- Occupation: Small Business Lender
- B.A. Economics, Minors in Spanish & Portuguese UCLA
- Loan Officer, National Development Council/Grow America Fund.
- Former Spanish Program Coordinator & Loan Officer, Women's Economic Ventures
- 10 year resident of Santa Barbara
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Top Priorities if Elected |
- Improve services to the Eastside to address issues like trash dumping, graffiti removal, improved street lighting, reduce response times
- Improve community policing to address illegal parking, speeding & homelessness.
- Protect our environment & help businesses prosper by creating a workable economic development plan for the entire city.
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- Democratic Party/Democratic Women of Santa Barbara County
- CAUSE Action Fund / Sierra Club / Assemblyman Das Williams
- Supervisor Salud Carbajal, Councilmembers Hart & Cathy Murillo
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- Safe & Healthy Neighborhoods
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I will fight to see that Eastside residents receive the services their tax dollars are paying for to address specific issues like trash dumping, graffiti removal, improved street lighting, and work to improve community policing to address illegal parking, speeding, and homelessness.
- Economic Development
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Using my experience in economic development, I will work to implement programs & initiatives at the local level which provide access to capital and technical assistance to women & locally owned businesses.
When I'm elected to City Council I will prioritize the creation, adoption and implementation of an economic development strategy and plan for the City of Santa Barbara.
- Renters Rights & Affordable Housing
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I support efforts to create reasonable community based programs to increase protections for renters against unjust evictions, gentrification & advocate to the increase in the number of affordable units.
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