Local Issues

I support women's rights to reproductive healthcare services. I fundamentally reject the concept of restricting women's rights to bodily autonomy. California is standing on the right side of history, on the side that supports women, and I will continue to be a vocal advocate for women in our state and for women travelling to our state to seek reproductive healthcare services that are restricted in their home state. Abortion services are healthcare services and the ability to afford the right healthcare services should not be a barrier for women. I will support public funding of comprehensive reproductive healthcare for all individuals who rely on the government for their healthcare services.

Pesticides have dangerous chemicals that are unsafe for children and the presence of pesticides near playgrounds needs to be eliminated. I want parents to know their child will be safe at all the playgrounds in our city. There are safe alternatives to organic and non organic pesticides such as vinegar based sprays, pulling the weeds out by hand or even using simple boiled water. These alternative methods will keep our kids safe from harmful chemicals while also keeping our playgrounds free from weed patches. Our sports fields have the same problem and I will work with the Parks & Facilities Department to employ the same solutions.

Our police can be better equipped with new technology to help them mitigate criminal activity and to monitor known criminals who enter our city by using cameras placed at the city limits to identify the license plates of people who have criminal records. I will fully support our police to keep our city crime free. Our fire fighters save lives that are in danger by putting themselves in harms way. I will vote to make sure our fire departments have all they need to provide healthcare services before and after retirement. I will also work to revitalize our CERT program (Community Emergency Response Teams) to ensure that every neighborhood has a CERT leader who will coordinate with our local Fire Departments in the event of a fire.

We are living through some polarizing times. I want to help heal that divide. My opinions are not carved in stone and I'm eager to have more open conversations about how to create a society that helps everyone thrive. I want to help find the way to a more perfect union with the mentality that there isn't a Democratic or Republican way to pave a road. My only motivation is to make our city thrive. I will make myself available to anyone seeking an audience and personally respond to every single person who reaches out to express themselves.

I'm overprotective of the ones I love and in anticipation of being a dedicated father one day, I will work day and night to ensure that every child enjoys a high quality education. I plan to raise my family here in Newport and I plan on making sure that my kids have the best education possible by giving our schools all the resources they need to teach kids and to hire wonderful teachers like the ones I had at Anderson and CDM. Big shout out to my Anderson principal Mrs. Manos, Mr. Almquist, Mrs. Shenks, Mr. Hill, Ms. Smith, Mr. Tulley, Mr. Leavey, Ms. Hahne, Mrs. Colgate, Mr. Brude, Ms. Delaney, Mrs. Petus, Ms. Stephenson, and Mr. Starkweather

I've personally hired and worked with dozens of people who were homeless. Every person struggling to make ends meet has a different story and has different needs for how they can get back on their feet. I want to work with people in our community who lack stable housing to create individual plans designed to help them work towards a comfortable living situation with a stable form of income and hope for their future. We need to do more than simply moving people who are experiencing homelessness over to the Costa Mesa Bridge Shelter. These are all people with unique circumstances and needs so a one size fits all plan is not a solution. In office, I will work with other members of the city council to create individual plans for each person by identifying their set of skills then matching them with jobs that fit their work experience and also create incentive programs for business owners to hire people dealing with housing insecurity.