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Elect City Council Member Claudia Jimenez to push Richmond in the right direction.
About the Position
The Richmond City Council comprises six councilmembers elected at large and a separately elected mayor. A city council is responsible for establishing policy, passing local laws (called ordinances), voting on budget appropriations, and developing an overall vision for the city. City councilmembers in Richmond are limited to four-year terms.
About the District
Richmond is Contra Costa County’s third most populous city. The Richmond City Council oversees the needs of around 110,000 people and manages an estimated budget of around $166 million annually. Richmond is managed by a mayor-council structured government. Richmond is a racially diverse city, with a racial profile of 39.5 percent Hispanic or Latinx, 31.4 percent white, 26.6 percent African American, and 13.5 percent Asian. Richmond’s District 6 includes the neighborhoods of North and East and Richmond Heights.
About the Race
Following the March 3 primary election, challenger Claudia Jimenez is running against Ms. Dandie and Vinay Pimple. Jimenez has pledged to refuse corporate PAC and fossil fuel money, but has yet to pledge to refuse police money. Ms. Dandie’s campaign has not pledged to refuse corporate PAC, fossil fuel, or police money. Neither candidate has made any campaign finance filings, so we are unable to verify if the pledges made are reflected in their contribution records.
About the Candidate
Claudia Jimenez, a respected community organizer, is from Colombia and moved to Richmond in 2009 with her family. According to campaign materials, Jimenez is running for election for those who believe in building a future in Richmond where everyone has access to support and services.
Jimenez’s priorities for Richmond this term include shifting the city’s spending priorities away from policing and to devote more funds into services like the library, youth programs, housing, and other essential services.
Claudia Jimenez is a mother, a trained architect, and an environmental planner who has designed and built affordable housing and watershed-management projects in Colombia. She is a longtime supporter of unions, community organizations, and for creating spaces for all to participate in decision-making that benefits the community.
As a Richmond community organizer, Jimenez is known for building and maintaining coalitions that have pushed policies like the successful Invest in People, Not Prisons campaign. That initiative forged an alliance between African American and immigrant community leaders in the county to end the sheriff’s collaboration with ICE and diverted $5.2 million in state funds toward services for Contra Costa returnees from incarceration. Together with other Richmond families, Jimenez was also key in helping rebuild a vital neighborhood park serving Richmond’s north and eastern residents. As a member of the Contra Costa Interfaith Supporting Community Organizations (CCISCO), Jimenez worked with the Richmond Police Department to implement new towing policies to stop vehicle dispossesion if undocumented drivers were detained during traffic stops.
Jimenez is endorsed by a strong majority of progressive groups in the district. According to our analysis, Claudia Jimenez is the strongest choice for equitable and representative leadership in office.
Last updated: 2023-04-05Claudia Jimenez
Elect City Council Member Claudia Jimenez to push Richmond in the right direction.
About the Position
Elect City Council Member Claudia Jimenez to push Richmond in the right direction.
About the Position
The Richmond City Council comprises six councilmembers elected at large and a separately elected mayor. A city council is responsible for establishing policy, passing local laws (called ordinances), voting on budget appropriations, and developing an overall vision for the city. City councilmembers in Richmond are limited to four-year terms.
About the District
Richmond is Contra Costa County’s third most populous city. The Richmond City Council oversees the needs of around 110,000 people and manages an estimated budget of around $166 million annually. Richmond is managed by a mayor-council structured government. Richmond is a racially diverse city, with a racial profile of 39.5 percent Hispanic or Latinx, 31.4 percent white, 26.6 percent African American, and 13.5 percent Asian. Richmond’s District 6 includes the neighborhoods of North and East and Richmond Heights.
About the Race
Following the March 3 primary election, challenger Claudia Jimenez is running against Ms. Dandie and Vinay Pimple. Jimenez has pledged to refuse corporate PAC and fossil fuel money, but has yet to pledge to refuse police money. Ms. Dandie’s campaign has not pledged to refuse corporate PAC, fossil fuel, or police money. Neither candidate has made any campaign finance filings, so we are unable to verify if the pledges made are reflected in their contribution records.
About the Candidate
Claudia Jimenez, a respected community organizer, is from Colombia and moved to Richmond in 2009 with her family. According to campaign materials, Jimenez is running for election for those who believe in building a future in Richmond where everyone has access to support and services.
Jimenez’s priorities for Richmond this term include shifting the city’s spending priorities away from policing and to devote more funds into services like the library, youth programs, housing, and other essential services.
Claudia Jimenez is a mother, a trained architect, and an environmental planner who has designed and built affordable housing and watershed-management projects in Colombia. She is a longtime supporter of unions, community organizations, and for creating spaces for all to participate in decision-making that benefits the community.
As a Richmond community organizer, Jimenez is known for building and maintaining coalitions that have pushed policies like the successful Invest in People, Not Prisons campaign. That initiative forged an alliance between African American and immigrant community leaders in the county to end the sheriff’s collaboration with ICE and diverted $5.2 million in state funds toward services for Contra Costa returnees from incarceration. Together with other Richmond families, Jimenez was also key in helping rebuild a vital neighborhood park serving Richmond’s north and eastern residents. As a member of the Contra Costa Interfaith Supporting Community Organizations (CCISCO), Jimenez worked with the Richmond Police Department to implement new towing policies to stop vehicle dispossesion if undocumented drivers were detained during traffic stops.
Jimenez is endorsed by a strong majority of progressive groups in the district. According to our analysis, Claudia Jimenez is the strongest choice for equitable and representative leadership in office.
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