- Occupation: Library Commissioner
- As Neighborhood Alert Publicity Chair, I helped raise awareness of the importance of neighborhood involvement in public safety.
- As President of the Hayward PTA Council, I helped parents throughout Hayward improve neighborhood schools and their children's education.
- As President of Friends of the Library and Chair of the Library Commission, I helped build community support to expand Weekes Branch Library.
- As Vice-Chair of Hayward's Circulation Task Force, I helped recommend solutions for Hayward's traffic problems.
- Research scientist with a PhD in Astrophysics from Columbia University.
- Married father of two children.
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Top Priorities if Elected |
- Traffic relief
- Strong partnership between the City and the schools
- Safer neighborhoods through increased cooperation between police and the community
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- Charley Plummer, Alameda County Sheriff
- Sheila Jordan, Alameda County Superintendent of Schools
- Johan Klehs, former Assembly and Board of Equalization Member
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- Library Service
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My goals are to extend Hayward Library service hours, build a larger Main Library, and create additional branches located in underserved areas of the city.
- Smart Growth
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The state of California requires all communities to allow housing growth and sets a target for each community as to how much growth to allow. I favor meeting Hayward's target with transit-oriented housing along major transit corridors while preserving the integrity of current neighborhoods and preserving wildlife species. I oppose building further up into the hills or nearer the shoreline than the projects already approved for development. We must save our creeks and other wild places.
- Building Stronger Partnerships between the City and the Schools
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I support services for youth and the schools as a top priority. In its normal operations, the Hayward Library serves more youth than any other city program. My goal is to increase the collaboration between the library and the schools. I also strongly support the Youth and Family Services Bureau, which combines youth counseling with programs to stop kids from joining gangs, and also works to prevent domestic violence and child abuse.
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League of Women Voters of California Education Fund
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