Don Seta
Candidate for City Council Member, Concord, District 3 · Retired Lt. Colonel
Don Seta was born and raised in Concord, the descendant of a family of immigrants who were unjustly interned during World War II and had to rebuild their lives; his grandchildren are Mexican Japanese American. He is a retired U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel who holds a doctorate in business administration from Alliant International University, a master's degree in systems management from the University of Southern California, and a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from UC Berkeley. He has served as a director of the Concord Ambassadors, the Concord Historical Society, and the Concord Diablo Rotary Club, as vice chairman of the Measure X Community Advisory Board, and as a commissioner with the American Legion's Aerospace Commission of California.
Positions in brief
Seta emphasizes fiscally disciplined city spending, faster emergency response and street safety, and protecting Concord's green space and schools.
Seta says the first duty of local government is to ensure residents' safety, and calls for timely emergency response, stronger crisis preparedness, and improved street safety along the Monument corridor. He supports protecting and enhancing Concord's parks and green space, calling it an investment in the city's children and its future prosperity, alongside strong local schools. He also emphasizes transparent, fiscally disciplined city spending.
On the issues
Supports faster emergency response, better crisis preparedness, and improved street safety, especially along the Monument corridor.
“We deserve timely emergency response and neighborhoods where people feel secure. Our current crisis preparedness is uncertain, and that must change.”
Source →Supports protecting and enhancing Concord's parks and green space.
“I will fight to protect and enhance our green space. We also owe it to our children to leave the planet better than we found it.”
Source →Supports fiscally disciplined, transparent city spending.
“responsible, fiscally disciplined city spending”
Source →Supports investment in good schools alongside green space, tying both to Concord's future prosperity.
“Green is also the color of prosperity, starting with good schools for our children.”
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