City of San GabrielCandidate for City Council

Tony Ding is a candidate for the San Gabriel City Council. He has been a resident of San Gabriel for 15 years where established his business, TD Financial & Insurance Services. Tony is a graduate of Jiao Tong University where he earned his Bachelor’s and earned a Master’s Degrees in Computer Science in the United States. After he obtained his Master’s Degree, he and his wife moved to San Gabriel where he founded his first business, a computer services company.

Currently, Tony is a San Gabriel Community Services Commissioner, member of the San Gabriel Chamber of Commerce, member of the Kiwanis Club, founding member of the San Gabriel Hope Lions Club, and honorary Chairman of the I-Chinese American Political Action Committee (IAPAC). During his term as President of the Asian American Advocacy Alliance, he is involved with a youth program which sponsors and teaches high school students the importance of the political process on a local, state, and federal level.

Tony is committed to community service and believes in the sentiment of giving back to the community. As a result, he has always been committed to serving San Gabriel and the greater San Gabriel Valley. His priorities are attracting new and quality businesses while developing new streams of revenue for San Gabriel, improving infrastructure, resurfacing residential streets, fixing sidewalks, alleviating traffic issues/concerns, and increasing accountability and transparency by managing the budget more efficiently and communicating more effectively with residents.

San Gabriel is beautiful for a variety of reasons, one being the unique character of the community. Due to the rapidly changing economic landscape of Southern California, San Gabriel must accommodate to growth and development while also maintaining its roots. Economic development is a top priority for San Gabriel City Council as prosperous business owners, quality jobs, and an increased tax base all help to create a thriving city. With increased economic vitality, the City of San Gabriel may continue to provide a high quality of life for workers, business owners, property owners and residents. Tony aims to support economic development and re-development in the City of San Gabriel in ways that complement the quality of life for all who live, work, shop and play in San Gabriel.

Every city requires frequent maintenance to ensure a healthy, clean, and prosperous environment. However, the City of San Gabriel is currently falling short. Potholes, functionless streetlights, and graffiti plague our city and detract from the beauty of the town. While reporting systems have been implemented, follow through on the complaints of citizens has been less than frequent. In addition, the city has not allocated enough money to fixing our aging infrastructure and generally beautifying the city. Tony plans to address our aging infrastructure by fixing more of our streets and sidewalks and ensuring that the proper funds are being siphoned to these projects, not just on main streets, but in our residential neighborhoods as well.

Every city requires frequent maintenance to ensure a healthy, clean, and prosperous environment. However, the City of San Gabriel is currently falling short. Potholes, broken streetlights, and overgrown trees plague our city and detract from the beauty of the town. While reporting systems have been implemented, follow through on the complaints of citizens has been infrequent. The city has not allocated enough money to fixing our aging infrastructure and beautifying the city as a whole. Tony plans to address our aging infrastructure by fixing more of our streets and ensuring that the proper funds are being siphoned to these projects, not just on main streets, but in our residential neighborhoods too. Lastly, he would like to enhance the main corridors with well-maintained landscaping.