Our City faces many challenges and opportunities in the coming years: tackling climate change by implementing the Climate Action Adaptation Plan (CAAP), revitalizing our downtown through our updated downtown plan, and planning for our future through a general plan update. Based on my many years of professional and City commission experience I have the skillset to best serve the community through these crucial processes. To achieve these goals, I will be a leader in fiscal resiliency, community engagement, and climate action. 

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One of the most important responsibilities of a City Council member is to act as a wise and careful steward of public funds (your money).  If re-elected, I will continue to make fiscal resiliency—sound financial planning and good, citizen-involved decision making—a top priority. Serving as chairperson of the City of Davis Finance and Budget Commission gave me a bird’s eye view of our fiscal situation. While serving on that commission I made specific recommendations that increased the transparency of the City’s finances and saved the City money. During the past year and a half on city council i have continued that approach.

 

We also need to act now to make smart choices that create climate change resiliency. The time is now for us to take responsibility for doing whatever we can to address climate change and mitigate its impacts. The progress made so far on updating our Climate Action and Adaptation Plan is critically important. But now we need to exercise assertive leadership and put that plan into action. We also need to promote greater community awareness about the actions that all of us can take to address climate change and we need to continue to work with our regional partners and the experts on the UC Campus so that we tackle this issue. 

 

If re-elected I will do the following to ensure fiscal resiliency:

• Continue to address the City’s revenue shortfall through careful long-range planning, paying close attention to the details of our budget, and asking the hard questions.

• Increase public participation in the biannual City budget process by requesting each City department to present its budget to council in an open, public workshop.

• Promote greater public information by enhancing the City’s communication and outreach about the City’s fiscal circumstances.

• Advocate for the effective and efficient implementation of the new computer system to modernize City operations and improve the efficiency and delivery of services such as  the permit approval process.

• Address City staffing shortages so that our community receives timely and efficient city services.

 

If re-elected, I will do the following to ensure climate change resiliency:

 

• Turn our Climate Action and Adaptation Plan from plan to action.

• Base policy decisions on science and accurate information.

• Promote the establishment of resilience hubs—centers throughout the City that are accessible to all—that will provide essential services during emergency situations.

• Work with City staff to identify state and federal funding sources that will incentivize the transition to greater energy efficiency.

• Provide additional information throughout the community about the specific actions we can all take to address climate change.