Albert Lomeli

Statement:

• I'm a social studies teacher, and I majored in government, and I've always appreciated learning more about the local, state government, of course, the federal government, even my time in the military, I've been in some way or another I've been in the capacity of working for the government since I was 17, right after high school, and since I teach it in class. I also want to participate in the in the governing process, and I've even been an elected official for the Moss Landing Harbor District, and I've used my U.S. Navy background to assist me improve my breath and scope of governance in that area.
• So one of the reasons that I'm running for city council and District Four is because when I first got elected, there was a really bad problem with lack of investment in East Salinas and the Alisal, and since then, we've been able to really improve that and and make sure that we're getting resources allocated to be able to help out with the Alisal Vibrancy Plan. But also, when I was first elected, homelessness was a really big issue that had been going on in Chinatown for decades, just like the prostitution that was going on in in District Four that once it was in Chinatown, and then it was moved to Rianda Court behind CVS, and then it was moved to Kern street. So these are challenges that have been going on in this district for a really long time, and it was about time that we saw some change. So that's the reason that I ran in 2020 and we've seen some improvement, but there's so much more work to do. So that's why I'm really running for city council.

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