly stated he is totally adamant against the idea but has an open mind and a lot of questions kenney has also said he supports the recommendation pennsylvania attorney general josh shapiro disagreed that the sites were an effective path to treatment and suggested changes would be needed in both state and federal laws in order for such sites to operate legally 30 31 the 3rd circuit court of appeals struck down kenney s efforts to open safe injection sites the court relied on a federal law known as the crack house statute 32 climate change edit kenney has committed the city of philadelphia to reduce air pollution and city wide emissions with specific projects aimed at reforming their respective transit and buildings sectors areas which are typically responsible for 80 percent total of all citywide emissions and over which mayors have significant authority 33 opposition to donald trump edit before and after donald trump s election as president in 2016 kenney has taken a vocal stand against trump and his policies kenney has maintained that philadelphia will continue to act as a sanctuary city despite threats that cities would stop receiving federal funding 34 trump said here in philadelphia murder has been steady i mean just terribly increasing 35 kenney along with democratic colleagues representative dwight evans senator bob casey jr councilwoman helen gym and governor tom wolf joined protesters at philadelphia international airport after trump signed executive order 13769 to ban travel from seven majority muslim countries 36 on october 23 2019 kenney endorsed elizabeth warren for president in 2020 37 on november 6 while the us awaited the final few results of the 2020 election kenney gave remarks aimed at donald trump what the president needs to do is frankly put his big boy pants on acknowledge that he lost and congratulate the winner the statement was made in the interest of the nation moving forwards and kenney cited several former presidents and presidential candidates including george h w bush jimmy carter and al gore 38 second term 2020 2024 edit preservation edit kenney was criticized at times for his record on historic preservation after a number of significant historic churches and other buildings were torn down in the face of increased development pressures during kenney s first mayoral term former mayor john street criticized the loss of the city s historic resources and founded a preservationist political action committee in response 39 in 2021 josh lippert a city inspector who served on the historic commission resigned from his post after he said he was pressured by the kenney administration to vote against the designation of the 12th street gym and the properties adjacent to it lippert described a pattern of interference from the mayor s office in the historic preservation process 40 covid 19 pandemic edit in march 2020 kenney declared a state of emergency amid the spread of the covid 19 pandemic caused by sars cov 2 the pandemic has resulted in severe social and economic disruption around the world including the largest global recession since the great depression in the 1930s in philadelphia covid led to widespread supply shortages exacerbated by panic buying agricultural disruption and food shortages as well as increased gun violence opioid usage and housing insecurity kenney has referred to covid as a nuclear bomb because of the way it affected the city 41 on november 19 2021 kenney announced that all city employees and contractors had to be vaccinated by january 14 the police union expressed their opposition as less than 10 of police officers and 25 of firefighters had been vaccinated at the time of the announcement 42 the mandate was delayed by kenney multiple times due to the involvement of an arbitration panel and negotiations with the police union however it was ultimately enforced in the summer of 2022 43 on december 13 2021 kenney s health department unveiled their plans to implement a vaccine passport for indoor venues in philadelphia 44 the mandate applied to anyone five years and older entering an establishment that served food 44 those of the ages 2 5 and anyone with medical or religious exemptions still had to provide a negative covid test 2020 black lives matter protests edit see also killing of walter wallace during the summer of 2020 kenney approved the use of cs gas on protestors during a peaceful protest who were blocking traffic on interstate 676 45 in response to protests over the murder of george floyd kenney had the center city statue of frank rizzo removed in june 2020 46 feuds edit kenney was known for his outspoken feuds and reports on public figures or groups who attack his legislative agenda image or the city of philadelphia early in his career kenney was known as a candid and opinionated councilman and mayor particularly on social media platforms like twitter 47 since his election as mayor of philadelphia kenney has taken a much more measured tone with respect to his political opponents 48 archdiocese edit kenney has engaged in numerous feuds with the leadership of the archdiocese of philadelphia kenney mobilized numerous gay rights legislation during his time in the philadelphia city council many of which were criticized by catholic leaders in the city notably kenney joined the debate over the abrupt firing of a beloved faculty member at waldron mercy academy in merion who came out as gay in a philadelphia inquirer story kenney accused the cowardly men in the archdiocese of orchestrating the firing if you re a church official and you feel that strongly that this woman and her partner are such a threat to society stand up and say so kenney told the paper 49 in a 2014 tweet kenney stated the arch sic don t...