Eric is a San Dimas Public Safety Commissioner and an experienced Police Detective with over 12 years of law enforcement experience in Los Angeles and Orange counties.  He is also a U.S. Navy veteran who was stationed in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.  Eric holds a B.A. in Criminal Justice and an M.A. in Organizational Leadership.  Throughout his career Eric has been recognized for his hard work, dedication, and leadership.  He has been awarded 6 law enforcement lifesaving awards and the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal.  Eric and his wife Rebekah have lived in San Dimas for 11 years and have one son, Cole, who is five years old.  Eric is an avid outdoorsman and enjoys staying active.  He plays ice hockey for the Inland Empire Patriots hockey team, which is an all-military veteran team, which raises money and awareness for veteran and first responder causes through the game of hockey.  Eric hopes he can count on your vote on Election Day.

Government at all levels should strive to institute fiscally responsible policy, be accountable to their constituents, and remain as transparent as possible.  Society cannot continue to condone lawlessness and must reestablish both respect of the law and the premise that crime does not pay. 

John Ebiner, candidate for reelection to the San Dimas City Council, March 3, 2020

John Ebiner was born in Santa Monica, lived in Los Angeles for two years, and then moved to the East San Gabriel Valley.  (His parents and younger brother came with him.)  John attended Bishop Amat High School and graduated from Cal Poly Pomona with a history degree and a teaching credential.  For a few years he was a substitute high school teacher, worked in a pizza place, and played keyboards in a rock band.  In 1982 he was offered a job at Hoag Hospital in Newport Beach on the condition he could learn how to program computers.  He has worked at Hoag since then and is now a senior software analyst.

John and Lori were married in 1984 and moved to downtown San Dimas in 1985.  Lori is an artist and converted their garage into an art studio.  They have four great kids, ranging in age from 18 to 32.  Three are still in San Dimas, and a fourth lives in downtown Los Angeles.  John and Lori also have twin one-year-old grandkids with another one on the way. They still live in the historic part of town “within walking distance of everything”.

In San Dimas John helped found the Pioneer Park H.O.M.E. Association, served on the San Dimas General Plan Advisory Committee, and was elected to the San Dimas City Council.  He is Council liaison to the Parks & Recreation Commission and is the city’s alternate to the Gold Line Joint Powers Authority.  He is a member of the San Dimas Historical Society and the San Dimas Chamber of Commerce.

John and Lori have been actively involved in church and school activities, including major fundraising events.  At one time or another, John has been involved in Cub Scouts, Little League, and assisting with robotics and fencing programs.  Memberships include the Sierra Club, Nature Conservancy, and American Farmland Trust among many others.

Among John’s interests are music, movies, family trips, time with family, gardening, sports, politics, pets, old houses, and San Dimas.

John’s campaign is all about quality of life, from revitalizing downtown to promoting parks, trails and trees;  from top-notch public safety to a solid budget;  from offering fresh ideas to protecting the outstanding history, stability, and diversity of San Dimas.

The campaign’s slogan is “It’s Your Town.  Together, let’s make it the best it can be!"

Emma Ramirez is a long time resident of San Dimas. A proud mom who raised two wonderful boys in San Dimas. One a graduate of Damien became a US Army Ranger, the other a San Dimas HIgh graduate enlsied in the US Army and is currently in backgrounds to become a Deputy Sheriff. Both of Emma's sons served tours overseas in combat theatres and thankfully returened home safe.

Emma was a key member of a neighborhood coalition who successfully worked with the city, county and Watershed Conservancy to ensure that the proposed Walnut Creek Wilderness Project would not have a negative impact on the quality of life of our residents.

A founding member of San Dimas CERT (Community Emergency Resposne Team) and current Chair Person.

Appointed as Public Safety Commissioner for the City of San Dimas.

She is a retired from the city of Los Angeles as a  LAPD Detective Supervisor and LA City Attorney Investigator. She also has extensive experience in the corporate world, and is a small business owner here in San Dimas.

She has a Bachelor Degree from California State University Los Angeles and is a graduate of prestigious leadership courses including:

I’ve been a proud resident of San Dimas for 40 years. My professional career was in Organized Labor. One of my specialties was negotiating labor agreements to successful conclusions. I was also adept at involving the community in issues of economic and social justice. I served as a director of a division which oversaw contract administration of 30 Hospital and Health Care contracts. I finally accepted a position in Wash DC as a National Coordinator for the Kaiser Permanente Labor Management Partnership, where I worked closely with Kaiser and 11 international unions to grow the company and administer our labor agreements.

The 35 plus years that I worked in Organized Labor taught me that real power to govern people effectively is in the people themselves. That’s why the constitution gives us the power to elect our citizen legislators. In city government we hire consultants and professional civil servants to advise and make recommendations to the city council, but if we don’t fully engage the community in making those decisions, then we shouldn’t be surprised when the people chose to reverse those decisions. Knocking on doors and getting neighbors involved in issues that affect them is what it’s all about. Making sure that these communities are engaged in issues that affect them directly. If you do this, they will stand by you and support your decisions because you are reflecting their input on change.