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Candidate Statements
Jacqueline Amrikhas
- Certified public accountant
- Budget: “I am running for City Council because it is time to turn around the $1 million-plus city deficit and to focus on funding critical infrastructure needs within a balanced budget, not through increased taxes to residents.”
- Infrastructure: “As a 21-year resident of Sausalito, I believe our city must ensure we can address repairing unsafe roads, sidewalks and preserving our historic seaside community from rising sea levels.”
- Housing: “We are a welcoming community with a commitment to find the balance between required housing mandates and neighborhood preservation.”
Sandra Bushmaker
- Attorney/ombudsman
- Budget: “After years of deficit spending, the city must correct course to live within its means.”
- Climate Change: “As a waterside community, we must plan for sea level rise and climate changes.”
- Transparency: “City business must be transparent. The Council sets the tone for public participation. Council should seek public opinion at town halls on issues concerning the community.”
- sandraforsausalito.com
Steven Woodside
- No designation
- Infrastructure: “Although small, Sausalito faces many of the same issues that challenge larger cities: deteriorating infrastructure, lack of affordable housing, sea level rise, landslides, fire hazards, underfunded obligations, and weak business conditions.”
- Budget: “We have limited staff and finances to deal with threats to our quality of life.”
- Collaboration: “With your help, we can find our common ground, tackle our most challenging problems, chart a better course, and act.”
Melissa Blaustein
- Sausalito City Council Member
- Budget: “In these last four years together, we have a positive city budget for the first time since the pandemic.”
- Collaboration: “I will continue to listen, collaborate, and focus on results for Sausalito.”
- Emergency Preparedness: “We are better prepared for emergencies through intentional disaster planning; using smart-city technologies to move our climate action goals forward.”
- MelissaForSausalito.com
Ian Sobieski
- Sausalito City Council Member
- Budget: “As your current mayor, and Council member, I improved Sausalito’s finances and quality of life.”
- Economic Growth: “Sausalito is now poised for a renaissance. We are a creative community full of doers, makers, innovators, artists. Supportive government policies will create a more vibrant town and boost economic activity.”
- Infrastructure: “Increased tax revenue, from boosted economic activity, will pay for infrastructure revitalization without raising taxes.”
- ian4sausalito.com
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