A candidate running to replace Sen. Aisha Wahab in SD 10 has outlined their priorities and qualifications for the role. They highlight their experience as a college trustee, attorney, and small business owner as key qualifications for addressing the top three problems in the district: lack of opportunity and preparation for well-paying, skilled jobs.
If elected as SD 10 Senator, I would focus on addressing the top three problems in the district: lack of opportunity and preparation for well-paying, skilled jobs.
I am uniquely qualified to address these problems due to my experience as a college trustee, attorney, and small business owner. I have worked to expand educational programs, internship opportunities, and partnerships with governmental agencies and private companies. I have also advocated for the expansion of community colleges to offer baccalaureate degrees in nursing.
As an attorney, I have stood up to bad corporate actors to successfully advocate for people who have been harmed due to toxic exposure, elders who have suffered abuse, and represented people who suffered devastating losses during the Coyote Creek floods. I am aware of the incredible potential of our local agencies to affordably train the workforce of tomorrow. If given the opportunity, I would like to chair the Education Committee as it interests me the most.
I think we can expand the role that our community college system plays in preparing the workforce of tomorrow. Success in this area will depend on the integration of the K-12 system and four-year colleges. I would like to be remembered for passing a law that modernized vocational pathways to help more people receive degrees and certificates in the community college system.
This would include training a new workforce of specialists, from climate technicians focused on electrification, renewable energy, and infrastructure resilience to engineering, firefighting, and nursing. I would also support increasing the supply of housing in Senate District 10 by promoting transit-oriented development, exploring development of housing in more government-owned property with an affordability focus, streamlining the approval process for new housing projects, and ensuring the utilities infrastructure is improved to accommodate new developments.
I believe it is far better, and much more cost-effective, to help keep people housed. I am a proponent of programs like Keep Oakland Housed and the Santa Clara County Homelessness Prevention System - and will advocate for greater state assistance for such local organizations that are effectively preventing homelessness
SD 10 Senator Candidate Priorities Qualifications Lack Of Opportunity
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