Standing With Martin and Anthony, and with Maryland Women

Expanding Opportunity

• In 2000, O’Malley signed an executive order setting an ambitious 35% goal for women and minority business participation in city procurement. Baltimore City has doubled the percentage of awards going to women and minority-owned businesses, while the State of Maryland utilizes a decreasing percentage of available woman and minority contractors.
  
• In 2000, Baltimore City awarded $45 million to minority and women-owned companies. They pushed that figure up 33% in 2001, and 75% in 2002.
  
• Under O’Malley, Baltimore became one of the first cities nationwide to adopt a commercial nondiscrimination policy, prohibiting the city from contracting with business that discriminate.
  

Building Better Communities

• O’Malley is improving Baltimore schools for our children by investing in construction, retaining teachers, and bringing in community volunteers.
  
• O’Malley fought for Maryland's underserved by supporting a minimum wage increase and instituting a living wage for all companies doing business with the City of Baltimore.
  
• O’Malley has made Baltimore safer for our families by investing in law enforcement and strong accountability measures. Working with the communities and police, Baltimore has decreased violent crime by 40%, the largest decline in any big city in America.