Shelby Hebert
Candidate for City Council Member, Chico, District 2 · Fire-Resilience Program Coordinator
Shelby Hebert is a fire-resilience program coordinator at the Colusa County Resource Conservation District. She has worked in home construction and repair around the country, then spent over a decade in nonprofits, including three AmeriCorps roles, and the last five years in watershed and forest health. She moved to Chico in 2017.
On the issues
- Housing & Homelessness
Wants renter protections in Chico, which she says currently has none, alongside building more housing and keeping people in their current homes.
“The City of Chico currently has zero protections for renters.”
Source → - Housing & Homelessness
Says the city should improve its shelter options.
“improve shelter options”
Source → - Taxes & Cost of Living
Says the city should be kept affordable and criticizes the current council for increasing costs for everyone.
“keep our City affordable”
Source → - Infrastructure & Transportation
Wants the city to fund road maintenance, citing a pavement study that found 45% of roads in poor or very poor condition.
“The 2023 Pavement Management Program Update found that 45% of Chico's roads are in poor or very poor condition.”
Source → - Economy & Jobs
Wants the city to support local businesses and downtown, citing 12 downtown business closures in the past year.
“Last year alone 12 businesses closed Downtown.”
Source → - Public Safety & Policing
Favors a more focused enforcement approach to homelessness and opposes returning to the enforcement strategies she says got the city in trouble.
“We cannot afford to return to the same inhumane enforcement strategies that got the City in trouble in the first place.”
Source → - Environment, Energy & Climate
Wants cleaner creeks, parks and bike paths for everyone to use.
“Chico's waterways, parks, and bike paths are for everyone!”
Source → - Government, Elections & Democracy
Calls for proactive and transparent leadership and criticizes the current council for deferring decisions and cutting backroom deals.
“proactive and transparent leadership”
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