Increase shelter and interim-housing capacity while connecting temporary placements to permanent housing. Expand access to mental-health and addiction-treatment services.
Support structured interim housing with wraparound services and pair enforcement with shelter and coordinated services.
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Youth support programs
Strengthen City-school partnerships, after-school programming, youth mental-health services, career technical education, workforce pathways, and safe routes to school.
Invest in education, afterschool, and mentoring programs to improve academics and reduce youth crime and gang involvement.
Police staffing
Increase visible neighborhood policing and improve response times while addressing understaffing and overtime through smarter deployment and financial accountability.
Recruit, retain, and support more officers while expanding the Neighborhood Quality of Life team.
Clean energy utility
Consider alternative utility-service models intended to reduce costs and improve reliability. Seek stronger oversight and accountability for PG&E amid concerns about rates and service reliability.
Expand San José Clean Energy, support a locally controlled utility, and strengthen energy oversight and PG&E cost transparency.
Affordable housing requirements
Add housing at all income levels and ensure new developments include meaningful affordability. Support first-time-homebuyer assistance and housing-stability programs.
Increase housing supply while minimizing reliance on subsidies and supporting faster approval processes.
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2014 to presentBoardmember, East Side Union High School District
2001 to presentAgent, State Farm Insurance
2011 to presentFire Captain, San Jose Fire Department
