Proven Leadership
While serving on the Concord City Council, I have prioritized:
Public Safety
✔ Stabilized officer recruitment and retention, maintaining the police force we need to keep Concord safe.
✔ Prioritized student safety by funding two School Resource Officers at Concord high schools.
Housing & Homelessness
✔ Worked hard to get the unsheltered off the streets and into housing. And to make it easier for you to pay rent, or buy your first home, we’ve approved over 1,000 units of new housing in Concord, at all affordability levels, including approximately 500 new residences, affordable to those making between $33,000 to $84,000 annually.
Jobs
✔ Financially supported 400 Concord small businesses in their recovery from the pandemic by creating the Concord Small Business Grant Program.
✔ Created 100 new living wage jobs in North Concord off Highway 4, by establishing the Concord Industrial Center, home to companies like Papé Material Handling and SF Bay Area Provisions.
✔ Co-founded the Diablo Valley Tech Initiative to attract and retain innovative companies, and support start-ups, entrepreneurs, educators, and students.
Community
✔ Back on track with a community-driven redevelopment of the former Concord Naval Weapons Station including more housing at all affordability levels, family-supporting jobs, open space, parks and sports fields, and higher education opportunities.
✔ Ensured that Anyone, Anywhere, Anytime has access to 24/7 professional, timely and compassionate mental and behavioral health support during a crisis by supporting the creation of the A3 Miles Hall Crisis Call Center.
✔ Founded Concord’s September of Service Community Clean-up Initiative. Every year I lead hundreds of volunteers in planting trees and bushes, removing trash, and cleaning creeks, at beloved parks including Hillcrest and Willow Pass community parks.
