Candidate for
Council Member; City of Gilroy

Thanks to a brilliant idea, waiver of impact and building permit fees in the downtown core, conceived by members of the downtown Task Force, we now have extensive revitalization of our formerly shabby Downtown under way, with 30 new buildings (many replacing unreinforced masonry buildings that are seismically unsafe)either in construction or improved for construction.

We have "critical mass" on the downtown, and with the revitalization running well, let's turn some energy towards the problem of our crumbling sidewalks.

Revitalization languishes until the political will to solve a problem appears, just as it did with the Downtown. I have that political will.

We CAN do this simple thing.