Kevin Park has lived in Santa Clara for almost 25 years, with almost three decades working in the tech industry.  He has been active in the community as a prominent voice at city meetings while serving on the boards of organizations such as Santa Clara Sister Cities Association (SCSCA), Santa Clara Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC), Santa Clara’s General Plan Steering Committee, Silicon Valley Korean-American Federation (SVKAF), and Santa Clara Office of Education (SCCOE) projects.  Kevin dedicates most of his time to his family, but finds time to teach and give guidance to grade school and high school students.

Kevin earned his undergraduate and graduate degrees from Caltech and Stanford, learning to research data and put disparate information into context at multiple levels.  He is more a scientist than politician, but believes in active participation in government and is involved in many local initiatives, including support for or against measures and residential community groups.  Although Kevin prefers to work behind the scenes, he has run for council twice before, stressing the need for planning over simple development, promoting residential voice above authoritarian rule, and demanding integrity in addition to mere education.  While acknowledging the need for more housing, his belief that communities are more than just housing units fuels his desire for better-integrated projects that provide benefits to the city as a whole, not just the neighborhoods in which they are built.  He is an independent thinker looking for consensus, and hopes to contribute to a team effort that produces results better than any one person could imagine.

I am a strong proponent of democracy: more people, more voice. The quality of politicians is only as good as the quality of the inputs they receive, and having the power of the people behind you makes decisions better for everyone. Being responsible and accountable to the people you serve should be the norm, looking for win-win situations at all times and prioritizing their needs above special interests.

I vote on the issues, not along party lines, maintaining an independent voice that is based on the facts at hand. Being independent allows me to work effectively with people regardless of their party affiliation and frees me from many of the political ties that could pressure decisions. I would hope that any external groups, both voters and endorsers alike, could understand this view and support the candidate that best exemplifies the basic tenets of the city and the nation, not simply go with a label that often hides a candidate's actual principles.