Don Gagliardi

Don Gagliardi was a 2014 nonpartisan candidate for the city council of San Jose, California.

Campaign themes

On his campaign website, Gagliardi highlighted the following issues:^[1]

Public safety

Excerpt: "If we are going to revitalize San Jose’s downtown for residents and merchants alike, we must put public safety first. The San Jose Mercury News has reported that San Jose has a higher crime rate than the state and national rate. Response times for calls for police service are lagging significantly. This must be addressed by devoting additional resources and deploying new technologies to local law enforcement."

Jobs and fiscal responsibility

Excerpt: "A stronger San Jose means a strong downtown core attracting jobs and revenues we can allocate to increase and improve city services. It also means a strong fiscal footing for San Jose, including responsible pension reforms and fiscal accountability for taxpayers."

Neighborhoods

Excerpt: "I support strong neighborhoods, with devoted, passionate neighborhood advocates– those willing to volunteer their time and energy to better their communities. City Hall should empower these advocates, and this means revitalizing the Strong Neighborhoods Initiative."

Arts and culture

Excerpt: "I believe the councilmember representing District 3 must have a strong platform supporting a vibrant and vital arts, culture and recreation scene in our downtown core and throughout the neighborhoods. I have long been involved in the San Jose Arts scene. I strongly support members of the arts and creative community in San Jose, not only because they make our city more lively, lovely and engaging but because they are the essential ingredient to increasing downtown San Jose’s economic vitality."

Libraries

Excerpt: "I support returning library hours to their previous levels before the recession and as your councilperson I will work to ensure that every neighborhood library is open on Saturday. I will also work to ensure that the Partnership in Reading adult literacy program is expanded. This service to its clientele is also an investment in our region’s economic competitiveness."

Homelessness

Excerpt: "As your councilperson, I will work together with City and County officials and nonprofit agencies to ensure that the homelessness issue is addressed for the quality of life in our downtown area neighborhoods. Being homeless is an unfortunate condition, not a criminal act. Our homeless neighbors – and they are our neighbors – deserve our compassion and assistance, as neighbors."

See also: San Jose, California city council elections, 2014

The city of San Jose, California held elections for city council on November 4, 2014. A primary election took place on June 3, 2014. Raul Peralez and Don Gagliardi advanced past Mauricio Mejia, Jr., George Kleidon, John Hosmon and Kathy Sutherland in the primary election for District 3. Peralez defeated Gagliardi in the general election.^[2]^[3]^[4]

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