Candidates
(Vote for 3)
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Carol Federighi
4,665 votes
27.9%
- Occupation: Planning Commissioner / Attorney
- Planning Commission Member, Past Chair
- Hastings College of the Law
- Secondary teaching credential, UC Berkeley
- BA Stanford U., History honors, Phi Beta Kappa
- Past president, League of Women Voters of CA
- Staff Attorney, Legal Assistance for Seniors
Priorities:
- Uphold the General Plan & maintain Lafayette's quality of life.
- Continue to revitalize the downtown, enhance the attractiveness of its village character, and focus on finding solutions to congestion on our roads.
- Promote strong fiscal management of our limited financial resources, long range financial planning, and public-private partnerships.
Erling L. Horn
4,462 votes
26.7%
- Occupation: Engineer
- Mayor of Lafayette
- Lafayette City Council (1995 to present)
- Lafayette Planning Commissioner (1986 to 1995; Chairman, 1990 & 1995)
- Board Member, County Connection, Contra Costa County Transit Authority
- Board Member, Vice Chair, Central Contra Costa County Solid Waste Authority
- Member, Caldecott Tunnel Corridor Study Policy Committee
Priorities:
- I will work to preserve the unique character of our neighborhoods with open space and wise land use policies.
- I support the close cooperation of the City Council with School Board members and school administrators to maintain the highest quality education.
- Traffic is a major issue. I intend to improve traffic flow and mitigate problems by taking an active role regionally as well as locally.
Jay Strauss
4,317 votes
25.8%
- Occupation: Attorney/Businessman
- Vice Mayor, Lafayette (1999)
- Lafayette City Council (1997 - Present)
- Lafayette Planning Commission (1994-1997, Chair 1996)
- President, Town Hall Theatre Company (1997 - Present)
- President, Lafayette Chamber of Commerce (1994)
- Founder, Lafayette Reservoir Run
Priorities:
- Finding ways to improve traffic flow, particularly along the Moraga Road corridor, while guarding pedestrian rights, especially around the schools.
- Finding ways to preserve open space, especially on Burton Ridge and west of the Reservoir entrance.
- Completing the redevelopment of the downtown on a village scale, with special attention to parking, and reinvigoration of the east end.
Thomas G. Del Beccaro
3,298 votes
19.7%
- Occupation: Business Attorney/Cal. Berkeley Grad.
- 27-year resident/Acalanes graduate - 1979
- Parent of an elementary school-aged child
- Founder of "L.A.S.T." Lafayette's Alliance for Safer Traffic"
- 10 yr. coach - 12 and under, LMYA, YMCA, Lafayette Little League.
- PTA Member, Lafayette School
- Sponsor, LMYA
Priorities:
- Establish a comprehensive long-term traffic improvement plan and pedestrian walkway plan
- Use the $1.7 million fund earmarked to build a city hall to improve our sidewalks/crosswalks in the downtown and around our schools
- Balance the Council with the concerns and needs of parents, seniors and children
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