Candidate for
Council Member; City of Walnut Creek

My Priorities

• Preserve Walnut Creek's special character + neighborhoods, business districts, natural resources, and open spaces

• Provide resources to ensure a safe community

• Promote a strong local economy

• Sustain the City's fiscal health

• Invest in Walnut Creek's infrastructure

• Strengthen our relationships with our schools

• Maintain existing levels of library services

• Enhance quality of life by supporting cultural, recreational, and social programs and amenities

• Purchased a state of the art regional safety radio system
• Authorized two more police officers
• Adopted an ordinance regulating alcohol-serving establishments
• Continued funding school crossing guards
• Created an economic development program
• Preserved the Free Ride Trolley
• Improved downtown parking
• Sold a key downtown parcel for private development
• Approved projects that replaced long-standing eyesores in Northwest Walnut Creek
• Initiated efforts to revitalize Shadelands Business Park
• Welcomed several major retailers to Walnut Creek
• Balanced the city budget
• Negotiated employee pension and health care reforms
• Increased reserve levels
• Implemented recommendations of the Blue Ribbon Task Force on Fiscal Health
• Opened the world-class, LEED-certified Walnut Creek Library
• Acquired the signature piece of Acalanes Ridge
• Adopted the Bicycle Master and Climate Action plans
• Built a new, scenic Creek Walk in Civic Park
• Created Walnut Creek Walks
• Began modernizing city fields, pools, and playgrounds
• Installed solar panels on City Hall
• Upgraded the traffic signal system
• Switched to LED streetlights on major roads
• Lead efforts to position Walnut Creek for a sustainable future, both economically and environmentally