A Cleaner and
Greener Fremont.

Our parks are the shared spaces that connect Fremont and make us a cohesive community. I have been visiting every park in my district and documenting what needs to be fixed or improved. Parks like those around Lake Elizabeth deserve to be clean, and the persistent animal waste problem at Central Park and in the Lake is solvable with better infrastructure and a modest increase in enforcement. Our parks should be the crown jewels of Fremont.

Sometimes the smallest investments make the biggest difference in how a city feels to live in. I want to fill the gaps across our parks, transit routes, and walkways with more trash bins, more water fountains with bottle fillers, and more benches where seniors, parents with strollers, and anyone who needs a moment to rest can sit down. More trash bins mean cleaner streets and parks. More benches mean Fremont is a city that thinks about everyone who uses its public spaces, not just the people who can walk a mile without stopping. These are not flashy ideas, but they are the kind of everyday improvements that show residents their city is paying attention.

Every driver, cyclist, and pedestrian in Fremont knows the frustration of another pothole that never gets fixed. I will work to create a complete, publicly available map of every pothole in the city and a funded timeline to address them. I will also push for protected bike lanes, better crosswalks, improved signals, and safer routes throughout the city. Safer streets save lives, reduce traffic, and make Fremont more accessible for everyone. Good roads are not a luxury; they protect our vehicles, our bikes, and our bodies, and they send a message that the city takes basic maintenance seriously.

Fremont sits under the California sun year-round, and we should be generating clean energy from it. I support installing solar canopies over city parking lots and solar panels on city-owned buildings, reducing our energy costs, cutting carbon emissions, and providing shaded parking. Many of these projects can be structured at little to no upfront cost to the city through Power Purchase Agreements. This is a smart investment that pays for itself while doing right by the environment.

Fremont has unused city-owned land sitting idle, like the parcel along Stevenson Boulevard at Central Park, and I want to put it to work for the community. I will push to build community gardens where residents can grow food, connect with neighbors, and donate excess produce to local food banks. This will expand on the great work our nonprofit partners are already doing in this space. I also want to replace ornamental city landscaping with fruit trees, vegetable beds, and native edible plants, turning our streetscapes into something that is both beautiful and productive. These are simple, creative ideas that feed our neighbors, beautify our city, and make Fremont a more livable place for everyone.

AI data centers are among the most power-hungry and water-intensive industrial facilities. There is already a proposal on file with the city to build a massive data center on the former USG site in Fremont, and I oppose it. Our industrial land should serve our community, creating jobs and opportunities for local residents, not server farms for trillion-dollar AI companies.

California native plants are beautiful, drought-tolerant, support local wildlife and pollinators, and cost far less to maintain than the ornamental species that line many of our city streets and parks. I support a policy requiring that all new plantings on city property use native species, transitioning over time across our parks, streetscapes, and public land. This is good for our water supply, good for our budget, and good for the environment. It is also just the right thing to do.

A small box of books at a local park costs almost nothing and gives everything. I want to partner with local nonprofits, schools, and the Alameda County Library system to install book-sharing boxes at parks and public spaces across the city, so that any resident can pick up a book or drop one off at any time, for free. This is about building a culture of literacy and sharing in every corner of Fremont, from the busiest park to the quietest neighborhood street.