Phil BacerraIncumbent
Candidate for City Council Member, Santa Ana, District 4 · Santa Ana City Councilmember
Phil Bacerra represents Santa Ana's Ward 4 on the City Council. Born and raised in Orange County, the son of a union grocery-store manager and a waitress, he worked as a busboy at his uncle's restaurant, Pop's Cafe, in Santa Ana before earning a Bachelor of Science in Urban Planning from the University of Southern California. He worked for several city government agencies, including the City of Los Angeles, and served more than five years on the Santa Ana Planning Commission as well as on the General Plan Advisory Group, the Historic Resources Commission, and the Orange County Transportation Authority's Citizens Advisory Committee. He represents Santa Ana on the Orange County Fire Authority Board and chaired that board in 2025. He and his wife Wendy live in South Santa Ana.
Positions in brief
Bacerra's platform centers on continuing to reduce homelessness, attracting investment that creates good-paying jobs, and improving infrastructure and public-safety resources.
Bacerra cites accomplishments including strengthened laws to reduce public intoxication, opening a police substation in South Santa Ana, closing homeless encampments, securing funding for five new traffic signals, and park, fire-station, and bike-trail safety improvements. He says his priorities include continuing efforts to reduce homelessness, attracting investment that creates good-paying jobs, and improving infrastructure while ensuring adequate police and fire resources.
On the issues
Supports continuing efforts to reduce homelessness, including closing encampments.
“Shut down homeless encampments”
Source →Supports stronger public-intoxication laws and increased police presence, and wants to ensure adequate police and fire resources.
“Strengthened laws to reduce public intoxication”
Source →Wants to attract investment that creates good-paying jobs.
“Attract investment that creates good-paying jobs”
Source →Supports continued investment in traffic and infrastructure safety improvements.
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