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Dominic Caserta
8,700 votes
49.8%
- Occupation: Santa Clara Educator
- Government Teacher, Santa Clara high School
- Santa Clara Historical Landmarks Commissioner
- Santa Clara Citizen's Police Academy Graduate
- United Teachers of Santa Clara, Rep.
- Harris-Lass Museum, HLC Liaison
- 5th Generation Santa Claran
Priorities:
- Improve Our Quality of Life - Clean and Safe Streets and Parks, maintain low utility rates, and retain our annual "Clean-up Week"
- Improve Public Education, creating neighborhood homework centers, improving access to childcare and implementing a safe schools campus initiative.
- make home ownership more affordable for working families so people who work here can afford to live here.
Mike Rodriguez
4,293 votes
24.6%
- Occupation: Legislative Analyst/Planning Commissioner
- Masters in Public Administration (MPA)
- Bachelors of Science in Business Administration; Minor in Economics
- Santa Clara Planning Commissioner (6 Years) - Chairperson 2000-01
- CALTRAIN Citizens Advisory Committee (4 Years) - Current Chairperson
- VTA Citizens Working Group -- BART to Santa Clara (2 Years)
- K-12 School Volunteer
Priorities:
- New and Affordable Housing: As a Planning Commissioner, I have supported the building of nearly 5000 new and affordable homes.
- Public Safety and Quality of Life Issues: I will support our Police & Fire Departments as well as other important community and city services.
- Public Transportation and Low Utility Rates: I am working on expanding CALTRAIN & BART Services to Santa Clara. I will keep utility rates low.
Frederick J. Clegg
2,471 votes
14.1%
(This candidate has not responded to Smart Voter)
- Occupation: Santa Clara Businessman
Nam Nguyen
2,019 votes
11.5%
- Occupation: Software Engineer
- B.S. In Management & Entrepreneurship & A loving, supportive, and devoted husband & father
- Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) under FEMA & CITIZENCORP
- Elected as Student Senate in college
- Creator Of The United Asian TV Talk Show
- A Vietnamese Translator for the Catholic Family Center
- Voter Poll Worker & Get people to register to vote
Priorities:
- Housing & Rental - Create more affordable housing & rental control
- Education & Technology - Obtain more resources for our public schools and ensure that our classrooms are equipped with the latest technology
- Public Safety & Strong Neighborhoods - Create a safe places where we can live and raise our families
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