Working For Alameda

In 2024 I led the council to expand Alameda's Investment Policy to prohibit city funds from being invested in companies that profit from fossil fuels or weapons manufacturing.
The 2025-27 Bi-annual Budget is balanced and uses available resources to support social service needs, public safety and infrastructure upgrades.
Alameda Point is changing as residents of deteriorating naval housing see their new housing under construction and unhoused individuals and families, along with vulnerable seniors and veterans, look forward to the opening of Alameda Housing Authority North Housing project later this summer.

The StopWaste board is composed of Alameda County mayors, councilmembers, and supervisors, and I was honored in 2025 when my colleagues elected me as the chairperson of this critical regional resource.
At the state level I advocate for environmental sustainability as a member of the League of California Cities Environmental Quality Policy Committee.
As a member of the board of Alameda County Healthy Homes I'm working to eradicate the lead-based paint that remains in many of Alameda's Victorian and Craftsman homes.

Alameda's City Attorney is one of just a few in California with the authority to prosecute crimes and I supported expanding prosecution to include crimes of domestic violence and to hire a victim advocate.
In March 2025 my colleagues voted in support of my initiative to establish red light cameras at certain intersections, making streets safer for pedestrians and bicyclists.
To ensure safety at outdoor celebrations like Christmas Tree Lane, I led the establishment of Alameda's first vendor ordinance.