Crime

"As your City Council member, I am committed to maintaining a safe and family-friendly community for all residents."

Since 2015, the crime rate in our district has significantly decreased, making it one of the safest districts to live in the city of Pasadena. As a member of the Public Safety Committee for the past eight years, I have been a strong advocate for community-oriented services from our officers, such as walking and biking patrols, encouraging them to engage with the community in a positive and proactive manner. This approach has been instrumental in reducing crime and making our district safer. While we still face some challenges, I am confident that we can overcome them. I will continue to advocate for community policing, proactive policing, and the implementation of new technologies to solve crimes. Additionally, I will collaborate with our Parks and Recreation Department and the community to develop programs and initiatives that address the specific needs of our community, including expanding youth employment opportunities. Over the past six years, I have played an integral role in supporting our teen center and community safety. I firmly believe that community safety is not solely the responsibility of the police department, but of all departments working together. During my time on the PUSD School Board, I successfully advocated for additional funding for the school district through tax measures and grants. As your City Council member, I am committed to maintaining a safe and family-friendly community for all residents.


Crime in our community has a very simple cause. That cause is the cumulative disadvantages caused by neighborhoods that are economically located. It leads to poverty and crime.

I will work to entice businesses to move into our district. I will act to remove blighted properties and I will change zoning laws to attract better housing choices. I want home values and incomes rising.

I will fight crime with the only real solution that works.

Prosperity.
A community that produces crime is a community that must change.

I will:
  • Support City Programs that Divert Teens from Gangs. I was born and raised in Northwest Pasadena. I am deeply aware of the daily challenges faced by many children in our neighborhoods. I believe any child can succeed if treated with care and concern.
  • Respect the Police. I will insist on a relationship of mutual respect between the police and residents so that more crime can be solved with community involvement.
  • Take Bullying Seriously. As your Council member, i will collaborate with my school board colleagues to combat bullying in the PUSD.
  • Aggressively Investigate Burglaries. Every residential burglary should be treated as a very serious crime. Many Burglars are career criminals that graduate to other crimes.
  • Resist Economic Isolation. We can't arrest our way out of a crime problem. We need to break the cycle of crime and violence in some of our neighborhoods with the prosperity that economic development can bring.