Bobby Nichols moved to Tempe with his family at 7 years old in 2001. 

Bobby received his undergraduate degree from ASU's Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts in 2016. Bobby attended Golden University Law School on a full tuition merit scholarship, where he received academic awards in legal research and writing, contracts, and entertainment law and participated in the homeless advocacy project, marijuana conviction expungement clinics, and the veterans legal advocacy clinic. Upon graduation from Golden Gate University's Honors Lawyering Program in 2020, Bobby received academic certifications in Intellectual Property Law and Public Interest Law. 

In 2020, Bobby was accepted into a legislative and administrative fellowship program through the office of San Francisco city supervisor Dean Preston, the first Democratic Socialist elected to SF city government since 1980. While participating in that fellowship Bobby performed legal research and writing that assisted in the development and eventual passage of 2020's city Propositions I and K, which doubled transfer taxes on real properties worth more than $10,000,000 and empowered the city to buy and build public housing respectively. Between January 1, 2021 and March 31, 2024, Proposition I generated $324 million in additional revenue for social housing programs in San Francisco. As of 2024, that money had funded San Francisco's emergency rental assistance program, protecting 10,000 households from eviction over missed rental payments during covid, acquired land for 550 units of social housing, funded the construction of 66 units of affordable educator housing, and supported the acquisition and preservation of 11 buildings with over 200 units of affordable housing. 

Bobby currently works for the Office of the Arizona Attorney General as an assistant attorney general representing the state's Department of Economic Security's Adult Protective Services division and the state's Department of Child Safety in Superior and Administrative Court when children or vulnerable adults are exploited, neglected, or abused.* 

Bobby is running for Tempe city council to ensure that every resident, regardless of their economic circumstances, can build a safe, stable, and dignified life in their hometown. His campaign is grounded in the belief that local government must serve the public good, not private profit, and that Tempe can thrive by investing directly in its people. 

Bobby has a proven record of public service and movement work. To date, he has drafted laws and ballot measures to expand tenant protections, create affordable housing programs, defend survivors of domestic violence, and protect public events and mutual aid organizations; marched on picket lines with workers across industries; supported expungement clinics, veterans, and tenants; fought to enshrine reproductive healthcare access in Arizona; and stood alongside environmental and labor organizers demanding a Green New Deal and an end to anti-worker “right-to-work” laws. 

Candidate email address:

bobby@bobby4tempe.com 

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