Council Member, District 6 — City of Santa Barbara
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— September 26, 2021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtgSEh301fI
The Forum for the Candidates for City Council Districts 4 and 6 was held on Sept. 22 at 6 pm. The Candidates are:
District 4 - Kristen Sneddon, Incumbent; Barrett Reed, co-founder of the Miramar Group and member of the Santa Barbara Planning Commission.
District 6 - Meagan Harmon, Incumbent; Jason Carlton, business owner (CEC Electrical Service); Nina Johnson, Senior Assistant to the SB City Administrator; and Zachary Pike, Disc Jockey.
— September 26, 2021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSXys9Yox8k&t=20s
Sept. 22 at 6 pm. The Candidates are:
District 4 - Kristen Sneddon, Incumbent; Barrett Reed, co-founder of the Miramar Group and member of the Santa Barbara Planning Commission.
District 6 - Meagan Harmon, Incumbent; Jason Carlton, business owner (CEC Electrical Service); Nina Johnson, Senior Assistant to the SB City Administrator; and Zachary Pike, Disc Jockey.
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My Top 3 Priorities
Create more affordable housing and support local working families who struggle to make it in Santa Barbara.
Create concrete solutions to address the causes and impacts of homelessness in the City.
Continue to revitalize our downtown, including making the State Street Promenade permanent and supporting local businesses by cutting red tape and bureaucracy at the City.
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My Top 3 Priorities
Establish a management program to help circumstantial homeless, mental illness homeless and addiction homeless.
Affordability from working wages to housing.
Government transparency and balancing the budget.
Experience
Education
Chemakata Community College — Vocational, Electrical construction (1999)
Biography
I was born in Oakland, CA. my father was a navy officer and we moved quit a bit in my early years. My mother was a teenage mom who excelled acadmeically. Graudating from highschool early, attending UC Berkley at 15, and getting her Masters in buisness at 27 all while rasing two sons. She continued on to be the CEO of her own company, and later first female CEO and President of other companies. I was raised with miltary values. Service, respect, strong work ethic family values. My family finally settled in Davis, CA. My birth parents split when I was 10. My mother remarried. She worked while my stepfather stayed at home to help rasie myself, my borther and my new sister. My step father was a gentle and great role model from moving from a military upbringing to a more compasionate diplomatic approach helping to balnce my outlook on life. I graduated from Davis Senior High not at the top of my class but with a national writing award for being in the top 10 percent of public and private schools in the country. I tried college for two years, and was succesful but unfullfilled. I moved to Colorado to "find myself" and found the a career I loved, electrical construction. I moved from Colorado to Portland OR. to continue my carreer has an electrician. I lived there for 7 years until finaly moving back to California. It was in 2001 that I moved to Santa Barbara. It was my dream to live here since I was a child. My wonderful aunt on my father's side, lived in Santa Barbara and took us in every holiday and summer going back to the early seveties. I have nothing but fond memories of being here. I started my own buisness in 2008, and once it took off I took my mom's business model that you give back to the community that you take from. Therefore our company regulary holds fundraisers, and donates to local causes.
Political Beliefs
Political Philosophy
It is a back to basic philosophy. Walk your district talk to your neighbors and bring thier hopes, dreams, and fears to city council. When I talk to members of the district, their concerns mostly align. Which quite honestly confuses me, when some special interest groups get involved they seem to polarize the communities. I want to see a city, and community work together and not be adveraerial. There are common sense solutions if we work together.
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My Top 3 Priorities
Channel City funds into successful housing and mental help programs
Support all efforts to enable a living wage and affordable housing in District 6, the heart of the city
Maintain a presence on the council against overbuilding the downtown neighborhood
Experience
Experience
Profession:Soil Technician for a materials lab/Musician
Materials Lab Field & Lab Technician, PML (2019–current)
Education
Santa Barbara CIty College — AA, Liberal Arts (1999)
Community Activities
ReStore Assistant, Habitat For Humanity (2019–2020)
Biography
Hello all, and thanks for finding this page and thank you to Voter's Edge for being there to give all candidates a public platform.
I am runnung in this election to give those who live in Santa Barbara a choice to have a city council representative who has the same experience and street level viewpoint that they may have. It seems that SB changes it's scenery every five years or so, and the next five will see more big changes for our little city. This election term will be one year longer than the average term in an effort to line up the next city election with the national campaigns. That's a long term so please vote for someone who really represents you.
My platform will be: To trim bloat of the budget and channel funding into helping successful models that are helping tackle the homeless crisis. To support small and independent businesses. I stand for affordable housing for the middle and working class residents. I support a policy of less density for the downtown district, we should protect our skyline and world class views. I asm an artist as well and would fully support finding ways to support our local artists who create our culture capital.
PLease consider me as your representative on city council for the next five year term You can find me on instagram or just give me a call. Thanks and have a great day.
Who supports this candidate?
Individuals (1)
I am running with no backers to hold influence over my position, my intent is to represent the residents of district 6.
Political Beliefs
Political Philosophy
Independent thinker. Partisan politics has been more divisive than productive in the last several elections. I also feel political parties should have no influence over a local city council. Less density where possible!!