Key Positions
Affordable Housing (rental and owner):
- Advocate for better landlord/tenant relations
- Protect existing affordable housing
- Build a better plan/rethink current plan for Below Market Rate (BMR) In Lieu fees, including creating affordable housing options for Police/Fire/City employees & teachers.
Public Safety/Crime Prevention:
- Support police safety/community initiatives
- Gang task force
- CERT (in various languages)
- Womens Safety Training
- Police Activities League
- Challenge Team
- Community Police Academy
- Teen Center / Activities
- Make traffic concerns/issues a priority
City Services community friendly / community based:
- Better / more flexible hours at the Recreation Department
- City-sponsored after school programs
- More programs for adults after work/weekends
Support local economy / businesses:
- Advocate for retail opportunities in under-served communities
- Encourage others and be examples of patronizing local businesses
- Recognize/identify local businesses with special or unique services
- Recognize/identify local businesses that support the community
Smart spending in the City budget:
- Prevent acting too quickly to spend surplus funds
- Consider increasing services/programs were reduced or cut in previous years
- Evaluate need to increase or bring back services/programs before spending on new ideas
- Distinguish and prioritize spending versus investing.