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As a mother of 4, my highest priority is to give every child the opportunity to grow and thrive.  The future of our city depends on our children.  They will be the ones who benefit from the decisions we make today, build upon our successes and address our failures. 
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I am a steadfast advocate for creating programs to help parents through this time and enable our students to come through this stronger than ever. I am proud to partner with the Washington Unified School District and the Yolo County Children’s Alliance to champion the City’s Largest annual School Supply Drive and Backpack Giveaway. This event, along with our West Sac Kids Give Back Annual Care Package Event and Our West Sac Kids Girls Give Back Feminine Hygiene Product Drive, serve as inspiring catalysts for our youth to learn and practice the value of service above self in our great community. As your Councilmember, I have actively advocated on behalf of our children (serving as former Chair for the Yolo County Children’s Alliance and Community Service Chair for the Mighty West Sacramento Rotary Club) and have supported cradle to college programs and college savings accounts for all West Sacramento children.

Over the past 8 years, I have been a vociferous champion of our West Sac Home Run program which assures every child in our city receives high quality preschool, valuable internship opportunities with local businesses, free college tuition and a college savings account. I am also committed to promoting summer and after school programs to ensure our students are getting adequate enrichment programs when they are not in school. I have also been a speaker and boxing coach for the West Sacramento Police Department’s Boxing Camp as well as a committed sponsor of the West Sacramento Little League and West Sacramento Soccer Club.

As a Deputy District Attorney for the past 19 years, I have dedicated my career towards prosecuting child sexual predators and offenders who both physically and sexually abuse young children. As the wife of a retired Sacramento Police Department Detective who dedicated nearly 30 years of service to our community, my commitment to keeping our community vibrant and safe for children and families is my priority. I am proud to support public safety and our first responders and am proud that the West Sacramento Police Department was the first in the region to refocus their efforts to emphasize mental health response and crisis intervention. In addition, I have helped champion efforts to funnel more resources to support our public safety officers and support staff as a signatory to Measure N in 2018. Every one of our West Sac neighbors should feel safe on our streets and in our businesses, schools, and parks. In my tenure as Councilmember, I’ve actively supported officers’ efforts to strengthen relationships between our law enforcement and our community and I will continue to ensure our city provides adequate funding for proactive community policing initiatives. 

In my tenure as Councilmember, I’ve actively supported officers’ efforts to strengthen relationships between law enforcement and the community and I will continue to ensure our city provides adequate funding for proactive community policing initiatives. 

In West Sacramento, we thrive on our unity.  We have a proud history of banding together to solve problems and move our city forward. However, we still have significant work to do to ensure we, as a city, continue to reduce both the impacts and incidences of homelessness in our community.

Growing up, there were times when my mother struggled to make ends meet and the decision had to be made whether to pay rent or put food on the table. No family should have to make this choice and nobody living on our streets, who wants to improve their lives and stand on their own two feet, should be denied the opportunity to do so. 

Thanks to our partnership between Downtown Streets Team (DTS) and the City of West Sacramento, dozens of persons who experienced homelessness in our community have achieved sustainable employment and have secured permanent housing. Every conversation I have with our DST members leaves me hopeful for the future and proud of the great work they are doing to beautify our city while impacting both their lives and the lives of others. It is truly one of our City’s greatest success stories.

Programs like Projects Roomkey and Homekey, when coupled with our incoming Permanent Supportive Housing development, can help us reduce the incidences and impacts of homelessness in our city.  West Sacramento has worked diligently to seek out grants and matching federal dollars to make the most out of our general fund.  The financial resources are there and it is up to us to properly allocate it to make the biggest impact. I have been a champion in this space and look forward to continuing our progress as we move forward together. 

Businesses are the backbone of our mighty little City and it is inherent upon us as residents to support them. As we welcome the A’s to our City for the 2025-27 MLB seasons, I am excited for all of the young baseball and softball players who will now get the opportunity to see the world’s best players up close, in their hometown. As an avid A’s fan, mother to an energetic young baseball catcher, and member of the River City Stadium Finance Authority, I’m thrilled for the energy that will burst from the fans at Sutter Health Park, which resides in the district where I live and serve.

Just as I rolled up my sleeves to support and protect small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic, I will step forward to help small businesses capitalize on this incredible opportunity. Our city will need strong, experienced leadership to help navigate this transition to both manage and mitigate the foreseeable impacts on our roads, traffic, and public safety. It is critical for our city government to be ready to help strengthen and diversify our local economy and promote a strong and vibrant business community in our vibrant little city.