Candidate for
Council Member; Proposed City of Rancho Cordova

Linda Budge has resided in the Sacramento area for 35 years and been involved in almost all aspects of community life in the Rancho Cordova area. Her two sons are graduates of Cordova High who took degrees at CSUS and UC Davis. She and her husband, Lee Garrison, share five children and ten grandchildren, with another on the way.

She is well known as an active community participant, beginning with volunteer work and a television program at KVIE in the early 70's.

She has held elective and appointed office, including three terms on the Cordova Recreation and Park District Board; five years on CORPAC, where she chaired for three of those years; and since 1985, has chaired the Sacramento County Subdivision Review Committee, which hears all the parcel maps and subdivision maps in the County. During her years on CORPAC, she lead the advisory council through the preparation of the first Community Plan for Rancho Cordova and is now serving as the chair of the Steering Committee for the Rancho Cordova Community Plan Update, pulling together various committees, citizens groups, and local organizations to design a vision to guide community development for the next decade.

As a member of the Board of Directors of the Rancho Cordova Chamber of Commerce, she has been chairing the Cordova Commercial Revitalization Project (CCRP). She was Chamber President in 1998 and selected to be the Volunteer of the Year in 1999. She has also been President of Cordova Community Council, saved the historic Mills Station building for its new life as a community center at the Mather Field Mills Station, and served two years as an appointee to the Sacramento County Fire Protection District Board.

Professionally, Ms. Budge is the owner of Geometra Planning & Permitting, a full service planning and permit processing firm. As a consulting planner, she handles rezones and use permits, and processes commercial building permits all over the United States.

She is running for a seat on the City Council in order to put her extensive knowledge and experience with government to work in shaping the future of the new City.