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Keisha Lance Bottoms Keisha Lance Bottoms (cropped).jpg 60th Mayor of Atlanta Incumbent Assumed office January 2, 2018 Preceded by Kasim Reed Member of the Atlanta City Council from the 11th district In office January 4, 2010 – January 2, 2018 Preceded by Jim Maddox Succeeded by Marci Collier Overstreet Personal details Born Keisha Lance January 18, 1970 (age 50) Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Political party Democratic Party Spouse(s) Derek Bottoms Children 4 Parents Major Lance Sylvia Robinson Education Florida A&M University (BA) Georgia State University (JD) Website Official website

Keisha Lance Bottoms, Atlanta (Georgia). V.S., 18 januari 1970 is een Amerikaanse politica en juriste, die fungeert als de 60ste burgemeester van Atlanta. Zij werd als zodanig gekozen in mei 2017. Voordat zij burgemeester werd, was zij lid van de gemeenteraad van Atlanta, als vertegenwoordiger van het zuidwestelijk deel van Atlanta.

Afkomst en opleiding

Bottoms werd geboren in Atlanta, Georgia op 18 januari 1970 aan Sylvia Robinson en R&B singer-songwriter Major Lance.[3][4]. Ze groeide op in Atlanta.[5].

Keisha Lance Bottoms From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigationJump to search Keisha Lance Bottoms Keisha Lance Bottoms (cropped).jpg 60th Mayor of Atlanta Incumbent Assumed office January 2, 2018 Preceded by Kasim Reed Member of the Atlanta City Council from the 11th district In office January 4, 2010 – January 2, 2018 Preceded by Jim Maddox Succeeded by Marci Collier Overstreet Personal details Born Keisha Lance January 18, 1970 (age 50) Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Political party Democratic Party Spouse(s) Derek Bottoms Children 4 Parents Major Lance Sylvia Robinson Education Florida A&M University (BA) Georgia State University (JD) Website Official website Keisha Lance Bottoms (born January 18, 1970)[1] is an American politician and lawyer who is the 60th mayor of Atlanta, Georgia. She was elected mayor in 2017. Before becoming mayor, she was a member of the Atlanta City Council, representing part of Southwest Atlanta.[2]

Bottoms is a graduate of Frederick Douglass High School, Florida A&M University, and Georgia State University College of Law (1994).[6][7]

Carriere

Bottoms werd verkozen tot burgemeester in 2017, na de meerderheid (26%) te vergaren in een bezet veld van kandidaten op de dag van de verkiezing, toen ze haar collega-raadslid Mary Norwood versloeg in de verkiezing.[8][9]

Bottoms was onderwerp van onderzoek gedurende de burgemeestersverkiezing wegens diverse contante betalingen aan de campagne van in totaal meer dan 80.000 dollars, die niet keurig waren verantwoord.[10] In oktober 2017 betaalde zij vrijwillig 25.700 dollars aan campagne bijdragen terug, die zij had ontvangen van PRAD Group, een ingenieursbureau, waarvan een maand eerder het kantoor was overvallen door de FBI. [11] Op 4 november 2017 verzocht zij de Openbare Aanklager van Georgia om een onderzoek in te stellen naar fake robocalls made in her name, which her campaign said were laden with racist overtones and made primarily in Atlanta's white neighborhoods.[12]

Bottoms declared that Atlanta was a "welcoming city" and "will remain open and welcoming to all" following President Trump's actions regarding refugees in the United States.[13] In 2018, she signed an executive order forbidding the city jail to hold ICE detainees.[14] In July 2019, Bottoms said, "Our city does not support ICE. We don't have a relationship with the U.S. Marshal[s] Service. We closed our detention center to ICE detainees, and we would not pick up people on an immigration violation."[15]

In June 2019, Bottoms endorsed Joe Biden in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries.[16] In March 2020, Politico reported her as a possible vice-presidential pick for Biden.[17] In June, CNN reported that she was among his top four choices, along with Representative Val Demings and Senators Kamala Harris and Elizabeth Warren.[18]

Bottoms strongly rebuked Georgia Governor Brian Kemp after he announced the reopening of Georgia businesses in April 2020, saying that it was too early in the COVID-19 pandemic.[19]

Atlanta City Hall in March 2019 When Atlanta experienced riots in the wake of the death of George Floyd, Bottoms condemned those involved,[20][21] but later expressed optimism while speaking to demonstrators at a protest, saying, "there is something better on the other side of this."[22] She also repeatedly condemned Trump for "making it worse" and stoking racial tensions,[22][23] and encouraged people to vote, saying, "If you want change in America, go and register to vote. That is the change we need in this country."[24] In June 2020, many Atlanta Police Department officers went on strike to protest the charges brought against the officers involved in the killing of Rayshard Brooks.[25] Bottoms said that APD morale "is down tenfold".[26]

In early July, as COVID-19 cases escalated in Atlanta, Bottoms issued an executive order rolling back some of its reopening measures from Phase 2 to Phase 1 and requiring everyone to wear a facial covering within city limits. On July 15 Georgia Governor Brian Kemp issued an order suspending all local mask mandates, and on July 16 he filed suit against Bottoms in Superior Court, seeking to invalidate her order and prevent her from talking about it.[27] He did not file similar suits against other cities with mask mandates, such as Savannah and Athens.[28] A hearing scheduled for July 21 was postponed when the judge recused herself.[29]

Personal life In October 1994, Keisha Lance married Derek W. Bottoms at Atlanta's Ben Hill United Methodist Church. They had met three years earlier during their first year as students at Georgia State University College of Law. After unsuccessful attempts to conceive biologically, they adopted their four children.[30]

Derek Bottoms is the vice president of employment practices and associate relations for The Home Depot. He joined the company in 2000, after spending over five years at the law firm Powell Goldstein. He has served as a board member for several foundations.[30]

On July 6, 2020, Bottoms announced that she had tested positive for COVID-19.[31]