• Provided 1 million dollars in additional funds to add police officers
• Supported the addition of school resource officers
• Provided modernized rugged wireless laptops for patrol vehicles
• Commitment to restore the Police Activities League
• Used my expertise on public safety communications to lead the City of Hayward toward a more comprehensive disaster preparedness plan
• Commitment to use my service on the National Task Force on Interoperability to direct funds to the City of Hayward for digital communications equipment for both police and fire services
• Pushed forward a motion to fully restore a police department undercover narcotics task force

• Worked to save Iglesia de Vigilancia Cristiana from the loss of a use permit
• Directed a massive cleanup of the South Garden Neighborhood after organizing the South Garden Neighborhood Association
• Worked to humanely get day workers off the street corners and into a day worker center where other resources are provided
• Helped form Keep Hayward Clean and Green Task Force
• As chair of the Council Airport Committee worked to form an airport noise task force to help reduce noise from the airport
• Worked to help clean up and provide resources for neighborhoods such as Fairway Park, Shafer Park and Downtown Hayward

Sustainability

•  Brought Green Building Policies to the City and Council
• Brought the 75% landfill diversion goals to the City Council
• Proposed a ban on plastic bags commonly utilized by grocery stores and others
• Brought Bay friendly landscaping and gardening to the City of Hayward
• Pushed for a Food Scraps recycling program to begin in July 2009
• Presented to the Hayward Unified School District Board of Director a Recycling Bin in Every Classroom program that began in September 2007