Candidate for
Mayor; City of Long Beach

Real Pension Reform
--Solves unfunded pension liabilities of one billion.
--Saves our City Services from cuts to pay pensions.
--Provides sustainable pensions for our City employees.

In 2015 & 2016 Sacramento will almost double the amount Long Beach will contribute to pensions. We need to reduce pension costs now while we can without major impact to our employee's future pensions. Should we do nothing and Long Beach has to declare bankruptcy, the employee pension system will not be left intact.

Making City Hall Business Friendly
--Freeze license and permit fees.
--Streamline services.
--Facilitate filling up empty store fronts with profitable businesses.
--Make Long Beach the easiest City in SoCal to do business with.

Slow down the new Civic Center project
--Let the new mayor and city council make decisions.
--Rethink public-private partnership model.
--Don't give away City land.
--Open the process to public input.
--Have funding in place before signing contracts.