Robb Olivieri
Candidate for Phoenix City Council – District 4
Phoenix · District 4 (Central Phoenix)
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Statement
I am a community leader and creative problem solver. I show up and care about our community and city. I may not have all the answers or a monopoly on good ideas, but I will always come to the table to listen and learn.
Biography
Robb Olivieri is the director of the Luminosity Lab at Arizona State University, a research and development program for student innovators that he joined in 2018. The lab is building software for the City of Phoenix Office of Homeless Solutions to track shelter beds in real time. He is president of the Melrose Community Alliance, a neighborhood and business group he has been involved with for six years. A 2014 graduate of Iona University, he moved to Arizona in 2016. As of June 30, 2026, he had raised about $105,000.
Positions
Issue Stances
Water Policy
No official stance on record.
Education Funding
No official stance on record.
Border Security & Immigration
No official stance on record.
Housing Affordability
SupportsOlivieri wants more shelter and transitional housing capacity, prevention for people at risk of losing housing, and closer coordination among Valley cities, the county, the state, and service providers. He was the only District 4 candidate who told Axios he would have voted for the city’s 2026 ordinance restricting food and medical aid in parks, calling it imperfect but saying conditions in many parks had become untenable.
"There’s a need for increased shelter and transitional housing capacity."
Election Integrity
No official stance on record.
Healthcare Access
No official stance on record.
Public Safety & Criminal Justice
SupportsOlivieri ties public safety to filling vacant properties and building strong neighborhood groups. He told Axios he wants police oversight to remain local rather than federal.
Energy Policy
No official stance on record.
Economic Development & Jobs
SupportsOlivieri says vacant lots and storefronts draw encampments and crime. He would press absentee owners to fill them or cover costs to the city, help find tenants, offer incentives for small businesses, and repurpose some spaces as community gathering places or business incubators.
Reproductive Rights
No official stance on record.
Transportation & Infrastructure
SupportsOlivieri favors removing the reverse lanes and adding traffic calming on the 7th Avenue and 7th Street corridors, including more crosswalks and a weekend street-parking pilot in Melrose. He supports light rail expansion and would work toward the Capitol extension after the Indian School line.
"I am in favor of getting rid of them."
Government Spending & Taxation
No official stance on record.
Legislature
Legislative Voting Record
No voting record on file.
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Ballot
Ballot Measure Stances
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