Jose F. Moreno (Anaheim city councilman)

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Jose Moreno

Nonpartisan

Prior offices

Anaheim City School Board

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Anaheim City Council District 3

Successor: Natalie Rubalcava

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Jose Moreno was a member of the Anaheim City Council in California, representing District 3. Moreno assumed office on December 13, 2016. Moreno left office on December 6, 2022.

Moreno ran for re-election to the Anaheim City Council to represent District 3 in California. Moreno won in the general election on November 6, 2018.

Before his successful run in 2016, Moreno ran unsuccessfully for the city council in 2014. He won 15 percent of the vote in that race, placing fourth of eight candidates competing for the two available council seats. Although Anaheim's city council elections are officially nonpartisan, Moreno is known to be affiliated with the Democratic Party.

From 2006 to 2014, Moreno was an elected member of the Anaheim City School District Board of Education.

Biography

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Moreno obtained a B.A. in social ecology from the University of California, Irvine, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in administration, planning, and social policy from Harvard University.

As of his election to the city council in 2016, he was an associate professor of Chicano and Latino Studies at California State University, Long Beach. He has served on the National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering, the Association of American Colleges & Universities Making Excellence Inclusive project, and the Western Association of Schools & Colleges Student Success Task Force.

Moreno has also served as the president of the Latino community organization Los Amigos of Orange County and on the Anaheim police chief's advisory board and the boards of directors of the Orange County Community Housing Corporation, a housing and education support organization for low-income families, and Orange County Communities for Responsible Development, an organization that promotes inclusion of working families and immigrant communities in public decision-making.

Moreno attended the 2016 Democratic National Convention as a delegate for U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders and an appointee to the Standing Committee on Rules.

Elections

2018

See also: Municipal elections in Anaheim, California (2018)

General election

General election for Anaheim City Council District 3

Incumbent Jose Moreno defeated Mitch Caldwell and Robert Nelson in the general election for Anaheim City Council District 3 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jose Moreno (Nonpartisan)	54.1	5,905
	Submit photo	Mitch Caldwell (Nonpartisan)	30.8	3,359
		Robert Nelson (Nonpartisan)	15.1	1,642

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2016

See also: Municipal elections in Anaheim, California (2016)

The city of Anaheim, California, held elections for city council on November 8, 2016. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was August 12, 2016. Because of a switch from at-large to by-district elections, four of the six city council seats were up for election. Jose F. Moreno defeated incumbent Jordan Brandman, Robert Nelson, Jennifer Rivera and Linda Lobatos defeated in the Anaheim City Council District 3 general election.

Anaheim City Council, District 3 General Election, 2016
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Jose F. Moreno	35.96%	4,647
Jordan Brandman Incumbent	35.40%	4,575
Robert Nelson	14.76%	1,908
Jennifer Rivera	7.55%	976
Linda Lobatos	6.32%	817
Total Votes		12,923
Source: Orange County Elections, "Official Results for Election," accessed December 7, 2016

Endorsements

Moreno received endorsements from the following in 2016:

• Democratic Party of Orange County
• Anaheim Mayor Tom Tait

2014

The city of Anaheim, California held elections for mayor and city council on November 4, 2014. The filing deadline for candidates wishing to run was August 8, 2014. Two of the four city council seats were up for election. Incumbent Kris Murray and candidate James Vanderbilt defeated incumbent Gail E. Eastman, Donna Acevedo, Jose F. Moreno, Jose Moreno, Jerry O'Keefe and Doug Pettibone.

Anaheim City Council, 2014
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Kris Murray Incumbent	20.7%	16,207
James Vanderbilt	19.8%	15,541
Gail E. Eastman Incumbent	19.6%	15,338
Donna Acevedo	4.1%	3,188
Jose F. Moreno	14.7%	11,521
Jose Moreno	3.8%	2,976
Jerry O'Keefe	8%	6,244
Doug Pettibone	9.3%	7,309
Total Votes		61,795
Source: Orange County Elections - 2014 General Election Results

Campaign themes

2016

On his 2016 campaign website, Moreno highlighted the following issues:

