Jeanette Barrera

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Jeanette Barrera

Nonpartisan

Elections and appointments

Last election

March 3, 2020

Education

Bachelor's

University of California, Riverside, 2010

Personal

Birthplace

California

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Jeanette Barrera ran for election to the Long Beach City Council to represent District 2 in California. She lost in the primary on March 3, 2020.

Barrera completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Jeanette Barrera was born in California. She earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Riverside in 2010.

Elections

2020

See also: City elections in Long Beach, California (2020)

General election

General election for Long Beach City Council District 2

Cindy Allen defeated Robert Fox in the general election for Long Beach City Council District 2 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Cindy Allen (Nonpartisan)	53.6	11,448
		Robert Fox (Nonpartisan)	46.4	9,928

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 21,376
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Long Beach City Council District 2

The following candidates ran in the primary for Long Beach City Council District 2 on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Robert Fox (Nonpartisan)	27.2	3,057
✔		Cindy Allen (Nonpartisan)	26.5	2,984
		Jeanette Barrera (Nonpartisan)	20.0	2,245
	Submit photo	Eduardo Lara (Nonpartisan)	19.2	2,160
	Submit photo	Ryan Lum (Nonpartisan)	2.6	289
	Submit photo	Nigel Lifsey (Nonpartisan)	2.3	262
	Submit photo	Jesus Cisneros (Nonpartisan)	2.2	253

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 11,250
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Campaign themes

2020

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Ballotpedia survey responses

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Jeanette Barrera completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Barrera's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

Jeanette Barrera has an extensive background in government contracts, financial audits, facilitation, setting expectations and boundaries within various professional settings. She is currently an appointed commissioner for The Homelessness Services Advisory Committee by the mayor of Long Beach, CA. Barrera was a part of the Los Angeles mental health field as a strategic advocate for housing insecure children and families and has made a deep community impact as a provider in southern California.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• Jeanette believed her qualifications as a mental health provider was desperately needed at the municipal level. She is most proud of the awareness she brought highlighting the cities inability of remedying the homelessness crisis. Barrera spoke openly on the continuance of unqualified elected officials and candidates claiming to solve the housing crisis with no real professional work experience in mental health or housing.
• Barrera is a champion for mass transit and was endorsed by all the local and national transportation unions. Jeanette is an environmentalist and does not own a vehicle using Long Beach local transit and Metro for transportation. She believes in building a more self-sustainable transportation system to assist the parking crisis.
• Jeanette Barrera was a critic of the lucrative Long Beach Police (LBPD) Union contracts in which over seventy percent of the city’s general fund is taken from local taxes. Barrera was one of two candidates who discussed the need for police reform and proper de-escalation training. Although she ultimately lost to a retired LBPD opponent as a result of a LBPD Union contributing fifty-thousand-dollar in campaign contribution to their candidacy. Jeanette is hopeful now after the wake of the Black Lives Matter Movement and voting education, retired LBPD candidates will no longer be elected to preserve LBPD union special interest.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Jeanette Barrera represents the working class and calls attention to the gross financial abuse on the taxpayer. She believes Americans especially single working professionals are paying some of the largest taxes in this California with little to no reward. With high rents, low standards of living conditions, and the mentally disturbed homelessness population running the streets of Long Beach. Barrera is ready to hold political officials accountable for their negligence in over spending, rising cost to build, and political favors to one another at the costs of taxpayers and younger generations.

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