Proven Experience

I’m proud of what the City Council accomplished during my service from 2020-2024. Some highlights included:

• Stopped highway 50 from being re-routed through the heart of the predominately Filipino and Latino Rocky Point neighborhood near Stateline. Instead of paving the loop road, the City is building an affordable housing project, where five lanes of pavement were once slated.

• Spent as much on road repair per year ($2.5 million) as the City spent for 10 years prior to passage of Measure S in 2020.

• Adopted the most ambitious renewable energy commitment of any municipal government in the country, with an intention to generate 100% of our electricity from local sources, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, by 2030. 

• With Measure S funds, sustained seven firefighters at Station 2, along with an updated communication system for police, fire and public works, a new computer aided police and fire dispatch system.

• Funded Lake Link, a free, on-demand micro transit pilot program.

• Substantially cut the City’s subsidy of the Airport – which has averaged about $600,000 per year – by transferring more economic responsibility for paying for airport costs from taxpayers to airport users.

• Passed one of the nation’s first bans on plastic water bottles under one gallon, which took effect on Earth Day, 2024.

• Funded the Sugar Pine Village mixed-use, affordable housing development at the Y, which when fully built will contain nearly 250 units, the largest residential development in South Lake Tahoe history.

• Founded the annual Multicultural Celebration, which celebrates Tahoe’s diverse communities through art, food, music, and culture.

• Partnered with the Lease to Locals program, which pays for homeowners to sign long-term leases, instead of using their properties for vacation rentals or seldom occupied second homes.

• Utilized a participatory budget process to garner input from nearly 1,000 south shore residents about how the City should spent $5.3 million in Covid recovery dollars. The people’s choices, which were adopted down the line by Council, included $100,000 for arts funding extension of the Greenway bicycle trail through town, new fire hydrants, housing initiatives, and much more.

• Approved pilot traffic calming projects for Lakeview (Al Tahoe) and Highland Woods Neighborhoods

• Adopted new ordinances permitting construction of Accessory Dwelling Units and mobile tiny homes, to provide additional, needed housing options

• Provided $400,000 to 14 community-based organizations from cannabis revenue

• Developed a comprehensive, exciting Tahoe Valley Greenbelt and Stormwater Improvement project (being constructed now), that includes new bicycle and pedestrian path connections to the Y, public gathering spaces for public art, new community park improvements, and safety lighting.

• Installed very energy efficient, dark sky-compliant, sidewalk lighting in the Harrison Ave. area.

• Established a Park Rangers program that hires young people to maintain public parks and beaches and interact with visitors.

• Painted three crosswalks in celebration of pride month.