Candidate Statement & Biography
Occupation: Chairman, Hayward Planning Commission
I was born in Hayward. I love this community… but I hate what’s happening to our neighborhoods. I want to be the “Quality of Life” candidate for City Council. As a City Commissioner and Budget Analyst, I know government can do better. I’ve also been President of the Hayward Citizens Advisory Commission and Vice President of the Woodland Estates Community Association. Citizens can change things if they have the power. Absentee landlords, who allow their properties to deteriorate, and those, who use our neighborhoods as dumping grounds, will have to change their ways. We’ll start with tougher code enforcement. I’ll empower the Clean and Green Task Force to take code violators into Small Claims Court to make them pay what it costs our good citizens to clean up. We can restore downtown by treating it as a neighborhood… a place where people live and shop and eat. A “loop” makes downtown a place to “go through” instead of a place to “go to.” And we need neighborhood police officers. With my Masters Degree in Public Administration (Cal State Hayward) and experience as a Budget Analyst, I can help the City spend money wisely… on what’s best for neighborhoods.
Biographical Sketch
- Native of Hayward, born at Hayward Hospital on “A” Street. Has lived in Hayward for 30+ years: he and wife Andrea have been married for the past 19 years.
- Received Bachelor of Arts in History and Masters in Public Administration from Cal State Hayward
- Vietnam Era Veteran, serving in the United States Navy from July 1965 to July 1971. Honorably Discharged.
- Retired Budget Analyst for the County of Alameda. Prior to the County, worked for the Alameda County Training & Employment Board/Associated Community Action Program (ACTEB/ACAP). Positions included Manager of the Caterpillar Tractor Dislocated Workers Program, Contracts Officer and Fiscal Compliance Monitor.
Proud Member of the following Unions:
- Service Employees International Union (SEIU), Local 535 – 20+ years, ACTEB/ACAP and the County of Alameda;
- Operating Engineers, Local 3 – Union affiliate for the Alameda County Management Employees Association (ACMEA)
- Office and Technical Employees, Local 29 – while working his way through college at Kaiser Foundation Hospital
- Cannery Workers Union – at Hunts Cannery during summers after graduation from High School.
Civic Involvement:
- Present Chairman, Hayward Planning Commission
- Past Chairman, Citizens Advisory Commission (CAC)
- Past V. President, Woodland Estates Homeowners Association
- Past President, DeAnza Park Committee
- Past Member, Portuguese Centennial Park Committee