Candidate for
Council Member; City of Sacramento; Council District 3

Community Activist Jeff began his neighborhood involvement working to solve an ecological anomaly when Black Crested Night Herons infested the River Park neighborhood. Over a period of two years Jeff sought the help of biologists, arborists, politicians and neighbor volunteers to relocate a rookery of protected wildfowl without destroying wildlife or heritage trees. He has coordinated a Neighborhood Watch and Night Patrol program for seven years, worked with Police and City Park Rangers to minimize crime at Paradise Beach, and received the District 3 Volunteer of the Year award in 2012. Jeff served on the steering committee for Rebuild McKinley, coordinated the tools and materials acquisition, and facilitated construction of the playground.

Community Advocate As president of the River Park Neighborhood Association and as chair of the city Parks and Recreation commission, Jeff has worked to keep our pools and recreation centers open. He was chair of the Parks adhoc committee that that looked at options to raise money for parks maintenance. This resulted in the passage of Measure U, which has proven effective for the restoration of city services lost to the recession. Jeff founded one of the first Adopt-a-Park groups in Sacramento for the upkeep of Glenn Hall Park, and secured a grant to fund a tool trailer for parks maintenance. He helped start other groups for Chorley Park and Ninos Parkway.

Jeff Harris has been a general contractor for the last 30 years, and has built scores of houses and additions in the Sacramento area. A Cal Aggie, he studied plant pathology and apiculture at UC Davis and work as a professional beekeeper for five years. He has also been a Building Trades instructor in the Boulder Valley School district (Colorado), and completed the Baccalaureate of Vocational Education program at Sacramento State University. He is married and has one daughter, and is an avid gardener, musician, and private pilot.