2021 Accomplishments:
-Established Student Internship Program with five highly qualified interns working in my office on different legislative items and office duties
-Ran the first "Their Ought to Be a Law" program under my office
-Established a Gilroy City Council Voting Record spreadsheet
-8 legislative items added to our City Council work plan for FY22 & FY23
-Made history with the first resolution to support June Pride LGBTQ+ Month & Pride Flag
-Hosted multiple Town Halls via Zoom covering topics from digital divide, wildfire preparation, fireworks safety, general open topics, go to Media Tab for all of them
-Issued press releases and wrote OpEd's to keep you informed of decisions being made
-Supported and testified on many important State legislative bills- SB9 and SB10
-Supported SCC Supervisor Simitian/Lee- Referral to Administration and County Counsel to enter into negotiations regarding a "Challenge Grant", to fund the development of up to ten modular, supportive interim housing sites across the county
-Wrote a joint letter of call to action on the digital divide and sent to CPUC Commissioners Letter to CPUC
-The Arts are alive in Gilroy. I was contacted by SV Creates (Santa Clara County Arts Council) to build a relationship that wasn’t here prior in Gilroy. From those first initial meetings blossomed into an Arts Círculo held at 6th St Art Studios and around the corner at the Neon Exchange and monthly arts roundtable meetings.
-City of Gilroy joins Community Plan to End Homelessness, OpEd by my student intern, Destination Home Video This gave us a seat at the table regionally to end homelessness, funding, and regular meetings between the City Administrator, Office of Supportive Housing, Destination Home and more. This in return brought the city $1.39 million dollars that we had left on the table with the Permanent Local Housing Allocation (PLHA) Plan Consortium Agreement with the County of Santa Clara County.
-City Chrysalis was implemented as a six-month proof of concept. The goal was to demonstrate the intersectional benefits of investing in electric bikes (e-bikes) and supportive infrastructure. Pilot Program Promo Video
-Worked with developer at Kern Cottages to be the first housing development in Gilroy to incorporate TDM Measures and provide pre-loaded Clipper Transit cards to every residence.
-Attended many regional and local meetings representing an elected office from Gilroy and rebuilt relationships.
-Attended every opportunity I could to gain professional development and training through webinars and in-person trainings.
-Became a member of the CivicWell who will be able to provide technical assistance and resources for legislation. They have an annual conference which I will be attending as an elected from Gilroy.
-Continuing to manage my Bike Match program with over 120 bike matches.
2020 Accomplishments:
-Drafted and Introduced Citywide Gilroy Bike Parking Ordinance
-Worked with State Assemblymember Robert Rivas’s (AD 30) in drafting up AB 3153
-Brought together Caltrans District 4 Director and Assemblymember Robert Rivas’s Office to clear back and trim up over 90 historic deodar cedar trees along Hecker Pass/SR 152, and clear the shoulders to make it more walkable/bikeable. Project should be completed summer 2020.
2019 Accomplishments:
-Do Not Block the Bike Lane Campaign
-Gilroy Adventure Park (Brought together outside organizations like Bay Area Ridge Trail, Santa Clara County Parks, Mountain Bikers of Santa Cruz, Silicon Valley Mountain Bikers, Bike Therapy, Garlic City BMX, Trailhead Cyclery, and over 200 emailed public comments in support)
-Measure B E&E Work Plans Drafted and Introduced
-E-Bike/E-Scooter City Council moves forward for RFP process 1st quarter of 2020
-Caltrans Re-Striping Complete Streets on SR 152 built into project
-SRTS Gilroy Task Force
-Submitted and wrote Asphalt Art Grant Bloomberg Philanthropies
2018 Accomplishments:
-Drafted and Introduced the Downtown Bicycle Parking Plan
-Downtown Artistic Bicycle Racks
-Gilroy BPAC Governing Ordinance Adopted & Drafted
-LimeBike Bike Share Approved
-Riding for Focus Specialized Grant
-Bike Dirt Pump Track CHP/Drafted MOU/Drafted Emergency Response Plan
-Introduced E-Scooters/E-Bikes
-Commissions apart of budget process
-Safe Routes to School/Bicycle Parking Reports in All Residential/Commercial Projects
-League of American Bicyclists Bike Friendly Community Bronze Award 2018-2022
-Speaker at SVBC Bike Summit
-SR 152 Bike/Ped Improvements Study Approved
-Training Budget for Commission
-Access to Water Policy Drafted, Introduced, Approved
2017 Accomplishments:
-Developed and drafted the Strategic Plan for the first time in the Bicycle Pedestrian Commission history, it’s my task each year to draft and update it for us
-Established a Monthly Award for the Commission to increase public engagement