As your Supervisor, I will work with all levels governments, businesses, labors, developers, financial industries, researching institutes, health care professionals, law enforcements, community-based organizations, faith-based organizations and publics in general to start addressing some Critically important issues in our community:

Housing

Develop a long term housing plan and provide short term solutions to address the housing shortage issue by

• Increase housing production
  • Effective Government regulations
  • Private and Business sectors
  • Community based organizations
  • Financial Institutions
  • Skilled labors force
  • Regional transportation
  • Inventory of governments own lands
  • Teachers, public safety personnel housing
  • Equitable distribution of housing for working families, seniors and people with disability
  • First time home buyers assistance
• Preserve the existing rental units to avoid displacement of renters and small businesses
• Prevent sudden homelessness
  • Inventory of vacant units
  • Short-term rent assistance
  • Rapid rehousing to stop people from becoming chronically homeless
• Set priorities on homeless families with school age children, veterans, seniors, disabled, and chronically homeless members in our community
• Provide health and mental health, job training and human resources assistances

Physical Health, Mental Health and, Human Services

• Establish a Dental Board to improve dental services in Santa Clara.
• Increase funding for mental health services and drug dependency
• Implement School-based mental health services
• Improve the foster care system
• Enforce Laura's Law allowing for court-ordered assisted- outpatient-treatment for mental health consumers who were previously incarcerated
• Increase Child Care slots and improve quality of child care
• Eliminate hazardous odor from industrial sources and waste treatment processes

Transportation

• Implement the recommendations of the recent Santa Clara County Grand Jury Report on the Valley Transportation Authority, starting out with improving its governance structure. I support a smaller Board with full time elected positions.
• Bring above ground connection of the long promised Light Rail train to Eastridge Transit Center from Alum Rock
• Improve local transportation services especially for seniors and students

Public Safety

• Increase funding for crime prevention
• Improve wrap around services to reduce recidivism
• Increase funding for emergency preparedness
• Protect seniors and minors from predators
• Establish Neighborhood Accountability Board (a model of Restorative Justice System)

Environmental

• Improve recycling and waste reduction
• Replace County fleet with clean air vehicles
• Renovate County owned building to meet Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Platinum rating
• Preserve open spaces
• Improve County Parks services