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Santa Barbara County, CA November 3, 2015 Election
Council Member; City of Santa Barbara; Council District 1 Voter Information

4 Year Term.

Results as of Dec 7 1:50pm
Candidates (Vote for 1)
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Jason Dominguez Click here for more information about this candidate 1,103 votes 53.1%

  • Occupation: Non-profit Leader and Businessman
  • Undergraduate Degree Stanford, Law Degree California Berkeley
  • Founder of the Justice Center (a non-profit legal organization aimed at helping the elderly); Board Member of Worth Street Reach and Leadership SB
  • Former High School Teacher and Law School Professor
  • Former Executive Director of Santa Barbara Legal Aid Foundation
  • Appointed to the American Bar Association Pro Bono Committee
  • Former County Counsel for Santa Barbara County; Former prosecutor of war crimes for the United Nations
Priorities:
  • Improve public safety & reduce traffic accidents/injuries by re-prioritizing spending and cracking down on speeding motorists
  • Expand after-school programs that keep kids safe and help them succeed
  • Ensure City Hall is fair, consistent, and responsive to local businesses and residents
Andria Martinez Cohen Click here for more information about this candidate 496 votes 23.9%
  • Occupation: Small Business Lender
  • B.A. Economics, Minors in Spanish & Portuguese UCLA
  • Loan Officer, National Development Council/Grow America Fund.
  • Former Spanish Program Coordinator & Loan Officer, Women's Economic Ventures
  • 10 year resident of Santa Barbara
Priorities:
  • Improve services to the Eastside to address issues like trash dumping, graffiti removal, improved street lighting, reduce response times
  • Improve community policing to address illegal parking, speeding & homelessness.
  • Protect our environment & help businesses prosper by creating a workable economic development plan for the entire city.
Jacqueline Inda Click here for more information about this candidate 359 votes 17.3%
  • Occupation: Business Owner / non-profit founder
  • Helped develop the first gun buyback in the county.
  • Established a Psychological First Aid community response network.
  • Founded local and regional Non-Profits to help youth reach positive lifestyles.
  • Established quality childcare opportunities for working families.
  • Developed college scholarships for youth going on to college.
  • Built county-wide partnerships to support our local community in the future.
Priorities:
  • Establish more accountability to our neighborhoods from our local government.
  • Establish better emergency response times and neighborhood based policing.
  • Create innovativ partnerships between foundations, schools, our city to get all of our local youth into college and higher paying jobs.
Cruzito Herrera Cruz 91 votes 4.4%
Michael Merenda 29 votes 1.4%

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