Penelope Larry
Penelope Larry (also known as Penny) ran for election to the Sacramento City Council to represent District 2 in California. She lost in the primary on March 5, 2024.
Larry completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Penelope Larry was born in San Diego, California. She earned a bachelor's degree from Golden Gate University in 2008 and a graduate degree from Western Governors University in 2012. Her career experience includes working as a business consultant.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: City elections in Sacramento, California (2024)
General election
General election for Sacramento City Council District 2
Roger Dickinson defeated Stephen Walton in the general election for Sacramento City Council District 2 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Roger Dickinson (Nonpartisan) | 60.7 | 8,089 |
| Stephen Walton (Nonpartisan) | 39.3 | 5,238 | ||
| Total votes: 13,327 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Sacramento City Council District 2
The following candidates ran in the primary for Sacramento City Council District 2 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Roger Dickinson (Nonpartisan) | 44.7 | 2,587 |
| ✔ | Stephen Walton (Nonpartisan) | 16.1 | 933 | |
| Kim Davie (Nonpartisan) | 10.9 | 629 | ||
| Veronica Smith (Nonpartisan) | 10.0 | 579 | ||
 | Ramona Landeros (Nonpartisan) | 5.4 | 311 | |
| Daryl Collins (Nonpartisan) | 4.9 | 281 | ||
 | Penelope Larry (Nonpartisan) | 4.1 | 238 | |
| Alicia Bledsoe (Nonpartisan) | 2.6 | 150 | ||
| Mary Russell (Nonpartisan) | 1.3 | 76 | ||
| Total votes: 5,784 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Larry in this election.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Penelope Larry completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Larry's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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With over 30-years’ entrepreneurial experience in service and retail industries, and as an Asset Manager for commercial properties in downtown Sacramento, I am well-suited to address our community’s need for public safety, affordable housing, educational programs, and good paying jobs that provide the income required to invest in businesses and homes.
I have a Bachelor of Science in Marketing and an MBA, with an emphasis in Strategic Leadership. As your newly elected City Councilmember, I will bring a fresh perspective of innovative solutions that will help in the revitalization of District 2. I am results-oriented and will engage with community and civic leaders, law enforcement officers, business owners, and local residents to ensure our communities are a safe and attractive place for seniors, families, teens, and kids to live, work, and play.
I am interested in getting to know the residents of District 2 and see your families grow and flourish in our vibrant community.
- Community Beautification. Organize regular community clean-up events where residents come together to pick up trash, remove graffiti, and beautify public spaces. Help people have pride of ownership because they have played an important role in cleaning up the area where they live. Also use these times for local artists to create vibrant murals that add color, tell stories, and highlights the lives of local, former leaders. Use this opportunity to plant trees and flowers. Use these clean-up days to promote youth educational programs about sustainability and introduce the various resources within the community.
- Unsheltered Population. Addressing our unsheltered situation in D2 is a multifaceted challenge requiring a multifaceted approach. Some steps we can take include (1) increasing availability of affordable housing by collaborating with local housing authorities and developers to create more affordable housing options. (2) providing mental health services via outreach teams that help with mental health counseling and addiction treatment to address the root causes of homelessness. (3) setting up safe ground encampments and temporary shelters with sanitation facilities and mental health and social services. (4) educating the public about the complexities of homelessness to reduce stigmas associated with being homeless, so there is more compassion
- Housing. We need to increase our housing supply, that includes affordable housing and housing that is affordable; providing options for renters to become homeowners. We need to provide a smooth permitting process that allows developers to build single family residences in our communities at market rate. Also, focusing on creating more affordable rental housing, that includes building new units or preserving existing ones to ensure long-term affordability.
1. Integrity.
2. Accountability.
3. Collaboration.
1. Leadership, the ability to inspire and guide a team toward common goals.
2. Integrity, upholding ethical standards, including honesty and transparency.
3. Communication, I have the ability to communicate with constituents, colleagues, and the public on multifaceted, down-to-earth levels, verbally and in writing.
4. Problem-Solving, I have the capability of making informed decisions while analyzing both simple and complex issues.
5. Empathy, my experiences provide me with the ability to relate, understand, and empathize with the needs and concerns of diverse communities in ways that provide effective representation.
6. Collaboration, I work well with others to build coalitions and find common ground when working towards finding solutions for community problems.
A week later the man died. At the wake, the lawyer, doctor, and clergyman each concealed an envelope in the coffin and bid their old client and friend farewell. By chance, these three met several months later. Soon the clergyman, feeling guilty, blurted out a confession saying that there was only $10, 000 in the envelope he placed in the coffin. He felt, rather than waste all the money, he would send it to a mission in South America. He asked for their forgiveness.
The doctor, moved by the Clergyman’s sincerity, confessed that he too had kept some of the money for a worthy medical charity. The envelope, he admitted, had only $8000 in it. He said he too could not bring himself to waste the money so frivolously when it could be used to benefit others.
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on January 16, 2024
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