Promoting Local Businesses and Bringing Jobs to the West Valley

By Joyce J. Pearson

Joyce Pearson has owned and operated her own business in the 3rd District for over 20 years. She is also a former President of the Encino Chamber of Commerce, and a member of every Chamber of Commerce in the 3rd District. She will fight to improve our business environment.

• Streamline business permitting and promote tax fairness to level the playing field so that West Valley businesses can compete with surrounding cities
• Build public-private partnerships that foster job creation
• Provide business relief for small businesses
• Create a business advisory council
• Ease remedies for infractions of city rules
• Provide tax incentives to attract new businesses and jobs
• Develop industry-specific projects
• Create program where major corporations can work with Pierce College and CSUN to create work-study programs to fill specific jobs

• Maintain strict control over the sale of medical marijuana
• Establish physician prescription monitoring programs by establishing medicinal marijuana dispensaries in medical clinics

• Ensure money goes to revitalization specifically in District 3
• Increase money spent on projects for busy areas in West Valley