This plan was shaped by conversations with Pleasant Hill neighbors and will keep evolving as I meet more of you. Because Pleasant Hill deserves preserved neighborhoods, protected greenspaces, safer streets, thriving local businesses, and a City Hall that answers to you.
Protect the small-town character. Pleasant Hill can grow without losing what makes it worth living in. Higher density belongs along transit corridors and underutilized commercial parcels, not pushed into the interior of established neighborhoods.
Defend Paso Nogal Park & District 4 open space. As a physician with a civil engineering degree, I understand the intersection of community, environment, and health. As Chair of the Pleasant Hill Recreation and Park District Board, I have protected these assets.
We need urgent action on traffic calming, wildfire preparedness, and public safety reform. As a physician I see safety differently, not just as the absence of crime but as the presence of conditions that keep people healthy, supported, and connected.
A healthy local economy starts with an active approach to attract and retain businesses, reduce vacancies, and protect what residents depend on while making public spaces more welcoming for every resident.
We need a City Hall accountable to residents, not outside influences. Residents deserve to see where their tax dollars go, why their councilmember voted the way they did, and why the person who becomes mayor was chosen.