Priorities
Four things, done properly.
Most campaign issue pages are a list of feelings. I am an urban planner by trade, so these are written the way a planner writes a staff report — the problem with a number on it, what I would do, where the money comes from, and what happens to this island if we keep not doing it.
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Put 88 officers back on the street: end the police hiring freeze
Crime is rising — speeding through neighborhoods — the recent “beach takeovers” — our police force is significantly understaffed because Tony's colleagues have enacted a hiring freeze: Tony will lift the hiring freeze.
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Fight bigotry aimed at our neighbors
I was the first American of Filipino or Japanese descent to sit on this Council. I grew up on the West End among Filipino, Guamanian, Samoan, Cape Verdean, Afghani, Black, Chinese, Latino, White and Jewish neighbors. That is why I will keep fighting bigotry in every form. As Mayor, I will stand with our LGBTQ+ neighbors, our immigrant families, and every faith community in Alameda.
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Infrastructure and climate change
I will create a new “infrastructure and sea level rise commission” to oversee streets, sidewalks, sewerage infrastructure, and to oversee sea level rise strategies.
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Maintain Quality of Life Through Neighborhood Consensus Planning
This is the most important take-away: as Mayor, I will not sacrifice neighborhood quality of life, most especially when, as in the case of the recent Gibbons drive matter, there are approaches around which concerned neighborhood residents, City Hall staff, and local activists can reach a compromise. I was the only one to vote against the plan that kept the Gibbons left-turn closure alive. We need to keep Gibbons fully open and not move the traffic onto the narrower side streets.
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