• Licensed architect and general contractor, owner of Richmond architecture-engineering firm
• Only City Council member with a Richmond business
• Has been a Richmond resident since 1973 and children attended public schools
• Member, Board of Trustees of Richmond's oldest church
• Vietnam veteran
• Masters Degree, Architecture and Urban Design, UCLA
• 1999-Present Richmond City Council member
• Former Vice Mayor, 2002-2003
• My occupation is: Architect

I remain committed to the same principles I ran on four years ago by improving the quality of life for Richmond residents making Richmond a livable, healthy, and sustainable community of strong neighborhoods. I will continue to strive for:

• A healthy and safe environment
• A prosperous and diverse economy with all citizens participating in the benefits
• Continued reduction in crime
• Clean streets and neighborhoods
• Well-maintained city infrastructure streets, sewers, sidewalks, parks, and public buildings
• Efficient, responsive, and open city government
• Empowered neighborhoods to balance special interests
• Quality education and recreation for youth

Although there is much hard work remaining, my four years on the City Council I have seen:

• Crime diminish
• The Richmond economy improve
• Dozens of public-private partnership development projects underway
• A $1 million grant-funded management efficiency study of city government