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Derek Kitchen is an American politician from Salt Lake City, Utah. He is a member of the Utah State Senate representing Utah's 2nd senate district, and formerly a Councilmember on the Salt Lake City Council representing Council District 4.

Education and career

Kitchen graduated in 2013 with a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Utah.

Kitchen and his partner, Moudi Sbeity, opened Laziz Foods in 2012 to provide Lebanese food to local grocery stores and the Farmers Market in Salt Lake City. It was in 2016 they opened Laziz Kitchen, a Lebanese restaurant downtown. Laziz Kitchen has a partnership with the International Rescue Committee (IRC) to hire refugees and New Americans from Iraq and Syria.^[1]

Kitchen v. Herbert

In 2014, Kitchen and his partner sued the State of Utah for marriage equality with Kitchen v. Herbert. This case legalized marriage in Utah and five other states in the western U.S., establishing a groundbreaking case-law that led to nationwide marriage equality in 2015. Following the lawsuit, Kitchen was the subject of a documentary about the lawsuit that legalized gay marriage, called Church & State.^[2]

Political career

In 2015, Kitchen was elected to represent Council District 4 in Salt Lake City^[3] where he led the effort to create a historic $21 million fund to create affordable housing in October 2016.^[4] He also worked to expand housing options in Salt Lake City with an update to the Accessory Dwelling Unit/Mother-in-law ordinance in 2018.^[5] He formerly served as a chair for the redevelopment agency.^[6] In 2018, Kitchen announced his bid for Utah State Senate.^[7]

On November 6, 2018, Kitchen won the 2018 election for Utah Senate District 2 and was elected to serve in the 2019-20 Utah Senate Minority Leadership as Senate Caucus Manager.^[8]

References

1. ^{{cite news|work=The Salt Lake Tribune|url=http://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=1985818&itype=CMSID|title=Derek Kitchen and Moudi Sbeity: Two entrepreneurs who make hummus and made history|author=Jennifer Dobner |accessdate= November 2, 2018}}
2. ^{{cite news|work=The Salt Lake Tribune|url=https://www.sltrib.com/artsliving/movies/2018/07/06/church-amp-state/ |title=’Church & State’ documentary tries to sort truth from myth in the story of how same-sex marriage became legal in Utah|author=Sean P. Means |accessdate= November 2, 2018}}
3. ^https://www.slc.gov/district4/
4. ^{{cite news|work=The Salt Lake Tribune|url=http://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=4481916&itype=CMSID|title='The solution to homelessness is housing': Salt Lake City sets aside $30M to address homelessness, affordable housing|author=Tony Semerad|accessdate= November 2, 2018}}
5. ^{{cite news|work=The Salt Lake Tribune|url=https://www.sltrib.com/news/2018/10/17/salt-lake-city-loosens/|title=Concerned about housing costs, Salt Lake City loosens rules on ‘mother-in-law’ apartments|author=Tony Semerad|accessdate= November 2, 2018}}
6. ^http://www.slcrda.com/about-the-rda/
7. ^{{cite news|work=NBC News|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/0-1-percent-gay-ex-mormon-derek-kitchen-looks-shake-n911186 |title=The 0.1 Percent: Gay ex-Mormon Derek Kitchen looks to shake up Utah politics|author=Tim Fitzsimons |accessdate= November 2, 2018}}
8. ^{{cite news|work=Utah Senate Democrats|url=https://www.utahsenatedemocrats.org/#!Utah-Senate-Democrats-Announce-New-Leadership-Team/cnlh6/5be5c3a8a3b6ac3632e2117e|title=Utah Senate Democrats Announce New Leadership Team|author=Jon Hennington |accessdate= November 9, 2018}}