Current-
-Firefighter/Paramedic, IAFF AFL-CIO Local 55
-Gilroy City Council Member, At-Large (2020-2028)
-CADEM Delegate AD29
-Gilroy Foundation Ambassador
-Silicon Valley Clean Energy (SVCE) Authority JPA Board Director/Ad-Hoc Legislative Committee Member
-Valley Transit Authority (VTA) Policy Advisory Committee (PAC) Member
-CalTrain Local Policy Maker Group (LPMG) Member
-South County Youth Task Force Policy Team (Alternate) Member
-Santa Clara Expressway Plan 2040 Policy Advisory Board (PAB) Alternate
At-Large Gilroy Council Member elected in 2020, and re-elected in 2024. Currently a 24-year Bay Area Firefighter/Paramedic. My daughter Avery (14) is a 8th grader in Gilroy public schools, and my wife Katie is a Para-Educator for Gilroy Unified School District. Katie grew up in Gilroy, CA and I grew up in Berkeley, CA. After meeting in 2002, getting married and living around the Bay Area, we decided to move back to Gilroy in 2012. We bought our forever home in the Summer of 2015 in the middle of the city. I promise my office will always treat this Council seat as an extension of your voice. As I’ve done in the past, I will continue to bring you the decisions and actions of our City Government through social media, coverage in local press, videos, town halls, tabling at events, press releases, email, and my newsletter. My vision is simple. Have a Livable Gilroy for All. We can achieve that through: Safe Communities, Local Economic Development, Housing for All, and Quality Education
Over the past eight years, as former Chair of the Gilroy Bicycle Pedestrian Commission and current Gilroy City Council Member I've gained the governing experience and built the necessary coalitions within the community and region to have a seat on the Gilroy City Council. Whether it is accomplishments we made in active transportation, safe routes to school, welcoming new businesses that allow us to grow as a community, housing for all, and safe spaces for youth, the role my office plays in the community makes me proud each day.
Year-to-date my office has worked with our State and Federal legislators to secure $5.2 million for project funding that directly benefits our residents, from a bike/ped trail extension on the westside, San Ysidro Park on the eastside, and an enhanced crosswalk for senior housing on the southside. We have sponsored, tabled, hosted a booth, and attended over 150 community events in 2023/2024. Handed out free resources, bike lights, listened to constituents, and provided free bike helmets, including Chalk Fest, La Ofrenda Festival, Registrar of Voters High School Education Events, Free Bike Repair and Bike Days, Community Posadas, and School Family Resource Fairs.
Recognitions-
-Recipient of the 2010 Star of Life Award from Alameda County Emergency Medical Services for being recognized as an individual with exemplary medical skills, whose outstanding actions contribute to the advancement and excellence in the delivery of emergency care to the residents of Alameda County.
-Recipient of the 2019 Healthy Hero Award by Mt Madonna YMCA in Gilroy/Morgan Hill
-Named one of the People to Watch in 2020 by GMH Today Magazine
-Recipient of the 2023 CARAS Cesar Chavez Community Champion Award
-Recognition From Nueva Vida Community 2024
-Recipient of the 2024 BAYMEC Rich Gordon Elected Official of the Year Award
Serving the Community-
I represent you on the Gilroy City Council now. As your City Council Member, I promise my office will always treat this Council seat as an extension of your voice. I will continue to bring the decisions and actions of City Government to you through social media, newspaper columns, town halls, press releases, email, and video. Whatever is easiest for you, there will be a way for you to feel connected.
Past Chair of the City of Gilroy Bicycle Pedestrian Commission (Gilroy BPAC)-
I joined the Gilroy BPAC because I saw a lack of leadership in my community when it came to bike and ped. I couldn’t agree more with Bill Gates when he stated, “I like to push the level of risk of doing things that wouldn’t happen without leadership and vision. Whether its accomplishments we have made in Safe Routes To School, welcoming new businesses that push the comfort level and allow us to grow as a Community, like a Hillside Adventure Park behind Gilroy Gardens, the introduction of e-bikes/e-scooters, or paving the way for our own community to have the ability to develop and maintain a BMX Bike Park in our park system. The role that our Commission plays in the community makes me proud each day. I’ve seen too many missed opportunities. Thank you to the Gilroy City Council, Gilroy Downtown Business Association, and Gilroy Chamber of Commerce that have been open to the ideas that our Commission has come up with. Thank you to my best friend and wife Katie who is truly the one person that centers me in life and I love how we continue to support each other’s ventures. To my daughter Avery whom many of you know because she is usually at all these meetings with me...I bring you to these meetings for two reasons. One is because you are the best reminder to decision makers that we need to always think of the future generations, not just the current, and two, because I hope that it inspires you to always be a leader in your community and realize that you have control of your destiny. We as leaders have the responsibility to turn this City over to you in better shape than we received it.
2025 Accomplishments-
2024 Accomplishments-
-Continued "Their Ought to Be a Law" program under my office
-Implement AB2234 for building permits to establish timelines after entitlements
-Secondhand Smoking Prevention continues to be implemented through a webpage, forms, handouts, signage, and utility bill insert. Code enforcement is working with 552 properties and as of February 279 properties have come into compliance, with the remaining properties being worked on. Funding provided by Public Health has been identified too.
-Hosted Bike to Work Day Station at Gilroy Transit Center
-Continued Bike Person of the Year Award
-Joined a coalition and made history with the first Pride Flag approved by the Gilroy Unified School District Board to support June Pride LGBTQ+ Month, in 2025 they will raise a Pride Flag at District Facilities and all High Schools.
-Letter of strong support for the County of Santa Clara’s Rep. Zoe Lofgren Community Project Funding request of $3 million for its Agricultural Worker Resource Center Program project. This request will allow for the creation of an Agricultural Worker Resource Center to provide information and access to valuable services that support and address the needs of agricultural workers and their families throughout Santa Clara County.
-Tabled at the Quakes Foundation first Free Soccer Clinic at South Valley Middle School and sponsored the ice cream cart.
-La Ofrenda Festival | Gilroy's 2nd Annual Dia de Muertos Festival & Wellness Fair, Festival Lead for our first bike/ped/walk/transit oriented festival with the creation of Cycle, Health, and Transit Plaza. Hosted a booth at the festival to provide resources about city services. Made possible the Free Bike Valet and Bike Cruise. Sponsored the Catholic Charities Petting Zoo.
-Supported and testified on many important State legislative bills in collaboration with our State elected's-AB 3035 creates a pilot program to expand an existing streamlined process for
developing affordable housing for farmworker employees for Santa Clara and Santa Cruz Counties. SB 937 which will authorize deferrals of impact fees in order to provide developers tools to pencil out projects.
-We have sponsored, tabled, hosted a booth, and attended over 150 community events in 2024. Handed out free resources, bike lights, listened to constituents, and provided free bike helmets, including Chalk Fest, La Ofrenda Festival, Registrar of Voters High School Education Events, Free Bike Repair and Bike Days, Community Posadas, and School Family Resource Fairs.
-Year-to-date my office has worked with our State and Federal legislators to secure $5.2 million for project funding that directly benefits our residents, from a bike/ped trail extension on the westside, San Ysidro Park on the eastside, and an enhanced crosswalk for senior housing on the southside. All are in their design and funding stages.
-Top vote getter in the Presidential General Election on November 5, 2024 and voted in as At-Large Council Member for the 2024-2028 term.
