Candidate for
Council Member; City of Gilroy

As candidate for Gilroy City Council, I am committed to supporting and promoting:

Public Safety

• I will strive to maintain police and fire services at or above their current levels.
• I will encourage funding of seismic repairs to existing fire stations.

• Gilroy needs a more diversified tax base. Retail alone is not a reliable source. We need better paying industries to provide middle class jobs into the future.
• I will continue to support the Economic Development Corporation, the Gilroy Welcome Center, and the Gilroy Downtown Business Association.
• I will encourage efforts to attract new businesses with high-paying jobs.

• I will maintain the current balanced budget approach to the city's finances.
• I will maintain adequate reserves for emergency needs or economic downturns.

• I will continue to support hard-line efforts to encourage owners of unreinforced masonry (URM) buildings to make seismic repairs.
• I will encourage new businesses to consider locating downtown.
• I will encourage downtown businesses to be involved in the Gilroy Downtown Business Association and to improve their street presence.

• I am committed to moderate residential growth. We need to be sure that housing does not exceed the ability of community services such as schools, infrastructure, and public safety to keep pace.
• I will encourage infill development where feasible to reduce urban sprawl, and higher density development in urban areas such as downtown and along transit corridors.
• I will encourage affordable housing in keeping with current policies and our Housing Element.
• I will encourage funding for seismic repairs to the Gilroy Center for the Arts.
• I will encourage funding for completion of the sports park for use by community members.