
Affordable Housing
We’re way behind on production of housing for people starting out with their lives – for millennials who are facing the prospect of not doing as well as their parents or for a population that is living longer and might need more housing with support services on site. From my perspective as an executive director for a small nonprofit that engages in infrastructure and economic development projects, we should be bundling economic development incentives to streamline everything from a state perspective. That way, you not only reform their process for incentivizing people to come in and build housing, but you also do it in a way that mobilizes a very effective economic development strategy that doesn’t take away local control. It’s not about needing to be the alpha dog in the situation, but to get housing built.
Affordable Housing
We’re way behind on production of housing for people starting out with their lives – for millennials who are facing the prospect of not doing as well as their parents or for a population that is living longer and might need more housing with support services on site. From my perspective as an executive director for a small nonprofit that engages in infrastructure and economic development projects, we should be bundling economic development incentives to streamline everything from a state perspective. That way, you not only reform their process for incentivizing people to come in and build housing, but you also do it in a way that mobilizes a very effective economic development strategy that doesn’t take away local control. It’s not about needing to be the alpha dog in the situation, but to get housing built.

Planning and Land Use
As communities expanded and contracted people were able to establish themselves and move forward with their families. If you tear up the very fabric and very basis of a community – single family homes where people have built up equity and created a path to intergenerational wealth -you begin to destroy the community. Then, land speculators come in, acquire property, and flip it. In order to create a level playing field and pursue a true agenda of social justice you have to have the ability to meet people where they are. That is to empower them to use the equity built up in the properties their parents acquired after WWII and to make sure that equity remains in the community and is not lost to speculators or predators.

Land Use
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Homelessness
I have always seen the homeless challenge as multifaceted. It is a public health, mental health service, human resource, housing, and a basic human rights challenge both for the homeless and those coping with the issue.
Most importantly it is a countrywide issue. For us to impact the homeless population it is going to take a huge effort that must include full government engagement in the issue. As one of the greatest examples of expedited construction, The Star Apartments, was built on top of an existing county building. Site control was made quicker. Through means of traditional and non traditional construction techniques the building was constructed and ready for occupancy in record time. Portions of the building were constructed offsite in a modular fashion and then brought to the location at 6th and Wall and put in place.
Homelessness
I have always seen the homeless challenge as multifaceted. It is a public health, mental health service, human resource, housing, and a basic human rights challenge both for the homeless and those coping with the issue.
Most importantly it is a countrywide issue. For us to impact the homeless population it is going to take a huge effort that must include full government engagement in the issue. As one of the greatest examples of expedited construction, The Star Apartments, was built on top of an existing county building. Site control was made quicker. Through means of traditional and non traditional construction techniques the building was constructed and ready for occupancy in record time. Portions of the building were constructed offsite in a modular fashion and then brought to the location at 6th and Wall and put in place.

Public Service

Local Government
As a City councilmember, I used the mechanisms of government to improve planning strategies to allow for growth and strengthening communities. My perspective is grounded in hands on experience and implementation that transformed peoples lives for a better outcome in housing, healthcare, employment, small business development, recreation and parks, water management and the environment. I am deeply rooted in what has to be done because of my relationship with people and communities.


Policy Development
The development of good public policy is a constant evolving process that should be fueled by the passion to always do better.
As an example I coauthored Proposition O, a clean water bond, which was designed not only to protect the environment and our water source but to rebuild our infrastructure. It enabled me to create a multi use facility that brought 2 wetlands that I developed in South Los Angeles where previously there was blight now sits two wetlands at Slauson and Compton and the other at for the benefit of communities in those areas.
Policy Development
The development of good public policy is a constant evolving process that should be fueled by the passion to always do better.
As an example I coauthored Proposition O, a clean water bond, which was designed not only to protect the environment and our water source but to rebuild our infrastructure. It enabled me to create a multi use facility that brought 2 wetlands that I developed in South Los Angeles where previously there was blight now sits two wetlands at Slauson and Compton and the other at for the benefit of communities in those areas.

Issues to Watch
- Redistricting in 2012 is a cautionary tale in how the public is harmed when politics is chosen over people.
Jan’s letter to the rules and elections committee
Redistricting Process/2020 Decennial United States Census Data - Corruption in the city isn’t just something abstract. It’s real, and it has to be fought every day.
Op-Ed: How Jose Huizar’s alleged crimes may have been aided by redistricting - I got really angry about helping people after they’d been harmed and not helping them enough before they’d been harmed
Social Justice
In a county where Blacks are less than 10% of the population but over 50% of the homeless clearly there is more work to be done. In a country where Black people are being shot at an alarming rate the roadmap for public safety needs to be rewritten. In a country where income inequality, wage disparity, no safety net for healthcare it’s clear our work is unfinished.
While the Black experience may be the litmus test for how this country treats its people we are not alone in facing those challenges.
If we truly stand for social justice all we need do is grab the very issues that are right in front of us every single day and turn them in a new direction.
Social Justice
In a county where Blacks are less than 10% of the population but over 50% of the homeless clearly there is more work to be done. In a country where Black people are being shot at an alarming rate the roadmap for public safety needs to be rewritten. In a country where income inequality, wage disparity, no safety net for healthcare it’s clear our work is unfinished.
While the Black experience may be the litmus test for how this country treats its people we are not alone in facing those challenges.
If we truly stand for social justice all we need do is grab the very issues that are right in front of us every single day and turn them in a new direction.