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Investing in Our Neighborhoods We need to bring balance to our City with investments in our neighborhoods. We have streets in Anaheim with no streetlights, parks with no grass, and aging infrastructure in our residential areas. Over the past several years, the City Council has invested hundreds of millions of dollars on projects in the Resort District. Sadly, these investments have been via corporate tax giveaways and local corporate tax-exemptions to well-connected and well financed lobbying groups. We certainly need to invest in these assets, but they should not be at the expense of our fiscal health. While we give away hundreds of millions of future revenues to well connected developers our City Council is borrowing money to pave streets and fix streetlights. Our neighborhoods and our families are what set this city apart, and we need to support these assets as well. In order to be a world-class city, we need more than world-class tourist attractions - we need world-class neighborhoods. As your City Councilman I will stand up against crony capitalism in the form of corporate-tax giveaways. As your City Councilman I will bring balance to our City budgets with a focus on supporting local businesses and investing in our neighborhoods. Prioritizing Our Children When our children see us doing right by them, they will do right for themselves. As a School Board member for over 8 years, I was proud to see student achievement increase in the classroom, but disappointed to see a lack of opportunities for them after the school day ends. The City of Anaheim needs more than great schools for our kids, it needs to support sports leagues, volunteer opportunities, and extracurricular academic programs for all of our youth to participate in. This will give our young people greater opportunities to succeed in life, keep them off the streets, and build a stronger community among parents and neighbors. As your City Councilman I will work with local schools, businesses, and community-based organizations to foster collaborations and partnerships to insure our collective resources are serving all of Anaheim’s communities. Creating Family-Sustaining Jobs The City Council has created a significant number of construction and tourism jobs in Anaheim. Looking to the future, we need to expand our job-growth strategies to include family-sustaining jobs in current and other sectors, including technology and health care. I will work with entrepreneurs and economic development agencies to create a balanced approach to job creation and grow a diverse job market in Anaheim. Keeping Our Community Safe Crime is trending upwards in Anaheim. We must build stronger relationships between neighborhoods and the police. Increasing our police force is only one part of a broader solution that needs to be implemented. We need to create authentic community dialogues with our Police Department to develop policies that respect our civil liberties while protecting our public safety. Strong public safety must include responsible investments in programs that intervene early in children's lives to keep them off the streets as teens and adults. As a School Board member, active member in several community organizations, and a member of the Anaheim Police Chief's Advisory Board, I have the experience and relationships to work with police and community stakeholders to create a comprehensive response to our communities’ public safety. I will be a tireless advocate for keeping our families and our neighborhoods safe. Sustaining Our Neighborhoods' Integrity One of the critical issues facing our neighborhoods in Anaheim is short term rentals. Short term rentals are vacation homes, homes that have been converted. While I value the entrepreneurial spirit of folks who are looking to make ends meet and or to improve their business, it should not be at the expense of our neighborhoods. When my wife and I moved to Anaheim years ago, we moved into a neighborhood where we wanted our children to grow up with other children. We wanted our children to grow up within the integrity of a neighborhood near schools and near parks. We didn’t think that our neighborhood would become a hotel zone. Over a year ago, the City of Anaheim passed a regulation that would require short term rental owners to pull out permits to allow them to run their business--and that's what short term rentals are--a business. When the Council passed the regulation, there were eighty to one hundred short term rentals in the City of Anaheim--now there are over 400! Where they were once concentrated in the resort area, which in it of itself needed to be regulated, they are now spreading across the city. Compromising once again, the integrity of our neighborhoods. As your City Councilman, I will fight and work with neighborhoods to make sure that we restore the integrity of our neighborhoods. As your City Councilman I will support a ban on short-term rentals that phases out current short-term rentals to keep the integrity of neighborhoods intact. Oppose Corporate Giveaways and Crony Capitalism Our neighborhoods need more attention. Our leaders hand out precious public assets: giving hundreds of millions in corporate subsidies and giveaways with little accountability. Meanwhile, our neighborhoods are neglected--struggling with broken streets, missing streetlights, and minimal park space. While our current City Council majority borrows money to pave our streets and fix our streetlights, they give away hundreds of millions of dollars in corporate tax giveaways to multi-million dollar corporations to campaign contributors, including a 45 year local tax exemption to the Disney Corporation. We must stop pay to play politics. As your City Councilman I will oppose corporate welfare and crony capitalism. As your City Councilman I will stop pay to play politics. Our City’s budget should not be an ATM for well connected corporations and their lobbyists.

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2014

On his 2014 campaign website, Moreno highlighted the following issues:

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Investing in Our Neighborhoods Over the last several years, the City Council has invested hundreds of millions of dollars on projects in the Resort District. While we certainly need to invest in these assets, we also need to balance it with investment in our neighborhoods. We have streets in Anaheim with no streetlights, parks with no grass, and aging infrastructure in our residential areas. Our neighborhoods and our families are what set this city apart, and we need to support these assets too. In order to be a world-class city, we need more than world-class tourist attractions - we need world-class neighborhoods. Prioritizing Our Children When our children see us doing right by them, they will do right for themselves. As School Board President, I have been proud to see student achievement increase in the classroom, but disappointed to see a lack of opportunities for them after the school day ends. The City of Anaheim needs more than great schools for our kids, it needs to support sports leagues, volunteer opportunities, and extracurricular academic programs for all of our youth to participate in. This will give our young people greater opportunities to succeed in life, keep them off the streets, and build a stronger community among parents and neighbors. Creating Family-Sustaining Jobs The City Council has created a significant number of construction and tourism jobs in Anaheim. Looking to the future, we need to expand our job-growth strategies to include family-sustaining jobs in other sectors, including technology and health care. I will work with entrepreneurs and economic development agencies to create a balanced approach to job creation and grow a diverse job market in Anaheim. Keeping Our Community Safe Crime is growing in Anaheim. Trust between neighborhoods and the police is breaking down. We must reverse these trends immediately. Increasing our police force is only one part of a broader solution that needs to be implemented. We need to create a real community dialogue with our Police Department and invest in programs that intervene early in children's lives to keep them off the streets as teens and adults. As President of the School Board and a member of the Anaheim Police Chief's Advisory Board, I have the experience to work with police and community stakeholders to create a comprehensive response to our growing crime rate. I will be a tireless advocate for keeping our families and our neighborhoods safe.

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Personal

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Moreno, who grew up in Oxnard, California, was born to immigrant parents. He and his wife, Lorena, have four daughters.

See also

• Anaheim, California
• Municipal elections in Anaheim, California (2016)
• United States municipal elections, 2016
• Municipal elections in Anaheim, California (2018)

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by -	Anaheim City Council District 3 2016-2022	Succeeded by Natalie Rubalcava
Preceded by -	Anaheim City School Board 2006-2014	Succeeded by -