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Q&A with Denver City Council District 9 candidate Candi CdeBaca

Published Thu, 21 Nov 2024 16:28:47 GMT

Go to: Denver Post Voter Guide • Candidate Q&A home pageIncumbentCandi CdeBacaPROFESSIONSocial WorkerEDUCATIONMSWEXPERIENCECandi is the D9 incumbent. She is a social worker, community organizer and policy expert who has worked at all three levels of government creating, analyzing, evaluating, and implementing policy.WEBSITE • FACEBOOK • TWITTERBriefly describe the single most urgent issue facing the city of Denver and how it should be addressed.Housing affordability. Denver needs to mandate more affordable housing from private development or higher linkage fees. There need to be vacancy taxes, luxury sales taxes, flipping taxes and short-term rental fees sourcing a housing fund. First right of refusal for the city would allow the city to increase land stock to begin implementing social housing and Denver needs local control over rent stabilization.What should Denver leaders do to address the city’s lack of affordable housing?Amend the Expanding Housing Affordability p...

Q&A with Denver City Council District 8 candidate Christian Steward

Published Thu, 21 Nov 2024 16:28:47 GMT

Go to: Denver Post Voter Guide • Candidate Q&A home pageChristian StewardPROFESSIONCommunity ConnectorEDUCATIONBachelor’s degree in BiologyEXPERIENCEMy professional and professional life is set through the lens of community advocacy. I am co-chair of Dr. King Jr Marade, I am Community Connector with Department of Transportation and InfrastructureWEBSITE • FACEBOOKBriefly describe the single most urgent issue facing the city of Denver and how it should be addressed.The most urgent issue facing the City of Denver is the cost of housing. There are a few factors to include: Creating and training a workforce for the jobs of the future that pay wages that create generational wealth for those vulnerable to displacement, recruiting and retaining city employees that can streamline city systems and processes, creating opportunities zones that prioritize transportation centers to fast track building contracts and building permits. Work with state legislators to create property t...

Q&A with Denver City Council District 10 candidate Chris Hinds

Published Thu, 21 Nov 2024 16:28:47 GMT

Go to: Denver Post Voter Guide • Candidate Q&A home pageIncumbentChris HindsPROFESSIONCouncilmemberEDUCATIONComputer Science, MBA in FinanceEXPERIENCECurrent Denver City Councilmember for District 10, former software engineer, and disability advocateWEBSITE • FACEBOOK • TWITTERBriefly describe the single most urgent issue facing the city of Denver and how it should be addressed.Denver has a housing crisis. The secret’s out: Denver is an amazing place to live. With all those moving to our city, and with the implosion of our housing construction in 2008, we are far behind in building new homes. Fortunately, we’re working on missing middle density citywide and larger buildings in the city center where it makes sense.What should Denver leaders do to address the city’s lack of affordable housing?America tried building housing projects, and it was a failure. Instead of building additional housing projects, we strive to create an economically diverse community. A...

Q&A with Denver City Council District 11 candidate Stacie Gilmore

Published Thu, 21 Nov 2024 16:28:47 GMT

Go to: Denver Post Voter Guide • Candidate Q&A home pageIncumbentStacie GilmorePROFESSIONCity Councilwoman District 11EDUCATIONBS Zoology / Chemistry; MA Nonprofit ManagementEXPERIENCEI have been honored to serve as Councilwoman since July 2015. Served in leadership roles as Council President 2020-2022; President Pro Tem 2018-2020.WEBSITE • FACEBOOK • TWITTERBriefly describe the single most urgent issue facing the city of Denver and how it should be addressed.In order for our city to thrive people must feel safe and supported. We must through proactive and community-based responses address the violence we are seeing within our city. This can be addressed through a variety of ways that both include law enforcement and alternative responses that are implemented and should be explored to replace uniformed officers in many interactions that they currently have with the public.What should Denver leaders do to address the city’s lack of affordable housing?Denver leaders mus...

Q&A with Denver City Council District 9 candidate Darrell Watson

Published Thu, 21 Nov 2024 16:28:47 GMT

Go to: Denver Post Voter Guide • Candidate Q&A home pageDarrell WatsonPROFESSIONSmall business ownerEDUCATIONBachelor’s of Arts in Communications, University of Colorado at DenverEXPERIENCEChair of Housing Advisory board passed 1st affordable housing mandate policy in the state. Chair of the Park Trust invested 250K in D9.WEBSITE • FACEBOOKBriefly describe the single most urgent issue facing the city of Denver and how it should be addressed.We are facing a housing crisis: housing is too expensive, it’s not located where people want to live, and there isn’t enough of it. One approach I will take is to elevate the housing crisis as a regional issue: first, passing affordable housing mandates in each municipality in Denver Regional Council of Governments; second, working regionally to ensure each municipality meets Prop 123 requirements; and third, coordinating regionally for state and federal dollars to increase access to affordable housing. My collaborative approach wi...

