In January of 2024, thousands of people suffered due to flooding. I was one of them. I was lucky it was my business and not my home. The County had failed in providing basic maintenance of its storm channels, creeks and roads. In many cases, including my own, the County was warned for years that there was a problem. They failed to act.
They denied the claims of thousands of people who found themsleves without a home, with a destoyed home, a destroyed business, and a destroyed life. We the flood victims had to sue the County. What did the County do? Hired a big name San Francisco law firm to make it as difficult as it could be for the residents who had already suffered so much loss.
This is wrong. If elected I will immediately make a motion that the County settled with all flood victims. I want justice! Not excuses!
The County is failing its residents here too. Gas prices, housing costs are skyrocketing. What does my opponent do? Votes to take money our of reserves and pay bonuses to County employees! County employees make far more than the average income of a District 4 resident. Why are they getting bonuses when we are feeling economic pain?
The current Board of Supervisors is considering raising taxes on us again. How much can we take before we are priced out of our homes, neighborhoods, have pick up and leave our communites? I don't want to move out of state and leave San Diego, but unless changes are made, many of us are faced with that possibility. We can do something - together we say NO to more taxes.
We adopt land use measures that protect neighborhoods , while at the same time free up other land that is zoned otherwise for housing. We don't force housing into communities that don't want it. They are much better and more creative ways to ease the housing crunch.
We can use our leverage as a large county to push on the State to pause the gas tax.
We must take back our government from special interests.
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