| Santa Barbara County, CA | November 2, 1999 Election |
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Civic ParticipationBy John C. StrawnCandidate for Council Member; City of Santa Barbara |
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It takes effort to operate as a democracy. The City of Santa Barbara should make it as easy as possible for residents to participate in the decision-making process.I support developing town hall forums which deal with opportunites for youth, reducing violence in our schools & our society and other issues; creating a community media center which will facilitate conversations between citizens, government, health & human services organizations as well as the arts; community policing and neighborhood precincts; campaign finance reform, to include free access to the media and public financing. I believe that our winner-take-all electoral system makes it diffucult for minority viewpoints to be represented. I support proportional representation. I believe City commisssions and committees should be required to be gender and ethnically balanced. |
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