With the support of Assemblymembers and the mayor herself, Chris Sturken is running for a seat on the Redwood City Council after he announced Tuesday his race to keep his hometown a safe, livable and affordable community.
"I am thrilled to announce that I am running for Redwood City Council District 2 where I have lived downtown and now call home," Sturken noted in a letter to Redwood City residents.
His priorities, he detailed, are the District's priorities: maintaining a safe and vibrant downtown, ending homelessness and creating more affordable housing.
"Because of my experience and passion for Redwood City that supports residents of all ages, I have earned the support of Mayor Giselle Hale, Assembly Members Kevin Mullin and Marc Berman, Supervisor Warren Slocum and local leaders to keep Redwood City a safe and livable place and an affordable community for all residents," he added.
And, he said, District 2 is the beating heart of Redwood City, so if he wins the Council seat, his top priority "will be to keep Downtown, Centennial and Mt. Carmel clean, safe and vibrant."
Community service is his passion, Sturken said. "I was first called to serve as an organizer and advocate, where I fought to provide relocation assistance, enable ADU units or "granny apartments" for family members and secure deeply affordable apartments for our community's most vulnerable residents."
In turn, he served on the City's Transportation Advisory Committee, where he generated assessments and promoted solutions to alleviate traffic congestion, while seeking to make city streets safer for bicyclists, pedestrians and drivers alike.
Sturken currently works for a local nonprofit affordable housing organization that manages affordable housing throughout the peninsula and facilitates an innovative home-sharing program, so he will be looking for those programs to be enhanced.
"These problems will not be solved overnight. Nor will they be solved by the Council alone. Engaging directly with you, our neighbors, is the best way to address our most pressing challenges," he stressed.
Finally, he said he will be a consensus builder whose leadership will be guided by the values of "respect, collaboration and the belief that every resident has something to offer our incredible community".
It is worth noting that recently, Redwood City Mayor Giselle Hale announced that she would be running for re-election to a seat on the Council.
To learn more about Sturken's campaign, interested parties can access the following site www.chrisforrwc.com.
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