Massive sinkhole threatens homes in Camarillo

Published Thu, 21 Nov 2024 16:28:47 GMT

A massive sinkhole is threatening a pair of homes in a Camarillo neighborhood on Friday.The 30-foot-by-30-foot active sinkhole in the 700 block of Trueno Avenue was reported by the Ventura County Fire Department at about 11:15 a.m.The hole opened up in a backyard between a pair of homes that face Grada Avenue, threatening the stability of all residences in the immediate area, officials said. In an update, the Fire Department said 16 people were evacuated. The sinkhole was likely the product of continuous heavy rainfall, resulting in a troubling amount of runoff from flooding.“It’s definitely different than anything that we’ve ever seen before," said Joey Martin, a Ventura County resident. "These are like once-in-a-generation-type of storms that we’ve been seeing.”Officials shared footage showing muddy runoff that rushed down the hillside before compromising a storm drain that ultimately opened up the sinkhole.“Runoff, or anytime you encounter moving water, it’s always dangerous," ex...

School Workers Move Closer To A Strike, Give LAUSD 10-Day Notice

Published Thu, 21 Nov 2024 16:28:47 GMT

The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) received a 10-day notice from school workers, Wednesday, saying they intend to end their current contract and move toward a strike.The notice comes after 96% of the nearly 30,000 school employees represented by Service Employees International United, Local 99 (SEIU-99), voted to move forward with a strike if both sides could not reach a contract agreement.“Los Angeles Unified is disappointed that SEIU is walking away from negotiations with so much on the table,” LAUSD said in a statement. “We want to do right by our employees, which is why Superintendent [Albert] Carvalho made one of the strongest offers ever proposed by a Los Angeles Unified Superintendent, offering historic compensation increases and benefits aligned with SEIU’s requests.”The district said the proposed contract included a more than 15% ongoing wage increase, a 9% retention bonus, equity adjustments for those earning fewer than $30 per ho...

Man arrested on suspicion of attacking SamTrans bus drivers, carjacking

Published Thu, 21 Nov 2024 16:28:47 GMT

PALO ALTO — A 26-year-old man was arrested Thursday afternoon in Palo Alto on suspicion of spitting in the face of one bus driver and wrapping his arms around another before running from officers and trying to carjack a woman, police said.Officers were called to Quarry and Arboretum roads just before 5 p.m. for a report of a disturbance on a SamTrans bus, the Palo Alto Police Department said in a statement. They arrived to see a man running into a retirement community at 620 Sand Hill Road.An officer detained the man, who appeared to be under the influence of drugs and handed over a pipe, while others interviewed the drivers at the first scene, police said.One of the drivers, a woman in her 30s, told officers the man had forced open the doors of her out-of-service bus. She ordered him to leave multiple times before he did. The woman then got off the bus to flag down another SamTrans driver for help.“The suspect then spat in the face of the female driver,” police said, “and when the ...

Not its night: Granada falls to Notre Dame-Sherman Oaks in Division I state final

Published Thu, 21 Nov 2024 16:28:47 GMT

SACRAMENTO — The back-and-gold-clad Granada fans arrived early Friday night. They cheered on the girls from Oakland Tech in the previous game, then gave their own team the roars they hoped would end in championship jubilation.There was celebrating.But on this night, Notre Dame-Sherman Oaks was doing most of it at the end as Duke-bound Caleb Foster put an exclamation point on a spectacular senior season, scoring 33 points to lead the Southern California school to a 67-58 victory in the Division I state championship game at Golden 1 Center.Miller, a transfer from Oak Hill Academy in Virginia, broke the D-I final scoring record of 32 points that Castlemont’s Michael Manning held since 1981.Notre Dame took charge in the second quarter, withstood a Granada rally in the third period that brought the Livermore school to within six and then put the game away in the early stages fourth quarter.The game ended with Granada’s Matai Faiaipa’u hitting a three-quarters-length sho...

'Saddest thing ever': Pittsburg teen killed by car identified as dance student

Published Thu, 21 Nov 2024 16:28:47 GMT

PITTSBURG, Calif. (KRON) – An East Bay teen is being remembered Friday night after she was killed in a crash earlier this week. Pittsburg police say the girl was struck by a car while walking near Black Diamond High School Tuesday night. She later died at the hospital.The girl’s name was Brooke Jeffrey and she was just 17 years old. She was a beloved dancer at Melody’s Dance Studio in Antioch. The accident left her fellow students and family heartbroken.“All of the girls here were best friends with her because she was such a sweet girl,” said family friend Kayla Lane.  Bay Area storm damage: Videos and photos show storm’s aftermath Lane introduced Brooke to dance more than 10 years ago. Over that time, Brooke thrived in hip-hop and jazz as well as ballet. The accident has left Lane and Brooke’s fellow dancers devastated.“Her family and us deserve to know who did this,” Lane said. Pittsburg police have not released any information about the driver. They have only said the teen...