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Chris Coursey
21,047 votes
19.6%
- Occupation: Retired Newspaper Columnist
- Former community relations manager for SMART rail project
- 34-year Santa Rosa resident
- Member, Policy Advisory Council of Metropolitan Transportation Commission
Priorities:
- Restore core city services (street repair, park maintenance, street lighting, etc)
- Repair dysfunction and end conflict on City Council
- Economic development downtown and along rail corridor
John Sawyer
16,555 votes
15.4%
- Occupation: Business Manager
Priorities:
- Jobs and Our Economy
- Affordable Housing
- Public Safety
Tom Schwedhelm
16,291 votes
15.1%
- Occupation: Retired Police Chief
- Masters Degree in Psychology focusing on Organizational Development
- Bachelors Degree in Business Management
- Associates Degree in Administration of Justice
- 31 year career with the Santa Rosa Police Department
- Currently on the Board of Directors for the Santa Rosa Junior College Foundation
- Past Board of Directors member of the Community Child Care Council, Redwood Police Activities League and the Chaplaincy Service of Sonoma County
Priorities:
- Economic Development & Jobs in Santa Rosa
- Develop a comprehensive strategy to address the infrastructure needs of the City (roads, parks, City facilities, etc.)
- Keeping Santa Rosa a safe place to live, work and play
Ashle Crocker
15,534 votes
14.4%
- Occupation: Planning Commissioner/Mother
Curtis Byrd
13,271 votes
12.3%
- Occupation: Minister/Planning Commissioner
Lee Pierce
11,833 votes
11.0%
- Occupation: Recycling Regulations Manager
- Attended Sonoma State University and the University of San Francisco, Bachelor of Science degree in Human Relations & Organizational Behavior
- Has worked for Hewlett-Packard, Sonoma County, and John Muir Hospital
- 2004-2008, served on the Santa Rosa City Council
- From 2006-2007, served as Santa Rosa's Vice Mayor
- Served as Chair of the Sonoma County Private Industry Council, Chair of the Sonoma County Office of Education's Personnel Commission
- Member of the Sonoma County 's Minority Citizens Advisory Committee of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission
Priorities:
- Stimulate our local economy and create jobs - while giving workers a living wage
- Build better relationships between law enforcement and the community
- Improve education by increasing teacher resources and creating more pre-school programs
Colleen Shea Fernald
5,237 votes
4.9%
- Occupation: Consultant/Analyst/Artist
Chucker E. "Chuck" Sims, II
3,830 votes
3.6%
- Occupation: Assembly Line Worker
Keith Rhinehart
3,815 votes
3.5%
- Occupation: Retired UPS Management/Substitute Teacher
- Full-time substitute teacher since 2010
- Full-time UPS Supervisor 1989 - 08
- BS in Business Management, 1998
- Minor in Communications, 1998
- Full-time UPS package driver 1983-89
- Small business local employee, auto service, agriculture, food service, beverages from 1970-83. Montgomery High graduate 1970.
Priorities:
- Local Business supports: resist "Living Wage," affordable housing, homeless
- Education - Implement Career Technical Education in ALL schools
- Reform budget, Public transit, Measure "O" reform, Fire Dept. and streetlights
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