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We must ensure access to public hospitals. The County purchased O’Connor Hospital, Saint Louise Regional Hospital, and DePaul Health Center out of bankruptcy in early 2019. Our challenge moving forward is to ensure these hospitals run efficiently and stay open.
We must improve care for the mentally ill. Mental illness is brain illness that affects the whole body. Mental illness drives many other problems that tax our county resources: homelessness, foster care, substance abuse, domestic violence, and criminal activity.
I believe in a market-based approach to advancing housing development and lowering the middle-class cost of housing. We need more housing units at all price points and closer to jobs.
The County of Santa Clara needs to operate with more transparency, fiscal accountability, and focus on its core mission. Every dollar spent outside the county’s core responsibilities should be treated like a budget cut to those core missions. We must be careful stewards of public resources in good and bad times alike.
I was a foster child for the first five years of my life and lucky to be adopted by a loving and supportive family. I’m running for supervisor because I want the county to work better for all residents and for the most vulnerable, especially for children.
I’m running because I have been an agent for change and reform in several organizations. I have served as a community leader, neighborhood advocate, and planning commissioner, so I have experience pursuing goals and policies but also making tough decisions. I have 15 years of experience in finance, operations, and project and construction management in Fortune 500 companies.