Currently holds the office of Glendale City Council until March 5, 2028.
Candidate for Glendale City Council in 2024 California Primary Election.
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Get StartedMaking sure that we preserve and protect our city’s historic and cultural heritage is key to preserving the character of our Jewel City. Glendale has lost historic gems that it can never regain. We need to make sure that we promote historic preservation and adaptive reuse of our historic structures. I will fight to make sure that our neighborhoods all have a voice in City Hall to represent what is best for their neighborhood whether its specific measures to mitigate traffic concerns or providing more support from city agencies to ensure safe streets and neighborhoods where our children live and play. Learn more
One of my key priorities is to ensure that Glendale fosters a climate of economic development and business-friendly policies by eliminating the artificial hurdles businesses currently face when attempting to operate in the city. Glendale is a hidden gem in Los Angeles County. The possibilities and opportunities for Glendale are real and plentiful and we can do more to keep businesses here and attract major brands to move to Glendale. Glendale has already taken steps attracting, nurturing, and sustaining a thriving tech business community with the help of Senator Anthony Portantino’s one million dollar grant. Learn more
As City Clerk I worked hard to make sure studios filmed locally and kept entertainment jobs here where they belong. Entertainment jobs are manufacturing jobs and as long as we’re making movies, TV shows, commercials and other types of entertainment here, we can ensure that the local economy will remain strong as well. A community that invests in the arts and makes it a priority is synonymous with a city that takes pride in itself and its citizenry. Let’s work together to tap into the talents of our residents and stakeholders. Learn more
I will build more opportunities for partnership to increase the support for our public education system to continue building an environment that promotes excellence and achievement with our youth. Learn more
I will create a pipeline with our community college to bring students into the city through apprenticeships and internships giving our youth the vital real-world experiences they will need to be successful in their lives and careers. Learn more
I will lead the charge to invest in environmental protection efforts and make Glendale a leader in sustainability and adoption of a clean energy strategy. Having our own municipal utility affords us the opportunity to be a leader in this area, but it requires the will and dedication to environmentally responsible decisions. As we have seen with the many catastrophic wildfires around us and in our own city, tackling climate change in our own backyard, increasing and protecting open space, and moving away from outdated fossil fuel-based resources must be top priorities. It shouldn’t matter how much money you have or what neighborhood you live in — clean air, water and energy are fundamental rights. Learn more
A city is best served when all of its residents can have access to the levers of policy decision-making. Currently, all successful city council candidates have come from similar geographic and socio-economic backgrounds. They have also been able to raise hundreds-of-thousands of dollars to run for office and retain their seats. In order to ensure that everyone in our city has the opportunity to have their ideas heard on the most important of our democratic platforms, we must have publicly funded campaigns where the city will match the funds raised by individuals running for office. Combined with a 5 district and 2 at-large council seat system, public funds will help encourage individuals who have not considered running for office because they lack the financial resources to do so. Learn more
In addition, with the increase in devastating gun violence across the country, which has left our children in fear of going to school, I will restore the city’s gun buy-back program as well as our school resource officers in our public schools. The two programs work hand-in-hand to ensure we’re doing everything we can to remove deadly weapons from the hands of those who are likely to use them to hurt the innocent or themselves, and that our children have professional law enforcement personnel on campus who will protect them. Learn more
I want to make sure people can afford to live in the communities where they work. I am a strong proponent of affordable housing, and supports increased funding of both public and public-private partnerships to create affordable housing units. In parallel, workforce housing efforts can ensure those who play critical roles in serving our community can actually live in the community. Teachers, public safety personnel and nurses, as just a few examples of people who should be able to live in the communities where they work to better serve our communities. Learn more
As a community we need to protect our children. That means educating our children about the dangers of drugs and other harmful substances including vaping, marijuana and cannabis. We have to protect our city and not allow the proliferation of pot shops and other legal substances that have harmful health effects on our population. Learn more
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