Kendra Lara

Kendra Lara, (also known as Kendra Hicks), is a Dominican American politician. She currently serves on the Boston City Council for the 6th district[1] and is a member of the Democratic party.[2] Hicks is a socialist.[3][4][5]

Kendra Hicks-Lara
Member of the Boston City Council
from the 6th district
Assumed office
January 3, 2022
Preceded byMatt O'Malley
Personal details
Born
Kendra Lara

Dominican Republic
Political partyDemocratic

City Council

Hicks was elected to the City Council in 2021. While she had campaigned for office under her married name Kendra Hicks, she decided to utilize her maiden name Kendra Lara professionally when she joined the Boston City Council.[6]

In June 2022, the Boston City Council unanimously adopted a resolution introduced by Lara and Councilors Tania Fernandes Anderson and Ruthzee Louijeune which apologized for the city's historical role in the Atlantic slave trade.[7]

Lara and her City Council colleague Ruthzee Louijeune authored a resolution that was passed by the Boston City Council in late 2022 which urged Mayor Michelle Wu to raise the affordable housing unit requirements for new residential developments from 13% to 20% and to lower the threshold for which the requirements apply from buildings with nine or more units to buildings with five or more. The resolution also urged Wu to transition from utilizing HUD-designated area median income and to instead determine base affordability based upon the average income of a neighborhood.[8]

Electoral history
2021 Boston City Council district 6 election
Candidate Primary election[9] General election[10]
Votes % Votes %
Kendra Hicks 9,236 50.2 13,907 55.9
Mary Tamer 7,984 43.4 10,974 44.1
Winnie Eke 1,188 6.5  
Write-ins 76 0.4 TBD TBD
Total 18,408 100% 24,881 100%

References
  1. "Kendra Lara". Boston.gov. 2021-12-07. Retrieved 2022-12-12.
  2. Katcher, Will (2022-07-25). "'You are not welcome here': Hate group activity tip line announced following Boston rally". masslive. Retrieved 2022-12-12.
  3. Ertischek, David (January 26, 2022). "City Councilor Kendra Lara on Being Socialist: 'My Politics Are My Philosophy In Action'". Jamaica Plain News. Retrieved August 1, 2022.
  4. Deehan, Mike (2022-07-01). "Meet the Boston-area socialists in public office". Axios. Retrieved 2022-12-12.
  5. "Kendra Lara pushes for immigrant voting rights". The Bay State Banner. 2022-03-07. Retrieved 2022-12-12.
  6. Bennett, Lauren (7 January 2022). "Council welcomes five new members | Mission Hill Gazette". Mission Hill Gazette. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  7. Grove, Rashad (20 June 2022). "Boston City Council Apologizes for its Role in Slavery". Ebony. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  8. Miller, Yawu (7 December 2022). "Council calls on Wu to increase affordable unit requirements". The Bay State Banner. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  9. "Unofficial election results". 3 October 2016.
  10. "2021 Boston City Council election results".
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