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My three priorities are public safety, addressing the homeless crises and investing in young people (if I could name my fourth, it would be investing in small business).

When it comes to public safety, our city runs behind other major cities when it comes to the size of both our LAPD and LAFD (per capita). When my own home was burglarized recently, I waited on hold for 30 minutes with 911 to get a live dispatcher and then two hours for LAPD to respond. We all saw what happened with the Palisades fire. Our public safety is stretched thin and needs our support. In addition, I would work with our Los Angeles city attorney and our county's district attorney to ensure criminals are held accountable for the damage they cause.

In regard to the homeless crises. First and foremost, I will enforce anti-camping laws. Second, I will only contract with homeless service organizations that have a track record of success at a cost that is manageable for the city. Our city has spent billions of dollars with limited success and even less accountability. Cities like San Francisco and San Jose have figured out models that work and we can learn alot from how those cities have addressed the homeless crises. There is not enough room here to get into every detail but there are several aspects of those models that would work in Los Angeles, including zero tolerance for public drug use.

Lastly and most importantly for our future is investing in youth. Investing in young people provides a return of 10 to 1 for every tax dollar invested. Our young people need a community and mentors that believe in them. If Los Angeles is serious about a better future, investing in our youth is the place to start. The west San Fernando Valley has numerous programs I have experience with including the YMCA, Boys & Girls Club, ACE, LAPD Pals, etc. I would start by making sure every household in our community knows these programs exist and how to access them.

I have spent years serving in volunteer and civic leadership roles focused on strengthening the West Valley. I have served on boards for organizations like Discovery Cube Los Angeles, the Metropolitan YMCA of Los Angeles, the Woodland Hills and Warner Center Chamber of Commerce, and the CSUN Nazarian School of Business. In these roles, I have helped guide strategy, improve governance, and support fundraising efforts that expand programs for families, students, and local communities.

I have also worked as a mentor and supporter of youth and entrepreneurship initiatives, including funding the Timothy Gaspar Entrepreneurship Scholarship at CSUN.

While dedicating myself to our west San Fernando Valley and local communities, I built a 65 person firm from scratch. This meant being the one responsible for creating jobs, managing the budget (i.e. keeping the lights on), servicing customers, setting the vision and most importantly, leading a team to achieve goals.

Across these roles, my focus has been practical problem-solving, accountability, and bringing people together to deliver real results.

Safe, clean neighborhoods with housing: The cost of living in LA has ballooned out of control. We need to build more housing, especially for the missing middle. Teachers, nurses, and social service staff deserve options that we need to build. I will prioritize housing that addresses community needs and enables people to live where they work. I will unlock multifamily housing near transit and job centers. Residents in the West Valley deserve to feel safe on our streets, parks, and neighborhoods. We must rebuild LAPD staffing to appropriate levels, improve response times, and expand unarmed crisis response teams so officers can focus on violent and property crime. A significant share of 911 calls involve homelessness, mental illness or addiction. We need to coordinate to get people indoors quickly, connect them to treatment, and reduce the strain on LAFD and LAPD. Public safety and homelessness are intertwined, and we must treat them that way. Safe communities where workers thrive start with stable housing, infrastructure, good jobs, and responsive local services.

Economic Vitality: I support job creation and workforce development, especially in sectors tied to public infrastructure, clean energy, entertainment and community care. We must streamline processes with predictability to attract and incentivize business in and with the city of L.A. I will fight to protect public services and ensure city investments are fiscally responsible and uplift neighborhoods that need them most.

Ethics & Governance: City Hall must work for the people it represents. That means proactive constituent service must meet people where they are and deliver real solutions by collaborating with departments and helping people navigate the bureaucracy to prioritize core service delivery. Building on reforms like Measure G, I will push for independent oversight, stronger ethics rules, and greater transparency in decision making to restore public trust and ensure accountability at every level.

I have spent more than 20 years serving San Fernando Valley communities, bringing people together, rolling up my sleeves to solve problems, connecting constituents to their government to effectively deliver resources, and making government function for the communities it serves. I built my career in public service working inside the largest, most complex systems in Los Angeles. I have managed programs that support vulnerable families after wildfires, coordinated across agencies to improve public safety, and led teams responsible for delivering services that residents depend on every day. I know in practice how government works, where it breaks down, and how to fix it. I have worked in senior positions at the City, State and County, and have a record of building coalitions across jurisdictions and throughout the community to break through silos and bring about needed change.

Most recently, I led community outreach and constituent engagement for over two million residents throughout L.A. County’s 3rd District. I took a leading role in helping Los Angeles recover from recent, devastating fires and worked with community stakeholders to help secure passage of the most significant ethics reform package in the history of Los Angeles County.

I fight to ensure the Valley gets its fair share of resources, and I was instrumental in securing State funding for the Valley. Across all positions, I’ve been central to major policy decisions that directly affect people’s lives—from showing up in emergencies, to securing funding for public transportation and organizations impacted by wildfire, to the most significant reorganization of Los Angeles County government in its history and helping the County stand up to harmful federal actions. These experiences have given me a deep understanding of how government works, how to navigate complex systems, and how to deliver results for the communities I serve. I am a graduate of UC San Diego and I hold a masters degree from USC.