Currently holds the office of Santa Cruz City Council until December 31, 2024.
Candidate for Santa Cruz City Council in 2020 California General Election.
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Get StartedThe fight for racial justice has placed the role of law enforcement at the forefront of national and community conversations. I believe this moment provides us with an opportunity to critically examine what constitutes public safety and redirect and prioritize community programs that address the structural and root causes of crime in our community. Learn more
Moving more aggressively towards zero carbon emissions;. Learn more
The city should create our distributed solar program, so that all homeowners and renters can have access to solar energy. Solar is not only about climate change, it is also about fire & natural disaster safety and affordability. Generators are expensive. When power has to be turned off during a natural disaster, solar power that is stored can ensure that residents still will be able have electricity;. Learn more
Creating good jobs with living wages and benefits as part of a Green New Deal;. Learn more
Expanding policies that force developers who are building new housing to always include a percentage of permanently affordable units, like inclusionary zoning and replacement housing requirements. Learn more
We need to be strategic about what we build and where, so that we can balance neighborhood needs with the need to diversify and expand our housing stock. I believe we all benefit from building and sustaining a community with economic, racial, and cultural diversity and inclusion, where people across the economic spectrum can afford to live where they work. Learn more
Using city-owned properties and the city's affordable housing trust fund to subsidize broader and deeper affordability in new projects;. Learn more
Add protected bike lanes and bike infrastructure on congested corridors. Learn more
Developing and funding sustainable transportation by leveraging state and federal transportation funding, investing in public transit, and increasing support for alternative transit options that allow people to safely get out of their cars and move around by other means;. Learn more
Fighting to make sure that our budget is not balanced on the backs of working people; to prevent cuts to the critical services we need to stabilize our community; and to work with the community about how we rebuild our local economy. Learn more
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