Kansen Chu

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As your Supervisor, I will work with all levels governments, businesses, labors, developers, financial industries, researching institutes, health care professionals, law enforcements,  community-based organizations, faith-based organizations and publics in general to start addressing some Critically important issues in our community:

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Housing

Develop a long term housing plan and provide short term solutions to address the housing shortage issue by

• Increase housing production

  • Effective Government regulations

  • Private and Business sectors 

  • Community based organizations

  • Financial Institutions

  • Skilled labors force

  • Regional transportation

  • Inventory of governments own lands

  • Teachers, public safety personnel housing

  • Equitable distribution of housing for working families, seniors and people with disability 

  • First time home buyers assistance

• Preserve the existing rental units to avoid displacement of renters and small businesses

• Prevent sudden homelessness

  • Inventory of vacant units 

  • Short-term rent assistance 

  • Rapid rehousing to stop people from becoming chronically homeless 

• Set priorities on homeless families with school age children, veterans, seniors, disabled, and chronically homeless members in our community  

• Provide health and mental health, job training and human resources assistances

Physical Health, Mental Health and, Human Services

• Establish a Dental Board to improve dental services in Santa Clara. 

• Increase funding for mental health services and drug dependency

• Implement School-based mental health services 

• Improve the foster care system

• Enforce Laura’s Law allowing for court-ordered assisted- outpatient-treatment for mental health consumers who were previously incarcerated  

• Increase Child Care slots and improve quality of child care

• Eliminate hazardous odor from industrial sources and waste treatment processes  

Transportation

• Implement the recommendations of the recent Santa Clara County Grand Jury Report on the Valley Transportation Authority, starting out with improving its governance structure. I support a smaller Board with full time elected positions.

• Bring above ground connection of the long promised Light Rail train to Eastridge Transit Center from Alum Rock

• Improve local transportation services especially for seniors and students   

 Public Safety

• Increase funding for crime prevention

• Improve wrap around services to reduce recidivism

• Increase funding for emergency preparedness

• Protect seniors and minors from predators

• Establish Neighborhood Accountability Board (a model of Restorative Justice System)

Environmental

• Improve recycling and waste reduction

• Replace County fleet with clean air vehicles

• Renovate County owned building to meet Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Platinum rating

• Preserve open spaces

• Improve County Parks services

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