Benjamin VazquezIncumbent
Candidate for City Council Member, Santa Ana, District 2 · Teacher/Councilmember
Benjamin Vazquez represents Santa Ana's Ward 2 on the City Council. Born to working-class immigrant parents and raised on Center Street, he attended Santa Ana Unified School District schools and Santa Ana College before earning a bachelor's degree from Cal State Long Beach and a master's degree from UCLA. He works as a teacher at Valley High School and as a cultural worker at El Centro Cultural de México, and is a homeowner in the Heninger Park neighborhood. He has served as Mayor Pro Tem.
Positions in brief
Vazquez says he wants Santa Ana's limited citywide resources to prioritize working-class families, centering city budgets and policies on residents and communities rather than special interests.
Vazquez's stated priorities include ensuring that limited citywide resources benefit working-class families and improve residents' quality of life, and centering city budgets and policies on Santa Ana's families and communities rather than special interests, with an emphasis on community investment and youth development.
On the issues
Profiles are compiled from the candidate’s own statements and public records. We never tell you how to vote.