Where I stand
The whole list, and what is behind it.
The seven lines below are the ones on my signs and in your mailbox. Each links to the detail, and to the record behind it. If something here is wrong, I want to know. They land on the same kitchen table: what it costs to bring up a family in Rancho Santa Margarita.
Only District 2 voters decide this race. What is District 2?
Common-sense spending
Every line of the budget should answer one question: does this actually help RSM families? Ask the tough questions, cut the red tape, and stop funding things that sound good in a press release.
Youth and family programs
Fund the spaces families actually use. Youth sports, school partnerships, and real programs for kids instead of buildings that sit empty.
A city with room in it
Grow the city, and make more room for the people who want to live here. Time to remove the stops.
Parks, trails and the lake
The lake and the trails are the city’s living room. Maintain them like we mean it, before deferred maintenance becomes a bond measure.
Straight answers from City Hall
Every seat on this ballot is open. What I want to change is not one vote, it is whether a resident who emails the city gets a real answer from someone who read the question.
Rising insurance costs
Costs are rising and insurance is one of them — premiums up, and some neighbors not renewed at all. This is one a city can actually help with, and that is what I plan to do.
Cut the wildfire risk around our homes
Defending a house starts in the five feet around it and runs out to the open slope. The near part is the property’s. The far part is spread across the city, SAMLARC and others, and that is where a council can move.
Full support for police and fire
The Sheriff’s contract is the biggest thing this city signs, and fire comes from OCFA. Reading a contract that size is my job. This is the line I am not looking to cut.
Get the motorcycles out of the bike lane
A lot of what we call e-bikes are motorcycles under state law. Our city code never says so. That is a one-page fix, and it protects the kid on a real e-bike.