28 Facts About Brandon Scott

Brandon Maurice Scott was born on April 8,1984 and is an American politician serving as the mayor of Baltimore, Maryland, since 2020.

Brandon Scott is the former president of the Baltimore City Council and was a candidate for lieutenant governor of Maryland in 2018, as well as a representative for Baltimore's second district.

On May 6,2019, Brandon Scott was elected to replace Jack Young as council president after Young succeeded Mayor Catherine Pugh.

In September 2019, Brandon Scott announced his candidacy for mayor and won the June 2020 Democratic primary.

Brandon Scott won the November 3 general election and took office on December 8,2020.

Brandon Scott ran track and cross country at Mergenthaler Vocational-Technical High School where he graduated in 2002.

Brandon Scott went onto receive a degree in political science from St Mary's College of Maryland in 2006.

Brandon Scott was the chair of the Public Safety Committee and a member of the Budget and Appropriations and Judiciary and Legislative Investigations committees.

On May 2019, the Baltimore City Council unanimously voted to elevate Scott to serve as the City Council president, serving the remainder of the term of Bernard C "Jack" Young, who ascended to the mayoralty following the resignation of Baltimore mayor Catherine Pugh.

Brandon Scott announced his campaign for mayor on September 13,2019, at a press conference in his childhood neighborhood of Park Heights.

On June 9,2020, Brandon Scott was declared the winner of the Democratic primary, defeating the incumbent mayor Jack Young.

On his first day in office, Brandon Scott signed an order mandating an end to restaurant dining, both indoor and outdoor, and capping retail activity, religious gatherings, gyms, malls, casinos, and museums to 25 percent capacity.

Brandon Scott lifted Baltimore's mask mandate and state of emergency declaration on July 1,2021.

In March 2021, Brandon Scott expressed frustration with the Hogan administration after state health officials denied his request to set aside 50 percent of state's COVID-19 vaccine doses for the state-run mass-vaccination sites in the city.

In May 2021, Brandon Scott delivered a letter to Hogan asking him to impose a temporary statewide eviction moratorium while local jurisdictions continued to distribute federal rent relief funding to tenants and landlords.

In January 2022, Brandon Scott declined requests from housing advocates to institute an eviction moratorium in Baltimore, saying that he didn't have the power to do it on his own and that action would need to come at the state level.

Brandon Scott returned to City Hall on October 15,2021, after testing negative.

Brandon Scott rallied on reforming police spending after leading the charge to cut $22.4 million from the city's $550 million police budget, half of which was for "unallocated" funds.

In January 2022, Brandon Scott implemented the Group Violence Reduction Strategy in the City's Western Police District.

In February 2022, Brandon Scott was named one of 10 new co-chairs of Mayors Against Illegal Guns.

In June 2022, Brandon Scott filed a lawsuit against Polymer80, alleging the company flooded the city with ghost guns that have contributed to bloodshed in the city's streets.

In May 2021, Brandon Scott removed owner-occupied homes that faced tax sale liens from the city's annual tax sale, an online auction that the city uses to collect overdue bills.

In May 2021, Brandon Scott delivered his first veto of his mayorship on a bill that would give renters more options when paying security deposits.

In June 2021, Brandon Scott launched a fund to cover up to $2,000 in security deposits for low-income tenants, funded with $3.3 million in supplemental funds from a fiscal year 2020 pandemic-related Community Services Block Grant.

In February 2022, Brandon Scott announced that the city would spend $90.4 million in funding received from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to purchase two hotels to provide 275 beds for the city's homeless population.

In June 2021, Brandon Scott announced his opposition to a proposal to construct a Maglev connecting Baltimore and Washington, DC, delivering a letter to the Maryland Department of Planning urging them to reject the project.

In September 2021, Brandon Scott criticized the state's proposed transportation budget, which included $500 million in investments for the Purple Line in Prince George's County, for not including enough funding for infrastructure projects in Baltimore.

Brandon Scott has a cat named Madam Scarlet and a dog named Lord Grogu.