Candidates
(Vote for 2)
 
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Craig N. Litwin
2,219 votes
35.2%
- Occupation: Gardener, Community Organizer
 - Organic Farmer
 - Co-founder of Planting Earth Activation
 - Ecology Major
 - Former Field Manager at Sonoma County Conservation Action
 - Performing Artist
 - Member of the Countywide Bicycle Advisory Committee
  
Priorities:
- Traffic relief and pedestrian safety, from bicycle lanes to safer crosswalks.
 - Affordable housing, and low to moderate income housing- basically, mixed use.
 - Creating a city-wide communications network to increase Sebastopol groups effectiveness.
  
Sam C Spooner
2,090 votes
33.2%
- Occupation: Business Owner
 - Broadcast TV Systems Design- 13 years
 - Employer of five people
 - Father of Three Children 5, 10, 15
 - Environmentalist
  
Priorities:
- Walkable downtown- Pedestrian Safety- Environmental planning
 - Encourage community participation
 - Affordable housing
  
Katherine A. "Kathy" Austin
1,733 votes
27.5%
- Occupation: City Councilmember, Architect
 - Former Mayor
 - Former Planning Commissioner for 4 yrs.
 - Former Chair and 4 year member, So.Co. Agricultural Preservation & Open Space Dist., Citizens Advisory Committee
 - Master of Architecture, UCLA 1986
 - Master of Fine Arts, Boston University 1978
 - Member American Institute of Architects
  
Priorities:
- Insure fiscal stability to meet our current and future needs
 - Provide pedestrian safety while easing traffic congestion by implementing many of the recommendations of "Street Smart Sebastopol."
 - Work with the entire county & larger employers on solutions for housing affordability
  
Elizabeth McCarthy
(Write-In)
- Occupation: Child welfare attorney
 - Former city attorney for city of Dunsmuir, on the upper Sacramento River
  
Priorities:
- Encourage broad-based participation in collaborative problem-solving
 - Give weight to the values that do not have dollar signs attached
 - Take care of basic city services first; strengthen the city's financial health
  
  
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