Experience • Leadership • Vision

Re-Elect Dr. John Headding for Mayor

As your Mayor, I have worked hard to:

IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY:

  • Worked hard to keep our community safe and informed during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Increased funding for both police and fire services.
  • Increased funding for our maintenance department to decrease waste and trash accumulation.

IMPROVE CITY FINANCES:

  • Balanced The city’s budget every year and increased financial reserves (savings) significantly.
  • Obtained low state and federal low-interest loans (0.9%) for our wastewater treatment facility, saving our community between $80 and $100 million in debt payments.
  • Implementing further plans to reduce our city’s pension costs.

REPAIR AND MODERNIZE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE:

  • Expect completion of our wastewater treatment facility’s initial operations by October 2022 meeting State Water Board mandates.
  • Budgeted over $2 million for other water, sewer, and stormwater projects in the fiscal year 2022–23.
  • Budgeted increased funding for paving our streets to $3 million in the fiscal year 2022–23.
  • Approved to receive a $600,000 grant to improve our Parks. (Coleman beach grant)
  • Approved to receive $14.3 million in state and federal grants for our wastewater treatment facility.

PRESERVE OUR WAY OF LIFE:

  • Adopted the city’s General Plan that will help us prepare for the impacts of climate change.
  • Supported local small businesses and non-profits through the pandemic.
  • Continued/improved a utility discount program for qualifying residents and supported a rent control ordinance for our mobile home parks.
  • Continued to provide top-notch recreation and enrichment services to kids, adults, and seniors year-round.

STRENGTHEN OUR ECONOMY:

  • QUICKLY activated our emergency financial crisis plan during the COVID-19 pandemic preventing significant city financial losses

  • SUPPORTED the approval of a 31-unit, 100% affordable housing development near Highway 1/41.

  • CONTINUED to advocate for the appropriate development of offshore wind green energy resources.

  • APPROVED the implementation of a pilot parking management plan for paid parking along the Embarcadero.

  • WORKED with and supported several business improvement initiatives recommended by the Chamber of Commerce.

  • CONTINUING to work with Vistra Energy company to consider re-development of the (former Dynegy) plant site.

Together, We Can Make This a Reality

Dr. John Headding
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