My Accomplishments as 2nd District Supervisor
With "vision, leadership and service" as my guiding principles, I am proud that our Board of Supervisors has focused on environmental protection, job creation and financial stability during my time on the Board of Supervisors.
During my recent term, I have:
- Los Osos + Finally pushed the Los Osos Sewer Project into construction after more than 30 years of false starts and community controversy. It may look a bit messy now, but the long-term benefit to the community is incalculable.
- Cambria + Worked with the community, the County Administrative Office and numerous volunteers to secure a new public library in Cambria.
- Approved two solar-power generation plants in the eastern part of the county, bringing nearly a thousand skilled worker jobs to area residents.
- Found solutions to some of our county's key environmental challenges:
- We've reached a political agreement on the difficult groundwater problem in the North County, applying science, reason and fairness toward balancing the needs of all water users, not just the biggest.
- We adopted a dust rule for the Nipomo Mesa, protecting the health of residents there and throughout the South County.
- We adopted a plastic bag ban to protect the marine environment.
- Assuring that concerns of our county's residents are heard and honored, Gibson was appointed to be the county's main watchdog on the Diablo Canyon Independent Peer Review Panel, which oversees the nuclear plant's seismic safety issues.
- Prevented ill-conceived sprawl that could change the character of our coast forever. As a county representative on the Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO), I demanded an honest accounting of water resources in the Price Canyon area east of Pismo Beach.
- Maintained the county's AA+ credit rating (among the top three counties in California) by reducing the county's overall spending levels and payroll numbers without tax increases or painful layoffs, by reforming the county's pension program, assuring long-term economic stability, and negotiating with employee unions in harmony.
- Consolidated the Auditor-Controller's Office with the Treasurer-Tax Collector's Office to improve efficiency and save more than $200,000 per year.
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